Business & Money | Sunday 15 February, 2015 2:34 am

Mass transit project to reduce traffic bottlenecks

Jeddah’s traffic problems can be solved only by a massive transit system in the city, said Maj. Gen. Waslullah Al-Harbi, director of Jeddah Traffic.“If such alternative traffic projects were fully implemented, as much as 70 percent of Jeddah’s road congestion would disappear,” Al-Harbi told ...

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Government | Sunday 15 February, 2015 2:31 am

Prince Faisal brings joy to orphans

Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman was present at the Arab Orphans’ Day celebration organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs on Thursday in the holy city.In Islam, according to the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah (the teachings of the Prophet [peace be upon him]), caring for orphans is of great...

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Business & Money | Sunday 15 February, 2015 2:28 am

Saudis share 2-month salary bonus with cleaning staff

In a unusual and generous gesture, Saudi employees shared their two-month salary bonus with 250 cleaning workers.Once the gift was received, employees of the Al-Rawda municipality in Riyadh, organized a special party in which they shared the bonus with cleaning workers of the company contracted to...

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Government | Sunday 15 February, 2015 2:26 am

King appoints new members to Shoura

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has appointed Mohamed H. Al-Mady of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) as chairman of the General Organization for Military Industries (GOMI).The king issued a number of royal decrees appointing key people to other important positions.Abdullah...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 15 February, 2015 12:49 am

Teradata Acquires RainStor

Teradata Corp. (NYSE: TDC), the big data analytics and marketing applications company, today announced that it completed the acquisition of RainStor, a privately held company specializing in online big data archiving on Hadoop. This acquisition strengthens Teradata’s enterprise-grade Hadoop...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 15 February, 2015 12:15 am

Saudi CIOs Need to Look at Five Areas to Control Data Risk in View of the BYOD Trend

Data protection has always been a challenge, even when data flow was, more or less, confined to a closed network system. Now, we have the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) era in which your employees and contractors basically feel they should be able to use whatever device they want to create...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 15 February, 2015 12:11 am

Mobily Wins 2015 IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Resiliency Services Solution

Etihad Etisalat Mobily has won the 2015 IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Resiliency Services Solution. Each year, this honor is awarded to a select number of IBM Business Partners who have delivered exceptional solutions to drive business value and transform the way their clients and industries do...

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Business & Money | Saturday 14 February, 2015 12:21 pm

Minister’s visit strengthens Saudi Arabia-New Zealand relationship

New Zealand Associate Trade Minister Todd McClay has today concluded bilateral talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “My visit was an opportunity to further strengthen our relationship and highlight New Zealand’s commitment to partnering with Saudi Arabia in areas including food security,...

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Government | Saturday 14 February, 2015 11:49 am

KSA inflation at lowest levelsince September 2012

Saudi Arabia’s inflation fell to 2.2 percent in January, according to official data.The Central Department of Statistics released the January consumer price data on Thursday, showing inflation at its lowest level since at least September 2012, when the current data series began.Prices of housing...

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Business & Money | Saturday 14 February, 2015 11:47 am

Prince Alwaleed and Prince Charlesdiscuss investments in Riyadh talks

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received Prince Charles, the prince of wales, and an accompanying delegation in Riyadh at Kingdom Resort.The meeting began as Prince Charles thanked Prince Alwaleed for his hospitality and warm welcome.Prince Charles and Prince...

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