Business & Money | Sunday 15 October, 2017 5:03 am

IMF advises KSA to ease austerity measures

Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan revealed that the Kingdom may incrementally decrease its energy subsidies, and will take longer to achieve a balanced budget, since it is seeking to mitigate the impact of its drive to achieve public finance reform.   In an interview on...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 15 October, 2017 4:49 am

Emirates Publishers Association Discusses International Partnerships at Frankfurt Book Fair

As part of its ongoing efforts to work with potential new partners and exchange industry knowledge and expertise, the Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) has met with leading representatives from the International Publishers Association (IPA) at its welcoming reception during the 69th edition of...

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Business & Money | Sunday 15 October, 2017 4:08 am

MEFIC Private Equity F&B Opportunities Fund acquires a stake in Sultan Delight Burger

MEFIC Capital, in its capacity as fund manager of MEFIC Private Equity Food & Beverage Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”), has successfully completed an investment in Ghatha’a Al Sultan For Fast Foods Company, a leading quick service restaurants (QSR) chain in the Western &...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 15 October, 2017 3:56 am

Cisco’s Network of the Future, Kinetic IoT Platform and AI Innovations Attract Significant Attention at GITEX 2017

Cisco’s participation at GITEX Technology Week 2017 received widespread attention as the global technology leader leveraged the region’s largest tech event to showcase some of its latest innovations and solutions for the digital era.   Aligned with the theme of...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 15 October, 2017 3:19 am

Fifth Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival Concludes Successfully with 124 Screenings

The 5th Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival (SICFF)’s 6-day celebration of cinema and the media arts concluded with a well-attended crowd from the UAE and across the region to its film screenings, workshops, celebrity meet-and-greets, competitions, and numerous other...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 15 October, 2017 2:16 am

World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2017 to shed light on how smart cities have become a key to a green economy

The fourth edition of the World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2017 will highlight the importance of smart cities in the transition towards the green economy. This is an endeavour to design ‘smart’ approaches, which ensure that cities, will be optimised for economic activity, energy...

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Sports | Sunday 15 October, 2017 2:05 am

Princess Rima to head sports federation in Saudi first

A princess has been named to head a Saudi multi-sports federation, in the latest of a string of such appointments in the Kingdom. An official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that Princess Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan has become “the first woman to lead a federation”...

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Business & Money | Sunday 15 October, 2017 1:47 am

DPM Develops Automated Planning System For Abu Dhabi Government

 The Abu Dhabi Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities (DPM) is leading a project to develop a Capital Investment Planning System that will automate processes and bring together all government capital projects across the emirate.   The Capital Investment Planning System...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 15 October, 2017 1:38 am

Kalimat’s Books Add Literary Flair to SICFF 2017

One of the UAE’s strongest advocates of the Arabic children’s book industry, Kalimat Group, the Sharjah-based publisher of Arabic books, did not miss the opportunity to bring books and young readers together once again at the Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 15 October, 2017 1:38 am

Siemens honored by His Excellency, Khalid Al-Falih at Saudi Electricity Forum

Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid Al-Falih, honored Siemens at the inauguration of the Saudi Electricity Forum 2017 in Riyadh as the Main Sponsor and an active contributor to localization of key technologies in the Kingdom.   Siemens displays its latest...

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