Business & Money | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 3:30 pm

Parrot gadgets: to travel in style

Whether your destination is a busy city or a color filled natural wonder, Parrot has you covered with gadgets to travel in style; from headphones that accompany you to worlds of tunes and harmony all the way to drones that traverse the skies capturing your holiday moments.   ...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 2:48 pm

YBA Kanoo Awards Avaya Technology Transformation Contract

Bahrain based Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo (YBA Kanoo), one of the largest independent, family-owned businesses in the Gulf region, has today announced awarding a flagship networking and wireless project contract to Avaya, a leader in business communications solutions.  Under the contract, Avaya will ...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 2:47 pm

Mobily enables Data Recharging Card on Prepaid Voice SIM

For the first time in the Kingdom, Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has allowed the customers with prepaid voice packages to recharge 10GB data vouchers and get data for 3 months. The customers can get the 10GB data vouchers for SR 120...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 2:44 pm

Jadwa Investment Grows its Core Client Business By 39% in 2015

Jadwa Investment, a leading Saudi Arabian investment management and advisory firm, today announced its 2015 full-year financial results, achieving SAR 247.47 million in total revenues and SAR 93.56 million in net income. These results were achieved through a 39 percent growth in the firm’s...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 2:41 pm

SABIC CEO assumes role as GPCA Chairman

Yousef Abdullah Al- Benyan, the Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of SABIC, has been elected as the Chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), it was announced today. He was previously the Vice- Chairman of the GPCA and will assume his role effective immediately,...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 2:35 pm

Turkish Airlines launches ‘Meet Europe’s Best’ campaign in anticipation of UEFA EURO 2016TM

As the Official Airline Partner to UEFA EURO 2016 TM, Turkish Airlines announced the full details of its ‘Meet Europe’s Best’ campaign today, championing fans and European cultures ahead of this summer’s competition. The campaign includes the launch of television...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 2:29 pm

MasterCard Powers First Commerce Application within SoftBank Robotics’ Humanoid Robot “Pepper”

MasterCard today unveiled the first commerce application for SoftBank Robotics’ humanoid robot Pepper. The application will be powered by MasterPass, the global digital payment service from MasterCard that connects consumers with merchants, enabling them to make fast, simple, and secure...

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Beauty & Style | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 10:40 am

Montblanc Adds Elegance and Style to the Red Carpet at the 69th Cannes Film Festival

 Opening Ceremony – May 11th 2016 Actor and member of the jury Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal, Casino Royale) was wearing the Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph (112542) and contemporary cufflinks (109776) Actress Alice Taglioni (Paris-Manhattan,...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 10:37 am

Twitter Announces Faster, Easier & More Expressive Tweets

Twitter today announced it will simplify Tweets in the coming months, making it faster and easier for people to express themselves with more room in their 140-character Tweets. The simplified Tweet rules will make conversations faster and more intuitive for people who come to Twitter everyday and...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 10:32 am

Keolis to operate Shanghai metro line 8-3, the city’s first automatic metro

Shenkai, the joint venture between Shanghai Shentong Consulting (51%) and Keolis (49%), is confirmed as the future operator of phase 3 of Shanghai’s existing metro line 8 (also known as Line 8-3), following the signing of a contract with Shanghai Shentong Metro Group on 27 April 2016. The...

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