Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 4:36 am

KSA ‘exciting place to do business’

Senior Saudi and US government officials and business leaders explored trade and investment opportunities at a series of business meetings in Washington this week. The talks took place on the sidelines of the visit of Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Salman to Washington. A huge delegation...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:35 am

iPads for smart school students

The Educational Services Department of the Royal Commission for Jubail (RCJ), represented by Al-Rowad Smart Secondary School, has distributed iPad to all new students at the beginning of the new school year. Mohammed Al-Hajri, director of the Educational Services Department, said: "This...

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Healthcare | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:34 am

Meningitis shots a must for Haj workers

The Ministry of Health has launched a program to vaccinate all public and private sector workers on Haj duty this year. Launching the program at the ministry’s headquarters here on Thursday, Tarif Al-Ama, undersecretary for treatment services at the ministry, outlined the importance of the...

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Business & Money | Friday 4 September, 2015 5:30 am

G-20: KSA to highlight economic progress

The Kingdom plans to highlight the country’s economic progress and influence globally at the meeting of G-20 Ministers of Labor and Employment here this week, said Mufrej Al-Haqabani, Saudi Arabia’s labor minister.  In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency on the sidelines of...

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Culture & Education | Friday 4 September, 2015 5:02 am

Rapid rise of Saudi students in America

Saudi Arabia and the United States have enjoyed a fruitful relationship for over eight decades. This has been driven by shared interests and a vision of the late King Abdul Aziz to ensure that the Kingdom has wide and beneficial relations with the entire world, without prejudicing deep-held values...

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Business & Money | Friday 4 September, 2015 4:58 am

Murooj Jeddah project on track, officials say

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal was briefed Thursday about Murooj Jeddah residential project, located in the eastern part of the governorate.  Representatives of the Jeddah Development and Urban Regeneration Company, the executing company owned by Jeddah mayoralty, told Prince Khaled...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2015 4:56 pm

Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments Company announces appointment of its CEO

The recently formed Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments Company (SAIIC) announced today the appointment of its CEO, Mr. Rasheed M. Al-Shubaili.    SAIIC was established last year by a Royal Decree as an organization with joint venture partners consisting of the Saudi Arabian Public ...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 3 September, 2015 12:40 pm

SABIC cuts steel prices by SR 200 in all the regions of the Kingdom

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announces the reduction in the retail price of rebar by SR 200 per ton in all regions of the Kingdom, effective Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Abdulaziz Sulaiman Al-Humaid, SABIC Executive Vice President, Metals Strategic Business Unit, said that the...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2015 4:05 am

Saudi Arabia keeps oil output stable in August

OPEC oil output fell in August from the highest monthly level in recent history, a Reuters survey found on Wednesday, as disruptions to flows on Iraq's northern pipeline halted supply growth from the group's second-largest producer. Largely stable output from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2015 4:03 am

Jobs for women top priority

Women in Saudi Arabia have been allocated a package of services to ensure their development and employment, Labor Minister Mufrej Al-Haqabani said Tuesday. The minister was speaking at the first panel discussion at the second National Business Women Forum opened by Commerce and Industry Minister ...

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