Business & Money | Wednesday 9 September, 2015 11:31 am

MIDDLE EAST OUTBOUND INVESTMENT REACHES AN HISTORIC HIGH IN H1 2015

During the first half of 2015, US$11.5 billion of capital flowed out of the Middle East into direct real estate globally, according to the latest research from global property advisor CBRE Group, Inc. Total Middle East outbound investment during 2014 stood at US$13.8...

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Cars & Autos | Tuesday 8 September, 2015 4:41 am

The Newly Appointed Head of Lincoln Middle East on re-defining Luxury

Ask the question – Which global region has the highest concentration of luxury vehicles? It’s a fair guess the Middle East would be a common response. So when Alex Schaeffer, Lincoln Motor Company’s newly appointed head of the Middle East region, concludes that there are...

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Business & Money | Monday 7 September, 2015 4:21 pm

Residential rents remain stable as sales continue to decline

Average rentals within the residential segment in Dubai remained stable during the *third quarter of 2015, although the market is highly fragmented with some affordable locations achieving growth, whilst other areas experienced more pronounced drops according to the latest Dubai market report by...

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Business & Money | Monday 7 September, 2015 3:06 pm

GCC megaprojects report points to major opportunities for contractors

Megaprojects worth hundreds of billions of dollars are creating enormous opportunities for contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, and manufacturers in the Middle East. This is one of the suggestions of a new report published by Ventures Onsite, which details the top 30...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 11:15 am

Commodities market forecast – until end 2015

Background: A broad basket of commodities has fallen to the lowest level in 16 years thereby wiping out all the gains that were made during the Chinese boom years during the first decade of this millennium. The main trigger for this weakness has not been due to slowing demand but more due to...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:07 am

CIOs in Saudi Need to Heed Five Signs Indicating it’s Time to Upgrade IT Network

How old is the equipment running the organization’s IT network? Older than 5 years? Do recurrent network outages occur? Is there a struggle with poor quality voice and video communications? Is it too costly to maintain the organization’s legacy equipment? Is there trouble scaling up...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2015 2:43 pm

Emirates NBD Saudi Arabia PMI™

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector continued on its strong growth path in August, with business conditions improving at the sharpest pace since March. Output, new orders and employment all rose more quickly, as did purchasing activity. As a result, the sector gathered further momentum,...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 2 September, 2015 8:29 am

JADWA Investment - Saudi Chartbook Sep 2015

Economic activity recorded a seasonal slowdown in July, in line with the usual pattern around the Eid al-Fitr holidays. The net withdrawals from government accounts with SAMA fell to its lowest point in ten months with all three main government accounts recording small net monthly changes. This led ...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 1 September, 2015 3:25 pm

the major health concerns that are associated with Hajj

- Interview Dr. Mushira Abdulaziz Enani, MBBS, FRCPE, FACP, CIC - Head- Section of Adult Infectious Diseases - Medical Specialties Department at King Fahad Medical City What are the major health concerns that are associated with mass gathering events such as Hajj? Religious...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 1 September, 2015 2:44 pm

Ericsson Mobility Report: mobıle data traffıc wıll grow 14 tımes by 2020

The inaugural appendix to the Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) Mobility Report for the Middle East and North East Africa, reveals that, despite the market being extremely varied with regards to Information & Communications Technology (ICT) adoption and mobile penetration, the proliferation of mobile...

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