Business & Money | Saturday 4 March, 2017 2:51 pm

AnchorLloyd’s CEO discusses 2017 Middle East insurance challenges and opportunities

  Cyber threats are the most critical and rapidly evolving risk facing business in 2017   Inga Beale, CEO, Lloyd’s, met with H.E Essa Kazim, Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Chairman of Dubai Financial Market (DFM) earlier this...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 4 March, 2017 8:41 am

Saudi Arabia to open 3 Arabic-language institutes in Indonesia

Saudi Arabia is planning to establish Arabic-language institutions in the three major Indonesian cities of Makassar, Medan and Surabaya, said Saudi Ambassador Osama Mohammed Abdullah Al-Shuaibi. The envoy said the goal is to help Indonesians improve their Arabic-language skills, and the...

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Business & Money | Saturday 4 March, 2017 8:19 am

KSA readies road map to combat cyber terror

Statistics presented at the second international cyber security conference in Riyadh have highlighted the enormity of cyber attacks being suffered by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council states. During the two-day conference, which was patronized by Vicegerent Crown Prince Muhammed...

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Business & Money | Saturday 4 March, 2017 8:15 am

SWCC may stop giving free water to NWC

 The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), which will soon be privatized, is presently considering a study to sell desalinated water to the National Water Company (NWC), Makkah daily reported on Wednesday. A source at the NWC said the SWCC has so far been providing water to the...

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Business & Money | Saturday 4 March, 2017 8:00 am

KSA INVESTMENT CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO TURKEY DESPITE CONCERNS

Investors from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have emerged as the largest GCC real estate investor in Turkey and the third largest among foreign investors. Buyers from Iraq (in first place), Saudi Arabia (3rd), Kuwait (4th), Qatar (7th) and Bahrain (10th) emerged among the top 10 foreign buyers in the ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 4 March, 2017 7:43 am

Oil rises as OPEC sticks to output pledges

Oil reversed earlier losses on Wednesday as investors took heart from strict compliance of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with its pledge to cut output, although evidence of increasing US production capped gains. OPEC reduced its oil output for a second month in...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 4 March, 2017 7:15 am

International experts discuss important water, energy and environment issues at AUS conference

International experts discussed a number of important issues pertaining to water, energy and the environment at the Fifth International Conference on Water, Energy and Environment 2017 (ICWEE) held today, February 28 at American University of Sharjah (AUS). The three-day conference, which is being...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 4 March, 2017 1:39 am

CARMA LAUNCHES GLOBAL MEDIA INTELLIGENCE MOBILE APP

  Multi-platform monitoring and analysis now available on-the-go    Global media intelligence provider, CARMA, has launched a mobile app version of its popular Insight Portal delivery dashboard to provide PR and communications clients with multi-lingual media monitoring and...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 4 March, 2017 12:00 am

Emaar Hospitality Group unveils ‘Address Boulevard,’ a brand-new city lifestyle resort in the heart of Downtown Dubai

Address Hotels + Resorts, the premium luxury hotel brand of Emaar Hospitality Group, today unveiled its new city lifestyle resort, Address Boulevard. It adds to Emaar Hospitality Group’s impressive and growing portfolio of luxury hospitality venues that have redefined the hotel industry and...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 3 March, 2017 3:20 pm

Four Seasons Makes Forbes Five-Star History

Earns More Five-Star Ratings Than Any Other Hotel Brand in Single Year Since Guide’s Inception For the second consecutive year, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts tops Forbes Travel Guide ratings with record number of Five-Star properties Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world’s...

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