Business & Money | Tuesday 6 January, 2015 8:43 am

Cabinet lauds KSA’s economic policies

Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and defense minister, on Monday, briefed the Cabinet on the message he received from President Tony Tan Keng Yam of Singapore, the results of his meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah, and his meeting with French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le...

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Business & Money | Monday 5 January, 2015 12:58 pm

SIDRA CAPITAL OBTAINS PLANING PERMISSION FOR LONDON LUXURY RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Sidra Capital a Saudi, CMA regulated, Shari’ah compliant financial services company has announced that its latest redevelopment project in Central London has secured planning permission from the Westminster City Council. Sidra Capital is acting as the strategic transaction advisor for this luxury ...

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Business & Money | Monday 5 January, 2015 12:30 pm

GCC Rail and Metro Conference 2015

The Minister of Transport and Communications in Oman will host the GCC Rail and Metro Conference 2015, which will be held under the auspices ofHis Highness Sayyid Shihab Bin Tariq Al Said, Advisor of His Majesty the Sultan, from-12 January 2015 at the Al Bustan Palace Muscat, Oman. The Event will...

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Business & Money | Monday 5 January, 2015 1:03 am

New deal for residential development fund

SEDCO Development, a major Jeddah-based real estate developer and a subsidiary of SEDCO Holding Group, signed with Dar Al-Wessal, a company specialized in marketing residential projects, to market its residential units. These units pertain to the AlAhli SEDCO Residential Development Fund and are...

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Business & Money | Sunday 4 January, 2015 10:04 am

KSA among investment safe countries

The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, or SAGIA, has reiterated that foreign investment regulations in the Kingdom provide investors with a safe environment by ensuring all the rights of investment firms or those who wish to invest in the Kingdom.It said that all decisions related to...

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Business & Money | Sunday 4 January, 2015 12:27 am

NCB CAPITAL WINS BEST ASSET MANAGER IN THE MIDDLE EAST AWARD

NCB Capital, the leading provider of wealth management services in the GCC and Saudi Arabia’s largest asset manager, has won the Best Asset Manager in the Middle East Award at the Islamic Business & Finance Awards 2014.Presented at a gala ceremony held at the Emirates Towers hotel in Dubai, which ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 4 January, 2015 12:23 am

An Audience of 3 thousand expected to join the 60 experts at the eighth Global Competitiveness Forum

Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the activities of the eighth Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) are set to kick off on January 25.  Three thousand Saudi and foreign business-specialists are expected to participate as well as a...

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Business & Money | Saturday 3 January, 2015 10:02 am

Govt warns against quick-money schemes

The Ministry of Interior has cautioned citizens against hoax phone calls which make fake offers promising instant monetary gains.The cautionary note came in the wake of reports by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that said that several citizens had been tricked into parting with huge sums of money...

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Business & Money | Friday 2 January, 2015 2:00 am

Al-Jasser: Slide in oil price could lead to review of five-year plan

Minister of Economy and Planning Mohammed Al-Jasser has said that the government will review the current five-year development plan if oil prices continue to fall affecting revenue to finance the planned projects.“We are following oil market developments. Making changes to the five-year plan is...

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Business & Money | Friday 2 January, 2015 1:59 am

New phase of Nitaqat announced

The third phase of Nitaqat Saudization program will be implemented on Rajab 1 (April 20) with advanced systems to create more jobs for citizens in the private sector, said Labor Minister Adel Fakeih on Thursday.Addressing students and staff at King Abdulaziz University, he said his ministry was...

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