Environment & Energy | Tuesday 2 April, 2019 3:50 am

Aramco's $10bln-plus bond plan shows profits put top earner Apple in shade

Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer, made core earnings of $224 billion last year, almost three times as much as Apple, figures from the state-owned company showed on Monday ahead of its debut international bond issue. Previously reluctant to disclose its...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 2 April, 2019 3:46 am

Saudi Post wins double stamp of approval

The Saudi postal system has received a double international stamp of approval for its first-class customer service record. Saudi Post scooped the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) EMS Cooperative global customer service award of 2018, and also won the prestigious 2018 World Post and Parcel...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 2 April, 2019 3:30 am

Oman Air Turns Off Lights for Earth Hour 2019

Oman Air’s headquarters in Muscat, as well as across its network destinations marked Earth Hour at 8.30pm (local time) on Saturday March 30th.   The airline was joined by tens of thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of people around the world to mark Earth Hour by...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 2 April, 2019 3:20 am

World’s most influential Blockchain Summit returns to Dubai

Dubai’s Future Blockchain Summit, hosted by the Smart Dubai Office in partnership with the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), will open its doors to the public tomorrow [TUESDAY] – launching the second annual edition of the region’s most influential event dedicated to the...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 2 April, 2019 3:14 am

Emirates NBD adjudged Asian Trailblazer of the Year by Retail Banker International

Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, has won industry recognition for its retail banking leadership at the Retail Banker International (RBI) Asia Trailblazer Awards. At a ceremony held recently in Singapore, the bank was adjudged the Asian Trailblazer of the Year –...

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Cars & Autos | Tuesday 2 April, 2019 2:00 am

Golf Turns 45 – March 1974, Volkswagen Started Making Europe’s Most Successful Car

The Golf, the most successful European car, turned 45. In  March 1974, the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg officially started production of what would become its best-seller. Back then, nobody at Volkswagen had any idea that the successor to the legendary Beetle would end up selling more than 35 ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 2 April, 2019 1:43 am

2019 Global Aviation Summit opens in Riyadh

The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) hosted the opening of the 2019 Global Aviation Summit (GAS), a two-day international forum, at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh on Monday. In his opening address, Saudi Minister of Transport Dr. Nabeel Al-Amoudi discussed the value of the industry to...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 2 April, 2019 1:30 am

Emicool Gears Up for Sustainability Drive With Renault Zoe Electric

Emirates District Cooling LLC [Emicool], a leading district cooling service provider in the region, and wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC, has underlined its efforts towards sustainability with a decision to convert to an all-electric vehicle fleet comprising Renault ZOE cars...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 2 April, 2019 12:47 am

Bank Albilad in partnership with National Housing

A partnership agreement is signed by Bank Albilad and National Housing Company to support the company’s initiatives, current and future ideas and plans, in addition to encouraging and increasing the housing supplies, providing their products and services to the beneficiaries, through which...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 1 April, 2019 7:06 pm

​The Cove Rotana Goes Red This March.

As part of the Rotana Corporate Social Responsibility Program, The Cove Rotana Resort – Ras Al Khaimah have organized a full day activities in the support of Raising Awareness of Woman’s Heart Health. The activity that aims to build a better community, took place on Friday, 29th of...

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