Cars & Autos | Tuesday 7 April, 2015 10:38 am

Self-Driving cars: When Will they Make It To Saudi Arabia?

Carmudi predicts self-driving cars will arrive in KSA by 2027 - كارمودي تتوقع أن تصل السيارات ذاتية القيادة إلى السعودية مع حلول عام 20277th April 2015 - Rapid motorisation in the region over the past few decades has lead to high amounts of...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 7 April, 2015 8:14 am

Cityscape: Rewarding experience in Jeddah for real estate exhibitors

Cityscape Jeddah 2015 — Jeddah urban development and real estate investment event — entered its second day on Monday, with most of the exhibitors finding their participation “successful and rewarding” and the organizers announcing the winners of this year’s Cityscape Awards.The awards...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 7 April, 2015 8:10 am

Al-Assaf heads Saudi team for Kuwait joint Arab meetings

The joint meetings of Arab financial institutions will start in Kuwait on Tuesday, in the presence of finance ministers and central bank governors of Arab countries, SPA said in a report.Minister of Finance Ibrahim Al-Assaf will head the Kingdom’s delegation to the meetings.The meetings include...

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Government | Tuesday 7 April, 2015 8:07 am

Shoura wants business visas without sponsors

The Shoura Council called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to consider issuing business visas to genuine businessmen without insisting on certificates of Saudi sponsorship to visit the Kingdom.The 27th session of the council was chaired by Deputy Speaker Amin Al-Jaafri on Monday.According to...

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Cars & Autos | Tuesday 7 April, 2015 7:58 am

New smart police cars to be on roads soon

The Kingdom is set to introduce a fleet of new patrol cars with sophisticated new technology to identify people by their number plates and fingerprints. The black and white vehicles will be launched by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, second deputy premier and interior minister, on...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 7 April, 2015 7:56 am

Govt overhauls labor law

Labor Minister Adel Fakeih announced 38 amendments to the country’s labor legislation recently including more training for Saudi workers, longer fixed-term contracts, and greater inspection powers for ministry officials.Fakeih thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman for approving...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 7 April, 2015 7:40 am

AL-KHALIJI BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL MEET TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL RESULTS

Al Khalij Commercial Bank (Al Khaliji) announced that its Board of Directors will meet on 20/04/2015 to approve the financial results ending on 31/03/2015.The Board will equally consider other regular business related items. All sensitive matters reported to or discussed at the Board meeting will...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 7 April, 2015 12:09 am

GOIC: Invest in Qatar launches promising industrial investment opportunities

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) and Qatar’s Ministry of Energy and Industry announced the launching of “Invest in Qatar 2015” Forum the 6h of April 2015. The Forum will be held on the 27th and 28th of April, 2015 at the Saint Regis Hotel in Doha, Qatar. The announcement ...

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Business & Money | Monday 6 April, 2015 4:21 pm

Samsung and UMG sign an installation and servicing contract at New Fatima Residential Tower

Samsung Electronics won a bid leading to signing a deal worth SAR 3,000,000 million to install and service the new DVM S DESERT central air conditioning system at the new Fatima Residential tower, built with state-of-the-art engineering techniques and located on Tahliah Street.Instead of dedicating ...

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Technology & IT | Monday 6 April, 2015 4:17 pm

Mobily Offers “Wajid” Subscribers a Special Discount for Three Consecutive Month

Etihad Etisalat Mobily has offered the new subscribers in “Wajid” packages a special discount for three consecutive months, including a special 60%discount on the monthly “Wajid Extra” package, whereas the discount on “Wajid Smart” and “Wajid +” packages are 40% and 20%...

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