According to a report by the National Commercial Bank,Saudi Arabia's monetary system continues to overflow with liquidity as the monetary base for the fifth consecutive month,expanding by 16.4%and setting an all time record at SAR 334.9 ...
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Arab News reported that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the new entrants from the MENA region to Ernst&Young's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices,which scores 40 countries across the globe on the attractiveness of their renewable ...
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Expect no major changes to the functioning of the Internet in the coming months after a controversial ending to the International Telecommunication Union's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), but an agreement ...
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Reuters reported that Saudi Arabian Mining Company,Maaden,which has an aluminium JV with Alcoa,raised SAR 9 billion through an Islamic loan facility to help fund its future projects. Maaden in a bourse statement said that the murabaha ...
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Anthony Bennett investigates current trends in pre-treatment technologies for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination. This includes process design considerations that need to be taken into account, with a focus on the requirements for ...
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Saudi Arabia s Hail Cement Company has announced that it has agreed a loan from the Saudi Industrial Development Fund worth $80m (AR: 300m). The company is using the loan to fund the development of a new cement factory in the city of ...
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The findings of a first-of-its-kind survey by the Dubai School of Government (DSG) revealed today that the majority of enterprises in the Middle East see social media as a way of increasing collaboration, connecting with customers, ...
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Global ICT leaders will gather to discuss topics including the ‘radical transformation of the ICT industry’ at this year’s ITU Telecom World 2012, opening in Dubai next month. The event is staged for 14-18 October, and ...
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Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's national energy company, said on Sunday it had repaired 30,000 workstations infected with a malicious virus earlier this month. The eighth largest refiner in the world said its main internal networks were ...
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The continuing global economic uncertainty is negatively impacting the petrochemical sector of Saudi Arabia, according to a report released by NCB Capital, MENA Financial Network reported. The increase in prices of Saudi petrochemical ...
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Middle Eastern petrochemical producers will continue to enjoy considerable cost advantage compared with their counterparts in Southeast Asia even as a scarcity of gas forces them to shift to other feedstocks, Jaap Kalkman, a partner at ...
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SCOPE is looking to add new technology capabilities to its systems integration business and expand its distribution line by using GITEX as a platform to meet and sign new partnerships with potential vendors. Through its participation in ...
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The amount of mobile Android malware has surged this year, from a count of 30,000 malware specimens in June to almost 175,000 last month, according to Trend Micro’s Security Roundup report for the third quarter of this year. ...
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By John Lee. OPEC ministers have failed to agree on a new secretary general and have asked Abdalla el-Badri to stay in the post for another year. Four countries had been competing for the job — Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Ecuador ...
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A recent ‘Top Industries in the MENA’ survey conducted by Bayt.com and YouGov, a research and consulting organisation, has revealed that the telecom industry is one of the most satisfying to work in, especially for salary ...
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