It is a great honor to celebrate in Jeddah the 78th National Day of the Italian Republic, a moment which represents for us the opportunity to celebrate the Italian national identity, the unity of our country, and the constitutional values that since (...)
How do we bridge the digital divide? The chairman of the frontrunner to acquire Orange-MásMóvil merger remediesexplains how, and why his market is drawing in GCC investors
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Some may prioritise improving (...)
Global leading tire company Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire) announced the opening of Hankook Technoring, a new proving ground built in Taean, South Korea. Being the largest proving ground in Asia, it will serve as state-of-the-art R&D (...)
[caption id="attachment_112895" align="alignleft" width="206"] A Turkish soldier stands guard at the Pamucak arena during the annual Selcuk-Efes Camel Wrestling Festival in the Aegean town of Selcuk, near Izmir, Turkey. — Reuters[/caption]ISTANBUL — (...)
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THE speaker of the Shoura Council and several of its members recently met with Minister of Social Affairs Majed Abdullah Al-Qasabi to discuss the obstacles, challenges, goals and successfully completed projects undertaken by the ministry. Numerous (...)
oil representing a rate of 13,19% of the total value of exports, and in the second place China by 10,91%, followed by India by 6,1%.
In terms of imports, China ranked first by 15,18% of total imports, followed by the United States of America by (...)
oil commodity exports by 13.73% of the total value of exports, followed by Singapore by 9.67%, and the United Arab Emirates in the third place by 8.47%.
In terms of imports, China also ranked first by 15.12% of total imports and followed by the (...)
petroleum commodity exports by 11.89% of the total value of exports; then the United Arab Emirates (UAE) came second by 11.60%, followed by India by 6.62%.
In terms of imports, China also ranked first by 14.61% of total imports, followed by the (...)
oil GDP is estimated to grow by (8.21) percent, whereas the non-oil public and private sectors are estimated to grow by (6.06) and (9,11) percent, respectively, and the oil sector is estimated to decline by (7.17) percent.
He added that In FY (...)
petroleum commodities exports by 54,28 % of the total value of exports and North American countries ranked second by 14,81 % followed by the EU countries by 11,59 % while the United States of America ranked first in the list of the most important (...)
petroleum exports by (13,80 %) of the total value of export and China came in the second place by (11,42 %), followed by Singapore by (07,68 %).
In terms of imports, the United States of American occupied first place by (13,17 %) of the total (...)
in-hand with this growth is increased demand for energy. This growing demand in Asia is derived from increasing populations, greater urbanization and rising income levels. If new businesses are to prosper, they require energy. If living standards (...)
COMPTEL Corporation has recently announced its decision to open a branch office in Riyadh as part of the company's expansion into the Middle East and Africa.
Already well-established throughout the Middle East and Africa, Comptel is focused on (...)
The OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria issued a passionate appeal for economic reform, stressing that effective measures could boost output across the world's crisis-hit economies.
Speaking ahead of a meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) advanced and (...)
EMEA chemical companies, with lackluster growth and rising costs expected to negatively affect the sector in 2012, although satisfactory rating headroom exists, Fitch Ratings said believes that 2012 will remain challenging for in its report “2012 (...)
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As many African countries push for greater transparency, a controversial state secrets bill in South Africa has unnerved investors who worry the continent's top economy may try to hide widespread corruption, driving up the cost of (...)
Gulf stock markets are likely to extend losses in the coming weeks unless European policy makers succeeded in coming up with convincing solutions to address its persistent sovereign debt crisis.
“The reality is that as those charged with leading (...)
Saudi Arabia's construction industry is set to grow by an average of about four percent to 2015, and will be driven in part by low cost residential housing, Business Monitor International has said.
Analysts said they anticipated that housing will (...)
Gold futures slumped to start the week, as traders cashed out of the perceived refuge asset to cover losses in other markets as Europe's debt crisis seemed poised to take a turn for the worse.
The most actively traded gold contract, for December (...)
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Isa and Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benian as representative members of the Private Sector in the Board of Directors of the General Organization for Technical and Vocational Training for three years starting Feb 14, 2011.
The Cabinet approved the (...)
GAZA: Gaza's Hamas rulers signaled Friday that they wanted to defuse tension with Israel that has surged over the past week and they reiterated their desire for a mutual ceasefire.
Israel and Hamas fought a devastating three-week war in the Gaza (...)