JEDDAH: The Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Zainal Alireza announced yesterday that it would take only 24 hours to issue a commercial registration for any Saudi who is interested in entering
RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) has won the United Nations Public Service Award for the year 2008 for its service in the Sadad payment system. Announcing the award at a press conference
RIYADH: AlJawal yesterday announced the launch of its new “AlJawal Control” service to control incoming audio, video, sms, and mms communications. This new service is available to post-paid,
MANAMA: Bahrain-headquartered Arcapita Bank, a leading international investment firm, yesterday announced its maiden investment in China as the firm formed a joint venture partnership with Colossus
TOYAKO, Japan: Leaders of the world’s richest nations yesterday opened a summit aimed at battling skyrocketing oil and food prices, as pressure mounted on them to live up to their pledges to
JEDDAH: The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) signed a line of finance agreement with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a member of the Islamic
DUBAI: Oman kicked off its planned sale of 25 percent in Oman Telecommunications Co. yesterday, inviting investors in a deal it hopes will boost the state-controlled firm’s competitiveness as
JEDDAH: The Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) has revoked the license of Naeem Investment Company for violating the Capital Market Law and its regulations and deliberately giving false and misleading
DUBAI: Dubai’s gold jewelry sales volume rose 17 percent in June after picking up in the second quarter on expatriate demand, a senior gold industry executive in the Gulf Arab emirate said yesterday. “After
