| Sunday 14 July, 2019 8:14 am

International gathering to discuss Jordan's economic reforms

 The Jordanian Society for Scientific Research, Entrepreneurship and Creativity has called on economic experts to participate in the fifth edition of its international economic conference, which will be organized next Saturday (July 20th) discussing emerging economies, reform programs and...

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Business & Money | Sunday 14 July, 2019 8:09 am

Euromoney Magazine names Jordan's Arab Bank best Mideast bank in 2019

 The Arab Bank was named Best Bank in the Middle East 2019 by the London-based Euromoney Magazine, according to a press release issued by the bank on Saturday. The bank said it had also received the awards of the best bank in Jordan 2019 and the best bank in Palestine 2019 from...

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Business & Money | Saturday 13 July, 2019 11:27 am

Middle East completes a dynamic decade of entrepreneurship

Since 2009, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has come a long way in making its mark on the global entrepreneurship map. The following are some of the biggest milestones of the MENA ecosystem over the past decade as compiled by Arabnet, one of the region’s leading events and...

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Cars & Autos | Saturday 13 July, 2019 11:25 am

Beijing ponders support for petrol-electric hybrids

China is considering re-classifying petrol-electric hybrid vehicles so they get more favorable treatment than all-petrol or diesel counterparts under clean car rules, making it easier for automakers to meet environment quotas and offer more choice. Global hybrid leaders Toyota Motor Corp. and...

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Business & Money | Saturday 13 July, 2019 11:15 am

KSA ranked 2nd among G20 countries in awarding radio spectrum

Saudi Arabia has made the largest breakthrough among the G20 countries, in terms of the amount of radio spectrum awarded to operators in globally identified frequency bands for public mobile telecommunication services, according to global radio spectrum allocation reports. Since the end of Q2...

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Business & Money | Saturday 13 July, 2019 10:47 am

King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) signs agreement to establish Oilfields Supply Center as major investor and anchor tenant

King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) and Dubai-based Oilfields Supply Center Ltd. (OSC) today signed an agreement to establish OSC as an anchor tenant at SPARK, an energy city megaproject which will cement Saudi Arabia’s position as a global energy, industrial and technology hub. In...

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Government | Saturday 13 July, 2019 10:37 am

More than 36,000 pilgrims have arrived from the Mecca Road Initiative

The Directorate General of Passports announced the arrival of more than 36 thousand pilgrims from beneficiaries of Mecca through the initiative, where it is expected that the number of pilgrims beneficiaries exceeds the initiative, more than 225 thousand pilgrims this year, from five countries,...

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Business & Money | Saturday 13 July, 2019 10:35 am

Facebook is fined $ 5 billion

The US authorities imposed a $ 5 billion fine on Facebook following an investigation into the failure of the social networking giant to protect users' privacy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission voted 3 to 2 in favor of a compromise deal ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 13 July, 2019 10:31 am

Amazon and Microsoft are bidding for a $ 10 billion contract

A federal judge has paved the way for Amazhausen and Microsoft to compete for a $ 10 billion contract from the Defense Department for a cloud computing system. The judge issued a judgment against Oracle Technology, which confirmed that it was unfairly excluded from the competition for the...

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Government | Saturday 13 July, 2019 10:24 am

The Kingdom is reviewing its economic reforms in the United Nations as part of its participation in the Political Forum on Sustainable Development

In cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom to the United Nations, the Trade and Investment System organized a panel discussion entitled "Reforms in Saudi Commercial Law and Sustainable Development Objectives for Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises and New Enterprises" at ...

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