Saudi prince plans mile-high tower

The Star - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

DUBAI: Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Talal said he is looking at the world's largest cities, including Shanghai, Moscow, London and New York, as possible locations to build a mile-high skyscraper that would be the world's tallest building by far. The prince is inviting Dubai's biggest real estate developer Emaar Properties, chaired by Mohammed Alabbar, to team up with his ...

Ways to enhance telecom industry discussed

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Khalid Al-Bayari, acting CEO of Saudi Telecom Company and John Chambersthe, CEO and chairman of CISCO-Siemens, discuss the ways to enhance the communications and IT industry in Saudi Arabia. | | A A Arab News Last Update 18 June 2013 11:45 pm Khalid Al-Bayari, acting CEO of Saudi ...

Basic Systems opens LGs 1st digital signage showroom in Riyadh

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Basic Systems and LG officials at the opening of the showroom in Riyadh. | | A A Arab News Last Update 18 June 2013 11:45 pm Basic Systems, a Saudi company specialized in the field of digital signage networks, and technical solutions and systems development, opened LG's Digital Signage ...

Saudi art movement strengthened as local galleries unite

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Owners of ten art galleries met this week to sign an agreement that brings the galleries on one platform. (AN photo) | | A A JEDDAH: FOUZIA KHAN Last Update 18 June 2013 11:44 pm Ten art galleries from across the Kingdom united on the common platform of the "United Saudi Galleries" ...

Saudi Arabian National e-Security Center to...

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

As many other countries, Saudi Arabia has come to realize that it must take immediate action to protect government systems against hackers. The government has started setting up a national authority for information security, called the National e-Security Center, whose main goal will be to protect ...

Saudi Ambassador to UK Receives Scouts Delegation

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

SPA -- Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom, received here today a delegation of Saudi Arabian Scouts Association, led by its Deputy President Fahd Al-Hassan. The meeting was attended by the Saudi Cultural Attach? at the Saudi embassy Dr. Faisal bin ...

Saudi Minister of National Guard confirms that viewpoints of Saudi Arabia and France

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

SPA -- Prince Mite'b bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Minister of the National Guard of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, expressed pleasure to have had talks with France's Foreign Minister Loran Fabius at an invitation of the host minister. In a press statement following the meeting, Prince Mite'b bin ...

Saudi Arabia cuts Hajj Quota for foreign pilgrims by 20 percent

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Manila, Philippines --- Hajj 2013 is expected to be a little less crowded after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia slashed foreign pilgrims by 20 percent and domestic pilgrims by 50 percent. Figures showed 3,161,000 Musliment on the pilgrimage in 2012, with about a million of them from the Kingdom. Each country has a hajj quota of 1,000 pilgrims per one million Muslim population. Official figures ...

Task force team eyes Saudi industrial projects

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The Japan-Saudi Arabia Industrial Cooperation Joint Task Force is now engaged in a series of interviews with Saudi major companies. The objective of this activity is to understand needs of Saudi industry for Japanese products or technologies that would improve added value of Saudi business. The task force is going to utilize its result for their following activities of business matching between ...

RI`s Consulate General in Jeddah opens 21 ...

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The Indonesian Consulate General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, opens 21 hours a day to accelerate registration of workers wishing to obtain documents in lieu of passport (SPLP) from the Saudi government, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday. From May 13 to July 3 the consulate general will ...

Esris World Topographic Map Populated with New Layers from Farsi GeoTech

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

REDLANDS, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Farsi GeoTech, the oldest and biggest map provider in Saudi Arabia, has contributed feature data to the World Topographic Map through ...

Rolman Groups KSA Venture Taps into USD 40 Million Bearings Market

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The United Arab Emirates-based Rolman Group, headquartered in Dubai, reveals that its venture into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tapped into an expansive bearings market, which amounts to approximately USD 40-50 million; the company's operations in the country have taken off since its inauguration ...

Rebel fighters already receiving Saudi rockets

New Zealand Herald - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Opposition fighters in Syria, preparing for a major onslaught by government forces in their northern strongholds around Aleppo, have been equipped with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, it has emerged. While Western powers deliberate over whether or not to arm "moderate" rebel groups, Saudi Arabia has sent the weapons, which the rebels have often said was their most needed piece of ...

Saudi firm wins $98m Musandam power grid project

Construction Week Online - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Saudi Arabian power contractor Saudi National Contracting Co (NCC) has been awarded a contract worth $98m to build the first major power transmission line in Musandam Governorate. The project is a key part of a raft of major infrastructure schemes being implemented in this strategically important Omani enclave in accordance with the directives of Sultan Qaboos. NCC will build the transmission ...

Mecca Builder Surges on Holy City Expansion Plans Riyadh Mover

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Makkah Construction & Development Co. (MCDCO) soared to the highest level in almost seven years as expansion projects around the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca helped extend a rally in Saudi real-estate shares. The Saudi Arabian company, which is based in Mecca, jumped 7.1 percent to ...

Deposits at Saudi banks exceed...

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The National Commercial Bank (NCB) said in its new report that total deposits in the Saudi banking industry surpassed the SR 1.3 trillion level during April, providing a solid backbone for credit expansions. Demand deposits recorded the fastest pace since February 2012 at 19.6 percent annually, ...

Saudi Arabia SARS-Like Coronavirus Kills 4 More Death Toll Rises to

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The new MERS-CoV, in the same family as with SARS, had so far infected 64 worldwide, with 38 dying from the disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The virus which emerged September in 2012 has been detected in people from sporadic points of the globe such as Saudi Arabia, ...

Customs Affairs praises the Efforts of the Saudi Side in Facilitating the Movement of Trucks

Bahrain News Agency - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Manama, June 18th (BNA) - President of Bahrain Customs, Shaikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa praised the fruitful cooperation between the Customs Affairs and the Emirate of Eastern Province, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Customs, and the King Fahd Causeway General Organization with the relevant authorities in the Bahraini side which are represented in King Fahd Causeway Police ...

Saudi Arabia faces construction logjam

The National - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Saudi Arabia could suffer delays because of the introduction of a labour law restricting foreign employment, contractors warned yesterday. A backlog of about 450,000 foreign construction workers were still waiting for the correct paperwork, said Raed Al Aqeeli, the vice chairman of the contractors' committee in the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with the new laws set to come into ...

Investcorp buys stake in Saudi oil and gas company

The National - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Investcorp has acquired a significant stake in Al Yusr Industrial Contracting Company (AYTB), the latest in a flurry of deals targeting Gulf heavy industry. The Bahraini private equity firm has taken a 38 per cent stake in Al Yusr, a Jubail-based provider of technical services in ...

Tunisian Foreign Minister Meets Saudi Ambassador

Congoo - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

SPA -- Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Al-Jarandi met here today with Saudi Ambassador to Tunisia Khalid bin Musaed Al-Anqari. During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and reviewed issues of mutual interest. The Tunisian Minister commended bilateral relations between the two countries, ...

US Not Immune from Saudi Oil Export Disruption

Rigzone - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

While the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will likely be unable to defend its position on both market share and prices in the wake of growing U.S. tight oil supply, growth in non-OPEC supply does not mean the United States will be immune from a disruption of Saudi Arabian oil exports, a policy expert told attendees at a June 12 forum at Rice University. The U.S. shale boom ...