New Market Study Published Al Rajhi Banking Investment Corp in Financial Cards

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

- New Retailing market report from Euromonitor International: "Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp in Financial Cards and Payments (Saudi Arabia)" Al Rajhi Banking & Investment is expected to face growing competition within financial cards during the forecast period. Despite this, the bank is ...

MEC Review Saudi human rights and all that

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

My column this week focuses once again on human rights issues in Saudi Arabia . I actually had a different column on an entirely different topic written and ready to run -- look for it next week. But then I ran into the Saudi lawyer Abd al-Aziz Hussan here in Washington, and heard more about how ...

Hackers target Saudi government website

Al Jazeera - Friday 17th May, 2013

Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were hacked in a series of heavy cyber attacks from overseas in recent days, disabling them briefly until the attacks were repelled, the government has said. An investigation traced the "coordinated and simultaneous attacks" to hundreds of Internet protocol addresses in a number of countries, an unnamed source at the Saudi Interior Ministry ...

Agfa HealthCare boosts KSA presence

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

:51 pm Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of integrated IT and Imaging solutions, recently announced the establishment of a new branch in the Kingdom, called Agfa HealthCare Saudi Arabia Company Ltd. The new company was launched during a press conference in Riyadh. Agfa HealthCare has been active ...

Hezbollah link in court dispute leaves Saudi princes red-faced

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

Two prominent Saudi princes are involved in a London-registered company that supposedly facilitated "money laundering" for Hezbollah in Lebanon and helped smuggle precious stones out of Congo, according to allegations in court documents. Lawyers for the Saudis have spent a year trying to suppress ...

Top German firms to join...

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

Twenty German companies are expected to take part in the 9th German Breakfast and 6th German Catalog Show in Riyadh on May 25 and 26 and in Dammam on May 27 and 28. In Riyadh, Abdullah S. Al-Mobty, chairman of the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry, will be the guest of honor at the ...

Saudi projects win MEED awards

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

Maaden received the GCC Mashreq oil and gas project of the year award. | | A A JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Last Update 17 May 2013 11:51 pm The Gulf region's highest quality projects were revealed at the 2013 MEED Quality Awards for Projects. It took place in association with Ernst & Young. Saudi Arabia ...

Top German firms to join catalog shows in Riyadh and Dammam

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

RIYADH: Rodolfo C. Estimo Jr. | Arab News Staff Last Update 17 May 2013 11:51 pm Twenty German companies are expected to take part in the 9th German Breakfast and 6th German Catalog Show in Riyadh on May 25 and 26 and in Dammam on May 27 and 28. In Riyadh, Abdullah S. Al-Mobty, chairman of the ...

Front Saudi princes lose court battle to keep documents secret

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

(Guardian (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Two prominent Saudi princes are involved in a London-registered company that supposedly facilitated "money laundering" for Hezbollah in Lebanon and helped smuggle precious stones out of Congo, according to contested allegations in court documents obtained ...

Yemen wants its detainees out of Guantanamo

Middle East Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

Obama administration to repatriate its nationals from the Guantanamo detention camp, officials say. More than half of the 166 detainees are Yemeni, the Los Angeles Times reports. They include 88 Yemeni nationals and a few Saudi nationals whose families came from Yemen. Four years ago, a government task force found 86 prisoners it recommended for release from Guantanamo, 59 of them from Yemen. ...

SR-500-banknotes dress wows young designers

Arab News - Friday 17th May, 2013

Saudi fashion designer Rania Ghamrawi has made a display dress using SR 500 banknotes worth SR 1 million, or about $ 266,000. The dress was wowed by a number of young designers. Ghamrawi said she made the dress by stitching a large amount of currency paper of SR 500 category together in order to form a evening dress. She said that through designing the dress she sought to create an innovative ...

Middle Eastern Telecom Accused of Working With Saudi Arabia to Spy on Citizens

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

Mobily, an arm of the state-owned Middle Eastern telecom giant Etihad Etisalat, has been accused of working with Saudi Arabia to develop software that would allow the government to bypass protections for social media user ...

Saudi Arabia to Chair AAEA Meetings in Tunis

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to preside over the meetings of the 25th session of the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA) which will begin here tomorrow. The Saudi delegation to the congress is led by Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Arfaj, Advisor at King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy. ...

Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Meets Pakistani Official U.S. Ambassador

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

SPA -- Abdulaziz bin Ibrahim Al-Ghadeer, Saudi ambassador to Pakistan, met separately here today with the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party Fadhl Al-Rahman and his U.S. counterpart Ritchard Ulsen. During the meetings, issues of common interest were discussed. --SPA 21:59 LOCAL TIME 18:59 ...

Saudi Ambassador to Italy Opens Saudi Pavilion at Turin International Book Fair

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

SPA -- Saudi ambassador to Italy Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi opened here today the Saudi pavilion at Turin International Book Fair. The book fair has been inaugurated by Italy's minister of culture and tourism and the mayor of Turin. -- SPA 21:56 LOCAL TIME 18:56 ...

Saudi Arabia reports attacks on government websites

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

Several government Internet sites have come under "coordinated and simultaneous" cyber attack, an information security spokesman in the oil-rich kingdom reported on Friday. The spokesman said among them was the interior ministry website brought down for an hour on Wednesday after being targeted in ...

Bits Blog Saudi Web Sites Under Attack Following Surveillance Accusations

New York Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

The Saudi Interior Ministry said Friday that several government Web sites have come under attack in a campaign hackers are calling #OpSaudi. Hackers who identify with the loose hacking collective Anonymous have aimed at several government Web sites, including the Saudi Ministry of Finance, General Intelligence Presidency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Directorate General of ...

Saudi dies after setting himself on fire in protest

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

A Saudi man has died after setting himself on fire in protest at his treatment by authorities, the BBC has learned. Sources told BBC Arabic that more than 100 hundred people gathered outside the police department in capital Riyadh in anger at Ali Jabiri Alhouraysi's death. He is said to have killed ...

Allegations emerge against Saudi royals

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

Two members of Al Saud royal family are involved in a case of London-based company that allegedly facilitated money laundering, court papers show. According to contested allegations in court documents obtained by the Guardian and Financial Times, a brother and nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah ...

Check Out The Futuristic New Metro Station Being Built In Saudi Arabia

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

Zaha Hadid is known for her groundbreaking architecture around the world. For her latest project, the architect will build a new subway station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The renderings were just made available, and it appears that the station will resemble a massive glass cruise ship. The new ...

Saudi Interior Ministrys Website Exposed to Cyber Attacks

Congoo - Friday 17th May, 2013

Riyadh, May 17. (BNA) -- A series of Saudi governmental websites, including that of the Interior Ministry, have been exposed to several coordinated and simultaneous cyber attacks over the past few days, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. A Saudi Interior Ministry's source told SPA that the ...

Hackers strike at Saudi Arabia govt websites

General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

- Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were sabotaged in a series of heavy cyber attacks from abroad in recent days, disabling them briefly until the attacks were repelled, the government said. An investigation traced the "coordinated and simultaneous attacks" to hundreds of Internet protocol addresses in a number of countries, an unnamed source at the Saudi Interior Ministry ...