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Riyadh witnessed last Tuesday the first business women forum in the field of e-Commerce
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Saudi e-Commerce in Saudi Arabia is expected to increase in the next two years to SR 50 billion ($ 13 billion), bearing in mind that the Kingdom monopolizes 45 percent of the volume of e-Commerce in the Middle East.

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The board of the subsidy fund said subsidies burned up 53.36 billion dirhams in 2012
13:01 GMT

Morocco will cut subsidy spending by 20 percent to 42 billion dirhams ($5 billion) or less in 2013 - depending on international commodities prices, the general affairs minister said on Friday.

Desktop PCs are projected to fall by 5 per cent for the year
12:40 GMT

Cannibalisation of tablet computers is again going to make a big dent in computer (portable and desktop) sales in the UAE in the second quarter.

Ali Al Maqahwi, Director of Airport Operations at Dubai Customs
08:46 GMT

Dubai Customs led international efforts to foil a bid to smuggle about 65 kg narcotic drugs seized at Istanbul Airport in Turkey.

June 13, 2013

Abu Dhabi Ports Company
10:30 GMT

Abu Dhabi Ports Company and Agthia Group’s Agri Business Division have welcomed the first ever shipment of ‘soya bean meal’ into Abu Dhabi, through Mina Zayed.

Hamad Medical Corporation
05:32 GMT
(press release)

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has celebrated World Blood Donor Day by recognizing 300 top donors at a special gala event in Doha.

During the event
05:26 GMT
(press release)

Representatives from Tamkeen held orientation sessions in several community centres across Bahrain’s five governorates, with an average audience of around 60 people during each visit.

June 12, 2013

Eros PASS IT ON initiative
09:42 GMT
(press release)

Even thescorching heat could not take away the spirit of the young students of Greenfield Community School who volunteered for Eros Group’s much acclaimed ‘PASS IT ON’ initiative.

IKEA store in Doha, Qatar
08:34 GMT
(press release)

IKEA has now completed over 3 months of operation in the capital of Qatar with overwhelming response from consumers.

Enrich
05:45 GMT

TRACCS, one of the region’s leading and largest public relations networks, has diversified its offering with the introduction of a dedicated communications training division, ENRICH powered by TRACCS.

June 11, 2013

Tamkeen's re-designed 2012 Annual Report
13:15 GMT
(press release)

Tamkeen announced that it has issued its 2012 Annual Report, the fifth such report it has issued since its establishment by Royal Decree 57 in 2006.

Marco Bill-Peter, vice president, Global Support Services, Red Hat
09:38 GMT
(press release)

Red Hat announced the commercial availability of OpenShift Online, its public Platform-as-a-Service cloud offering, beginning June 11, 2013.

Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, UAE
07:46 GMT

Commenting on Dubai Declaration held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

Sean Connor, General Manager, Plug-Ins
07:15 GMT
(press release)

Walk in to PLUG INS for the hottest deals on consumer electronics this DSS, as the UAE’s first multi-brand consumer electronics retailer, announced its Super Savers offer.

June 10, 2013

Talentadong Pinoy
09:47 GMT
(press release)

In an exciting finale that brought the most talented Filipinos in the GCC region to Dubai to vie for the top spot of Kapatid TV5’s ‘Talentadong Pinoy Middle East,’ Haina Uddin was adjudged Middle East Grand Champion.

ENRICH
08:11 GMT
(press release)

TRACCS has diversified its offering with the introduction of a dedicated communications training division, ENRICH powered by TRACCS.