Google plans to launch a series of events aimed at getting more Gulf firms online as it looks to increase its business in the Middle East, its regional managing director said. The world’s largest internet search engine estimates that just 15 percent of GCC businesses are currently online. Google aims to bolster numbers by developing [...]

Avnet in association with Oracle holds training workshops for its Preferred Partners across the Middle East North Africa region  Dubai, UAE, August 4, 2011 – Avnet Technology Solutions, the leading Value Added Distributor in the Middle East and Africa region recently held a special training workshop “Improving Datacenter Efficiency with Oracle” for its Preferred Partners [...]

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and UAE emerged as four of the top ten countries in the world with the highest density ultrawealthy households. The findings appear in BCG’s eleventh annual Global Wealth report titled Shaping a New Tomorrow: How to Capitalize on the Momentum of Change, which was released recently in the Middle East. According [...]

Survey reveals attitudes towards environment in the Middle East and North Africa as world marks Earth Day AL-Riyadh – April 23, 2011: Consumers across the Middle East and North Africa are changing their lifestyle and shopping habits as they become more environmentally aware, according to a new survey from Yahoo! Maktoob Research. The online poll [...]

Riyadh, 20 April 2011: The National TriGeneration CHP Company (“NTCC”), which specializes in cooling, heating, and power systems, announced the signing of a joint venture (JV) with UGL Limited (ASX: UGL) (“UGL”), an Australia-based international property and facilities management company. The JV entity, to be named, UGL Services, will initially focus on providing facilities management [...]

Home Centre, the regional retailer, aims to add 17 new outlets to its global portfolio by the end of 2011. Occupying more than 2.89 million sq ft of retail space, Home Centre currently has 12 shops in the UAE and boasts 71 stores across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the Indian [...]

Bloomberg, the New York-based financial data giant, saw Middle East revenues rise by 15.6 percent in 2010 its chairman said Thursday. The firm, which provides financial news to some 300,000 subscribers worldwide, expects sales in emerging markets to grow at 15 to 20 percent annually, Peter Grauer said. “Last year we were up 15.6 percent [...]

UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Sheikha Lubna is the world’s most powerful female Arab, according to a new list published by CEO Middle East. Sheikha Lubna, according to the magazine, “has been challenging traditional opinions about women in business ever since she developed a system that reduced cargo turnaround at Dubai Ports Authority from one [...]

Vanity Fair’s Maureen Dowd traveled to Saudi Arabia to experience first-hand the Arab kingdom’s newly declared commitment to tourism. But apparently she didn’t get the memo—that promise seems to only apply to men. Saudi Arabia! Just the vacation spot for a headstrong, adventure-loving, cocktail-imbibing, fashion-conscious chick. Long averse to non-Muslim curiosity seekers, the Kingdom is [...]

Today, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in coordination with Dar Al-Hekma College is opening a photo exhibit entitled “Photography Through the Eyes of Saudi Arabian Women.” The exhibition is the first of its kind, portraying a collection of work from dozens of Saudi women photographers to be exhibited in the United States.  The exhibit will run from July [...]