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ENBD, Al Rajhi win Visa Leader awardsEmirates NBD and Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp were among the 20 financial institutions to receive the Visa Leader Award at the Visa APCEMEA 2013 Security Summit. The award recognises the b More… |
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Kuwait court scraps opposition leader's jail termA Kuwaiti appeals court on Monday overturned a five-year jail sentence given to an opposition politician convicted of insulting the ruling emir in a speech, a defence lawyer said. Under Kuwait's legal system, Musallam al-Barra More… |
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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies from cancerVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer, ending 14 years of tumultuous and divisive rule that won him passionate support among the poor but hatred from business leaders and weal More… |
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UK risk firm names new leader for MEACAUK’s Altor Risk Group, a leader in understanding risk, has promoted one of its international team leaders, Brian Davis, to the post of business unit leader for the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia (MEACA). The existing M More… |
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Every NGO ‘needs a business leader’The development field is not like the business field and every NGO needs to have a business leader, said Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel, vice chairwoman and secretary general of Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundations. She was delivering a lec More… |
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North Korea's reculsive leader diesNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-il, revered at home by a propaganda machine that turned him into a demi-god and vilified in the West as a temperamental tyrant with a nuclear arsenal, has died, North Korean state television reported on Monday. More… |
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Bahrain 'industry leader in the making'Bahrain is well on its way to become a world leader in the production of high quality lube base oils, said Energy Minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza at the opening of the $450 million lube base oil plant on Tuesday. This launch will give More… |
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Software AG ‘leader in architecture market’Germany-based Software AG has been named a leader in a major evaluation report, receiving top scores in overall strategy, product architecture and market presence. In the April 2011 report of The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Architecture Man More… |
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Resist US pressure, says Bahrain leaderA community leader has warned Bahrain against caving in to 'US pressure' over its pace of reforms. In a Friday sermon, National Unity Assembly (NUA) president Dr Shaikh Abdullatif Al Mahmood claimed that the US is threatening to wi More… |
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Saudi 'emerges packaging industry leader'Saudi Arabia has emerged as the region's leader in the packaging sector, accounting for up to 70 per cent of the GCC market, which is estimated to be worth over $2 billion, according to an expert. A key factor in the country's More… |
