Adeeb Al Blooshi, Dana Al Blooshi, Aisha Al Braiki and Saeed Al Nathari were chosen as Mubadala Youth Award winners at the recent Mubadala Youth Forum, which took place in Abu Dhabi; the forum and awards were sponsored by the Mubadala Development Co., which is an Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company. Read More »

The Arabia CSR Forum and Awards are set for Oct. 27-28 with the focus on sustainable development goals and the role businesses play in achieving them. Supported by the League of Arab States, the UN Global Compact and the United Nations Environment Programme, the forum will focus on regional cases, experiences and scenarios with regard to businesses' sustainability practices. Read More »

Trinidad and Tobago is the latest country Chem-Dry has expanded into, and now, with this new addition, the carpet and upholstery cleaning company has a presence in 50 countries; Chem-Dry has 3,500 locations worldwide and serves more than 10,000 homes and businesses every day, and, looking toward the future, the company hopes to perpetuate the high demand for its products and methods.  Read More »

At the end of a recent diplomatic mission, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Republic of Belarus Mohammed Abdullah Al Ghafli visited with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Makei: the dignitaries spoke about a variety of issues related to cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the UAE as well as ways of develop bilateral political dialogue. Read More »

Affiliates for Kuwait Petroleum International and Gunvor Group have come to the last stage of negotiations regarding the sale of the KP Europoort refinery in The Netherlands. The transaction is still contingent upon regulatory approval and required employee consultation processes. Should the sale go through, the refinery will continue to comply with Gunvor's strategies. Read More »

One of the region's largest HVAC distributors, Leminar Air Conditioning Company, recently opened their new office and showroom in Oman. Read More »

Abu Dhabi-based KBBO Group recently made the largest investment in an Egyptian technology startup to date with a $2.7 million investment in Yaoota.com, money, says CEO and cofounder Sherif ElRakabawy, that will be partially used to expand to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, capitalizing on the fact that the small emirate has the best infrastructure in place for the market with the highest Internet, mobile device and payment card penetration.  Read More »

Under the leadership of Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman of the board of trustees of the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, the second Eye on Earth Summit is underway at the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort in Abu Dhabi; the event began Oct. 6 and will run through Oct. 8, and this year's theme is “Informed Decision-Making for Sustainable Development” and focuses on the part governments, technology, the scientific community and citizen participation play Read More »

A study conducted by MoveSouq.com and RSA Insurance found that 61 percent of Dubai homes are uninsured. While health and car policies remain at the highest level of penetration, most people forgo personal property coverage. Gulf News Journal sat down with RSA's David Harris to find out why residents aren’t buying rental insurance despite high rates of fire and water damage. Read More »

Representatives from Equate, which is Kuwait's first international joint venture petrochemical company, recently paid a visit to the Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC) in order to both find out more about the organization and demonstrate the company's support of the group: while there, the representatives spoke with and gave gifts to the center's staff and residents. Read More »

Sidra Medical and Research Center in Qatar has partnered with precision medicine company WuXi NextCODE to conduct research and develop cutting-edge bioinformatics programs; the multi-year collaboration will allow Sidra to utilize its clinical, research and bioinformatics teams to deliver genomic medicine, not only for its own patients but on a global scale. Read More »

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the Gulf nation’s leading aluminum smelter, is set to exceed its annual production growth targets, an announcement that came at the company’s third quarter meeting in a statement from Alba’s Chairman Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa; that announcement comes as the company continues its Line 6 Expansion Project, which will allow the company to massively increase output even more in coming years. Read More »

Oman Air has signed an agreement with travel technology provider Sabre Corporation to expand the airline’s passenger services system; the new agreement will add additional technology to Oman Air’s current SabreSonic Customer Sales & Service system, designed to enhance the shopping experience for customers and create better and more profitable interactions with passengers throughout their journeys. Read More »

Kuwait’s 360 MALL is in the midst of a massive expansion project that will include development of the new state-of-the-art Sheikh Jaber Al Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah International Tennis Complex: the new complex in Al Zahra is designed to put Kuwait firmly on the world’s professional tennis map, and the new mall expansion -- complete with tennis complex -- is expected to open its doors in 2019. Read More »

The U.S.-based railway manufacturer Greenbrier Companies Inc. has received an order from the government-owned Saudi Railway Company (SAR) for 1,200 railroad tank cars; Greenbrier will supply three types of tank cars that will support industrial mining operations at Saudi Arabia’s Wa’ad al Shamal Industrial City, and the tank cars will facilitate rail transportation of molten sulfur and phosphoric acid -- materials that are commonly used in a range of industrial activities. Read More »

The international law firm Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Charbel M. Maakaron as the managing partner of the firm's office in Doha, Qatar; Maakaron succeeds Susan B. Bastress, who served as managing partner in Doha since she established the office there in 2003 -- she has decided to leave Doha so that she can return to her real estate practice in the firm's Washington, D.C., office. Read More »

In less than a year's time, Qatar Airways officials said that it has plans to provide daily direct services from Doha to Sydney, Australia; the new flight service is set to begin on March 1, 2016, to the third Australian city in the Qatar Airways network, as the Doha-based carrier currently operates daily non-stop flights to Melbourne and Perth, coming to a total of 14 services each week. Read More »

GFH Financial Group (GFH), which is a Bahrain-based financial group, has repaid $37.5 million (USD) to its debt syndicates, repayments that come in addition to another $33 million GFH had already paid to its debt holders in 2014; together, the payments from last year and this year represent more than 30 percent of the group's outstanding debt facilities, which is an important step toward strengthening the company's financial future. Read More »

Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, minister of international cooperation and development and head of the UAE Committee for the Coordination of Humanitarian Foreign Aid, is calling on her international counterparts to work on the partnership between the public and private sectors to create innovative financing solutions. Read More »

Vuclip, a premium mobile video-on-demand (VOD) service for emerging markets, released a report this week on its survey of consumer behavior associated with sharing videos on the platform. Read More »