EGA achieves zero LTI from heat-related illnessesEmirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has achieved zero lost time injuries (LTI) from heat-related illnesses this year, following its 'Beat the Heat and Be Safe' programme. The initiative – launched in More… |
Diabetes awareness walk planned in BahrainAl Rashid Group, a division of Landmark Retail - the region’s leading retail and hospitality conglomerate, is set to host the seventh edition of the Beat Diabetes Walk at Dohat Arad Park in Muharraq, Bahrain on November 14. More… |
Turkish airport security beat up Saudi woman,2 sonsA Saudi woman and her two teenaged sons visiting Turkey were assaulted by the Istanbul airport’s security men last week, said a report. The woman's husband, who was waiting outside the airport, was quoted as saying that More… |
Turkish airport security beat up Saudi woman,2 sonsA Saudi woman and her two teenaged sons visiting Turkey were assaulted by the Istanbul airport’s security men last week, said a report. The woman's husband, who was waiting outside the airport, was quoted as saying that More… |
Ericsson profit beats forecast as US sales stabiliseEricsson, a leading mobile network equipment maker, beat second-quarter sales and profit forecasts and said its mainstay North American business had stabilised after three quarters of declines, lifting its shares as much as six per cent. More… |
Saudi's Arab National Bank net profit rises 6.4pcArab National Bank, Saudi Arabia's seventh-largest lender by assets, reported on Thursday a 6.4 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit, beating analysts' forecasts. Net profit in the three months to June 30 was SR835.3 More… |
Samba Q2 net profit rises 6.1pc, beats forecastsSamba Financial Group, Saudi Arabia's third-largest bank by assets, posted a 6.1 per cent rise in its second-quarter net profit, it said in a bourse statement on Thursday, beating analyst forecasts. The bank said it made SR1.3 More… |
Probe launched into Bahrain store stabbing caseAn investigation has been launched into an attack on a shop worker, who was stabbed and beaten by a group of thugs on a busy road in Hoora, Bahrain. Police sources said the gang of eight raided Lens Mobiles sho More… |
Bahraini father jailed for abusing sonAn abusive father who repeatedly assaulted his seven-year-old son, leaving him in a coma for more than four years, was yesterday jailed for five years. The 38-year-old Bahraini "viciously" beat his so More… |
Dubai banks 'can beat global financial crisis'Local banks in Dubai have sufficient liquidity to weather a global downturn, the chairman of the Gulf's largest bank and a key figure in its recovery from a 2009 debt crisis said. Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, who is also chairman More… |