http://www.zawya.com/countries/saen-usCopyright 2009 ABQ Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:27:00 GMT5014476http://www.zawya.com/countries/sahttp://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gifhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121082754Saudi Arabia's increasing insurance density is poised to be sustained this year with the introduction of a new policy in compulsory motor insurance and cooperative health insurance, according to Buruj Cooperative Insurance Co. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:20:48 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20091121082754Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121041601Saudi Arabia's infrastructure sector is forecast to achieve a real growth of 2.88 percent y-o-y in 2009, with the construction industry's value to reach SR77.69 billion ($20.74 billion).Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:38 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091121041601Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121042100Most Gulf stock markets extended losses this week ahead of Eid Al-Adha holidays due to start on Nov. 26, financial analysts said Friday.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:13:14 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091121042100Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121045434 The Chinese company Hisense International Marketing Co. Ltd., plans to set up a white goods factory in Saudi Arabia in cooperation with Zagzoog.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:12:09 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091121045434Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121045444 Saad Group has agreed to sell a 19 percent stake in Petra Diamonds Limited, a UK-based mining company focusing on diamond resources, for $100 million in a private placement.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:10:59 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091121045444Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121045555Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) announced that it has launched free WiFi service in the holy sites in Makkah to enable pilgrims to access the Internet during this year's Haj season. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:07:09 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091121045555Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121045735 All individually billed cell phone subscribers of the Jawal service of the Saudi Telecommunication Company can make free calls within the STC network for a month starting Nov. 21, the company announced over the weekend. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:06:31 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091121045735Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121033503Despite the tensions at the border in Jazan province, more than 17,000 pilgrims have entered the Kingdom at the Tuwal border crossing as of Friday evening. These pilgrims come from different countries apart from Yemen, including Indonesia, Egypt and Russia.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:40:03 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091121033503Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121033905 The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) handed over a number of Iraqi cultural artifacts smuggled to the Kingdom by an Arab expatriate recently. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:39:36 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091121033905Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091121034802 King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) received the inaugural flight of Lion Air of Indonesia and Al-Watania of Kuwait, according to reports over the weekend.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:39:13 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091121034802Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091121T010955ZMLE03 Days before a forecast three million Muslim pilgrims pack Mecca to begin the holy ritual of the hajj, the spectre of a possible outbreak of swine flu seems to be fazing few of them.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:17:54 GMTAFP ANA20091121T010955ZMLE03Openhttp://www.zawya.com/countries/sa/macrowatch.cfm?eiusection=COUNTRY%20RISK%20RATINGFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:00 GMTEconomist Intelligence Unit EIU20091120210106837Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/countries/sa/macrowatch.cfm?eiusection=ECONOMIC%20STRUCTUREFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:00 GMTEconomist Intelligence Unit EIU20091120210045306Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120112319Saudi Hollandi Bank (SHB) launched for its customers a new credit facility that enables them to transfer the outstanding balances of all their credit cards issued by other banks to a Saudi Hollandi Bank credit card, provided that the Bank shall pay all the due amounts on the customer's credit cards to other banks. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:06 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20091120112319Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120072533The Social Security Corporation intends to expand its coverage across the Kingdom and include 85 per cent of the population under its umbrella, according to SSC officials.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:18:57 GMTJordan Times ZAWYA20091120072533Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120060955Twenty swine flu cases have been reported among foreign Haj pilgrims since they started arriving for this year's pilgrimage, Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said at a press conference in Jeddah on Thursday.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:48:50 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091120060955Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120060929Saudi Arabia and the United States have discussed prospects of expanding military cooperation during a strategic meeting attended by Prince Khaled bin Sultan, assistant minister of defense and aviation for military affairs, it was announced on Thursday.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:48:28 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091120060929Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120061403The business community in Jeddah is happy over the announcement made by Commerce and Industry Minister Abdullah Zainal Alireza appointing four men and two women to the board of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI).Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:48:09 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091120061403Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120061803 In its latest economic forecast HSBC put the inflation in Saudi Arabia at six percent in 2010, up from the current 3.5 percent. The overall GDP growth for the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council is to reach a modest four percent, the report added.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:47:37 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091120061803Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120062405Automotive sales in Saudi Arabia remain exceptionally strong, buoyed by the country's growing population and a positive economic growth forecast wherein GDP is expected to expand by 2.1 percent. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:46:00 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091120062405Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120062344The shipments of the Nokia N900, Nokia's latest mobile computer based on open source Maemo 5 software, have now started. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:45:25 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091120062344Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120062443Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) and Petro Rabigh Company have signed an agreement. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:45:04 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091120062443Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120063127Local Haj pilgrims are being urged to take special health kits with them in light of the swine flu threat.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:44:37 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091120063127Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120063421Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Majed, Emir of Madina Region, has directed authorities to provide all facilities for grouping pilgrims for departure to Makkah after Friday prayers.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:44:06 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091120063421Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120065025 In conjunction with its local partner, Abdulla Fouad Holding Co, GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies unveiled a new $1 million non-destructive testing application center in Dammam recently. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:43:38 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091120065025Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120065124Construction of Lamar Towers - the first integrated skyscraper project in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia - is now in full swing after the completion of the most important phase of the project which was the concrete mat casting for the 76-storey highest tower with 72 stories as planned.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:42:52 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091120065124Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119134012The success of Gulf International Bank's (GIB) Saudi Riyal-denominated bond issue in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia earlier this month has given a positive signal to the country's financial market. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:41:34 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20091119134012Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091119T100846ZMDF30A Saudi soldier has been killed in clashes with Yemeni Shiite rebels at the border between the two countries, Saudi media reported on Thursday.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:31:28 GMTAFP ANA20091119T100846ZMDF30Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091119T094804ZMDC44Thirty years ago, as tens of thousands of hajj pilgrims were completing dawn prayers inside Mecca, gunshots pierced the sanctity of the Grand Mosque.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:59 GMTAFP ANA20091119T094804ZMDC44Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_18112009_191138These truckers are the modern-day antecedents of the Spice Road, carrying the goods and riches of the Arabian Peninsula to the West as their forefathers did before.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:48:04 GMTGulf News GN_18112009_191138Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119071832 The upcoming GCC summit in Kuwait will be the launch pad for the unified Gulf currency, Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Wednesday.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:16:00 GMTKUNA (Kuwait News Agency) ZAWYA20091119071832Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119073721The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Czech Republic signed here today an agreement on mutual promotion and protection of investments between the two countries. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:14:52 GMTSaudi Press Agency ZAWYA20091119073721Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119045258The 18-member Board of Directors at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) has finally been completed after the Minster of Trade and Industry announced his appointees to the six remaining places following last month's elections.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:59:48 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091119045258Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119044241Saudi Arabia's currency peg to the US dollar 'benefits' the kingdom and will remain as long as the greenback remains the main reserve currency globally, the central bank governor was quoted as saying on Wednesday.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:49:05 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091119044241Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119044622Lulu Hypermarket, part of UAE-based Emke Group, which opened its first hypermarket in Saudi Arabia recently, enjoys 32.5 percent of the organized retail sector, latest research showed.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:47:51 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091119044622Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119044804Arabian Food Supplies launched recently the world's biggest authentic Mexican restaurant in Jeddah. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:46:51 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091119044804Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119045148Saudi entrepreneur Ghada Ba'aqeil has won the "People's Choice Award", part of Youth Business International's Entrepreneur of the Year competition, for her work in setting up the Ghada Madina Autism Center, the first and only center for autistic children in the city of Madina.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:46:13 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091119045148Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119040714The Central Bank of the UAE has directed banks to make 50 per cent provisions by December 31 2009 against exposure to failed Saudi Arabian business groups of? Al Gosaibi and Saad. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:22:18 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20091119040714Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119033409 Kuwaiti mobile telephone firm Zain's and logistics provider Agility took a beating on Wednesday and hammered the index to a 33-week low.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:05:00 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091119033409Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119033312Chemmannur Fashion Jewelers, which has about 146 years experience in the business, intends to open its showrooms in Dammam, Riyadh and Jeddah, according to Boby Chemmannur, chairman and managing director of the company.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:04:03 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091119033312Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119033453The King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) on Wednesday signed five agreements on joint cooperation with major European and US defence companies.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:01:29 GMTJordan Times ZAWYA20091119033453Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119031852 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has instructed authorities to host 2,000 relatives of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks so they can perform Haj this year. They will be treated as the government's guests.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:48:06 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091119031852Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119032559This year's Haj is to experience a sharp decline in the number of Saudi and non-Saudi domestic pilgrims, said Saad Al-Qurashi, head of the Haj and Umrah Commission at the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:46:23 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091119032559Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119032710With government offices and schools in Riyadh breaking up for the Eid Al-Adha holiday on Wednesday, people are leaving the capital for both domestic and international destinations.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:45:45 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091119032710Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119041908The economies of Gulf oil producers have overcome the adverse effects of the global fiscal turbulence and have started to stabilise as a direct result of their governments' anti-crisis measures, according to a regional investment firm.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:45:16 GMTEmirates Business 24/7 ZAWYA20091119041908Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119033044The candidate list has been finalized for the Eastern Region Chamber of Commerce elections next December. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:43:53 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091119033044Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119044326Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) has completed work on the first phase of the modernization and development plan for the Haj Terminal project at King Abdul Aziz International Airport.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:12:09 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091119044326Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119044653Effat University inaugurated its technology-enhanced laboratory equipped with computers which will enable students to communicate with their teachers in the University as well as research centers and major libraries around the world.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:10:03 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20091119044653Open