Zayani Leasing, one of the Kingdom’s largest leasing companies, recently signed an exclusive lease contract with logistics provider Aramex for Peugeot Boxter Vans. The deal came in line with Zayani Leasing’s direction to provide smart solutions to their partners. The vans which were fully branded with Aramex’s corporate colors were handed over by General Manager [...]
Dubai: The Dubai Executive Council yesterday reviewed a proposed health funding system that aims to facilitate the access to health services by people with limited income and enhance cooperation between governmental and private medical institutions. The proposed system is a part of Dubai’s Strategic Plan 2015. The system was reviewed during a council meeting chaired [...]
De la redacción Los mercados cambiarios se han vuelto más volátiles gracias a la crisis europea y algunos operadores anticipan fluctuaciones más violentas. Esta semana, el euro alcanzó su menor nivel frente al dólar en cuatro meses y el dólar australiano cayó por debajo de US$1 la unidad por vez primera vez desde diciembre. Asimismo, [...]
Australia says it will contribute $100m annually for three years from 2015 toward the $4bn a year cost of running Afghanistan's security forces. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the money would be part of international efforts to support Afghan troops when they take responsibility for security. Australia has some 1,550 troops in Afghanistan, mostly in [...]
Story By: by The Associated Press The funeral of a 28-year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead. Hospital officials had pronounced dead Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, who came from the village of Naga al-Simman in the southern province of Luxor, after he suffered a heart attack [...]
“Yes,” claims John Renowden, vice president of technology at Boral Roofing, a U.S. company that has introduced a line of roof tiles that they say have pollution-busting properties. Based near Los Angeles, the most ozone-polluted city in the U.S., according to 2012 rankings by the American Lung Association, the company says its “Smog-Eating Tiles” improve [...]
Por ALEX FRANGOS To satisfy Chinese consumers’ increasing demand for milk products, companies like China Modern Dairy are importing higher-yielding foreign cows and using American factory-farming techniques. WSJ’s Angela Yeoh reports from central Anhui province. FEIDONG, China—En uno de los mayores arreos de ganado transoceánicos de la historia, unas 100.000 novillas de Uruguay, Australia y [...]
The long-delayed free trade agreement between the US and Colombia has come into effect, more than five years after being signed. At the stroke of midnight, a planeload of flowers – an important export for Colombia – left Bogota to become the first shipment under the deal. The pact was held up in the US [...]
The oldest independent state in the Arab world, Oman is one of the more traditional countries in the Gulf region and was, until the 1970s, one of the most isolated. Oman under Sultan Said bin Taimur, who came to power in 1932, experienced decades of international isolation, a society run along feudal lines and internal [...]
Release Date: 05/14/2012Contact Information: Peter Cassell, 312-886-6234, cassell.peter@epa.gov CHICAGO (May 14, 2012) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the City and County of Muskegon today announced the completion of a contaminated sediment removal project at the Division Street Outfall to Muskegon Lake. This project brings Muskegon Lake closer to [...]