Business News

Mideast nations choose non-Latin domain names
Switch to IDN script due to popular demand
Lindsay Roberts - August 3, 2010
New job portal for Bahrainis launched
Gulf Connexions and Al Hilal Group joined forces to launch Jobs4Bahrainis.com, a unique job portal for Bahrainis.
Lindsay Roberts - July 1, 2010
Women's role in economic development praised
Bahrain's women were yesterday promised family stability, empowerment and a central role in the country's development as the nation...
Marah Bukai - December 17, 2009
Google and UAE oasis city reach online deal
Under the deal, Google maps will show new developments in the oasis city, residents will be able to translate official documents into ...
Marah Bukai - December 2, 2009
Preparing Arab Women for the Digital Future
Beirut 31 August, 2009 Women professionals from the Information Technology (IT) sector in the Arab world and the UK will ...
Marah Bukai - August 31, 2009
Yahoo! Of Arabia
Yahoo! and Microsoft may have announced their long-awaited marriage last month, but that doesn't mean they can't ...
Marah Bukai - August 26, 2009
Mobile broadband to see 50m users by 2013
The Middle East mobile broadband market is expected to touch 50 million subscribers by 2013 from seven million in 2008 as technologies...
Marah Bukai - August 18, 2009
"Middle East an 'opportunity' for technology growth"
Scott Herren, Managing Director and Vice President, EMEA, at Citrix, looks at Citrix's financial performance to date this year...
Marah Bukai - August 3, 2009
Google launches new Arabic translation tool
Google on Thursday announced the launch of the Google Translator Toolkit, an editor that helps translators create Arabic versions of English web pages.
Nadia Shokry - June 22, 2009
Arabic blogosphere begins to bloom
Bloggers are having a real impact on opinions inside many Arabic nations, finds a broad look at the blogosphere in the Middle East.
Nadia Shokry - June 22, 2009