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Saudi woman director wins top GFF awardHaifaa Al Mansour, director of the film "Wadjda", has become the first Saudi woman film director to win the "Best Film Award", at the sixth Gulf Film Festival (GFF) held last month. "Wadjda" tells the More… |
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Alwaleed's KHC on the prowl for global buysSaudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal will hold onto his most high-profile investments, which range from stakes in Citigroup and News Corp to microblogging site Twitter, while seeking out new targets to diversify his global portfolio. More… |
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Alwaleed makes it to 'Top 500 powerful' listSaudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, the chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), has been ranked among the “500 most powerful individuals on the planet” by Foreign Policy Magazine. More… |
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Alwaleed makes economic case for women driversSaudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of King Abdullah, has thrown his support behind allowing Saudi women to drive, saying it makes economic sense. Women are barred from More… |
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Alabbar eyes over 1km-tall towerDubai developer Emaar's chairman Mohamed Alabbar is keen to build a tower that is more than one kilometre tall in Asia, according to a report. He was quoted by Arabianbusiness.com as s More… |
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Alwaleed backs Yemen education projectAlwaleed Bin Talal Foundation chaired by Saudi billionaire prince Alwaleed has signed an MoU with The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) to help improve the basic education in Yemen. Under the agreement signed with Dr Ibr More… |
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Alwaleed to launch new initiative to bridge gapsThe new initiative to bring together world-class, multi-discipline organizations to build bridges across the most critical divides in wealth, opportunity, faith and hope will be launched early next year. More… |
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Slim with $77bn tops Bloomberg richest listAmerica Movil SAB chairman emeritus Carlos Slim tops the inaugural list of the world’s richest people prepared by Bloomberg, with a net worth of $77.5 billion. While Microsoft's Bill Gates took the second position with a net More… |
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Alwaleed, Gates in key private meetingSaudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, the chairman of investment firm Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) held a private meeting with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates during his recent visit to Abu Dhabi. The two met on t More… |
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Don't honour the film with violence: AlwaleedPrince Alwaleed bin Talal, billionaire nephew of Saudi Arabia's king, said on Tuesday only a minority were involved in violent anti-US protests over a film and Islam was too strong to warrant such an uproar over the matter. More… |
