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NBK Capital named Regional Equities Manager of the year
KUWAIT: Watani Investment Company KSCC (NBK Capital) won the "Regional Equities Manager of the year 2016" from Global Investor Middle East. According to Global ISF, NBK CAPITAL MENA AM outperformed most managed equities during the judging period. This is due to mainly the unique design of their products that constantly meet their clients' shifting requirements.The NBK Gulf Equity Fund returned -22.92% net of fees while the regional markets, as...
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US re-examines cyber security
BURLINGTON, Vermont: Several states around the country on Saturday asked cyber security experts to re-examine state and utility networks after a Vermont utility's laptop was found to contain malware US officials say is linked to Russian hackers. The Burlington Electric Department, one of Vermont's two largest electric utilities, confirmed Friday it had found on one of its laptops the malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name the US government...
PAKISTAN: A Pakistani health worker gives polio vaccine to a child in Quetta yesterday.-AP
Special anti-polio drive kicks off in southwestern Pakistan
PAKISTAN: A Pakistani health worker gives polio vaccine to a child in Quetta yesterday.-APQUETTA, Pakistan: A Pakistani health official says a special five-day anti-polio drive is being launched in the capital of southwestern Baluchistan province after traces of polio virus were found in the sewer system. Syed Faisal Ahmed, the coordinator for Emergency Operation Centre in Quetta, said yesterday that some 400,000 children under age five will be...
Karen Gordon sits in a chair at J Gordon Designs in Chicago.
Illinois law enlists hairstylists to prevent domestic abuse
Karen Gordon sits in a chair at J Gordon Designs in Chicago.An Illinois law that takes effect Sunday aims to take advantage of the trusted relationship between hairstylists and their clients to prevent domestic violence. Stylists, barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, hair braiders and nail technicians in Illinois will receive an hour of mandated abuse-prevention training as part of the licensing process. The law does not require them to report...
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2017 not really welcomed
Fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the New Years Eve fireworks show on January 1, 2017. / AFP / PETER PARKS
Celebrations kick off as world rings in 2017
Fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the New Years Eve fireworks show on January 1, 2017. - AFP SYDNEY: Australia rang in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display in Sydney, sending rainbow-colored showers into the night sky and defying the global terror attacks that cast a pall over 2016. Around 1.5 million people packed Australia's biggest city to watch as the midnight fireworks erupted from...
The Central Bank of Kuwait
CBK: Money supply down 0.1% in Oct
The Central Bank of KuwaitKUWAIT: Money supply (M2) plummeted by 0.1 percent to KD 35.6 billion last October, compared with the previous month, showed recent statistics of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). The private sector's deposits at local banks hiked by 0.6 percent to KD 31.1 billion in October, while deposits in foreign currencies fell by 9.1 percent to KD 2.8 billion, thus bringing the private sector's total deposits to KD 34 billion,...
Nabila Al-Anjeri
Horeca Cooking Club invests in Kuwaiti youth's potentials: Anjeri
Nabila Al-AnjeriKUWAIT: Organizers of the Horeca 2017 exhibition are putting the final touches to host the event which takes place on 16-18 of January 2017 at the Kuwait International Fairground in Mishref. On that regard, Nabila Al-Anjeri, General Manager of the event's organizer Leaders Group, said that the event is set to include several activities, including the 'Horeca Cooking Club,' which will be a new platform that contributes in...
Shakir Al-Essa
Recycle factory owner believes 95% of waste in Kuwait can be recycled
Waste collected by Safya International Import and Export Company for recycling.KUWAIT: Recycling is not very popular in Kuwait, but there are people who believe it is important to preserve our environment. Shakir Al-Essa has been working in this field since 2007. He first worked in a company that ran a factory recycling metal, and another that recycled plastic. But the company closed down, as it couldn't sustain its operations."I worked at that...
ANKARA: The Tarahum volunteering team poses for a group photo. — KUNA
GCC women contribute to aid efforts for Syrians in Turkey
ANKARA: The Tarahum volunteering team poses for a group photo. — KUNAANKARA: The Syrian crisis, which is entering its sixth year, had been plaguing the international community due to the atrocities committed during the ongoing war. Since March of 2011, the raging conflict resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe that led to the displacement and expulsion of millions of Syrian refugees who sought safe havens within their own country, neighboring...
KUWAIT: A wide variety of fruits and vegetables put on display at Al-Forda Market. — Photos by Ben Garcia
Al-Forda Market best destination for fruits, vegetables at bargain prices
KUWAIT: A wide variety of fruits and vegetables put on display at Al-Forda Market. — Photos by Ben GarciaKUWAIT: If you plan on buying large amounts of fruits and vegetables this New Year, Al-Forda Central Fruits and Vegetables Market in Sulaibiyah, near Kabd, is probably the best place to go. Since the market is a place for wholesale/retail activities, the prices are expectedly much cheaper as compared to other markets. About ten pieces of...
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Doctors under attack!
Muna Al Fuzai Happy New Year everyone and I hope that all your wishes come true. I was trying to enjoy the news, but I came across the report of a sad incident involving a doctor at the Amiri Hospital was allegedly attacked by a patient. This is not the first time we read about such ugly incidents, committed by people who I don't think deserve to be called patients for attacking a doctor just because he did not prescribe him the drug he...
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait army alert, govt prepared
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates
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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP
Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh
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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP
Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt
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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos
Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened