The new labor regulations state that 19 job titles can never be occupied by non-Saudis.
BMW i8 Concept Spyder
What's most stunning about the BMW i8 Concept Spyder isn't the 350-hp plug-in hybrid technology, the laser-powered headlights or the auto-show touches such as folding electric kickboards. It's that BMW plans to build something with most of these features, in a car looking much like this, within a few years. This is not a dream. Displayed at the Paris Motor Show, the concept wears an exterior that while still futuristic, represents a viable look at what BMW will build in two years. When BMW chief designer Adrian von Hooydonk told the production i8s would strongly resemble the concepts, this -- the layered bodywork, the laser headlights and the tri-tone accents -- was what he meant. Even the i8 Concept Spyder's scissor doors look less showy than purposeful here.
- U.S. targets two UAE firms for dealing with blacklisted Iran banks
* Step cuts firms off from U.S. financial system; facefines, prison * U.S. officials say to pursue policy of talks, sanctions (Recasts, adds quotes, details, background) By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The United States blacklistedtwo Dubai-based trading companies on Wednesday, accusing them ofhelping Iran evade financial sanctions and effectively cuttingthem off from the U.S. financial system. ...
- Haia chief slams Twitter’s misuse
Social networks, particularly Twitter, should not take over peoples’ lives, the head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has said.“Those who resort to social networks and microblogs, especially Twitter, as their core life component, have lost their lives and their afterlife,” Abdul Lateef Al-Asheikh was quoted as saying in local newspapers. “Twitter has become a platform for those with no platform,” he said.“We need to fight ideas promoted by ignorant people who
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