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Japanese Electronics giant are leading a new wave of online traders by becoming the first company from Japan to endorse Tejari.com B-2-B exchange.

Amazon.com posted another hefty loss in its most recent quarter on a large year on year increase in turnover.

United Bank of Kuwait (UBK) and Al-Ahli Commercial Bank BSC (ACB) have formally completed their proposed merger.

The initial winners in the fierce bidding war that has surrounded Dubai Internet City since it’s inception in late October 1999 have been named.

Dubai-based Interactive Technologies is pushing the issue of e-security into the public eye following a report by Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Reuters has launched the Reuters Arabic Online Report, a comprehensive multimedia news publication for Arabic language publishers around the world.

Cisco has hosted the first ever technology show in the Levant to focus exclusively on networking technology.

Gateway has enhanced the specifications of it’s GP series professional desktop PCs to improve performance and flexibility.

B2C e-commerce in crisis? Amazon continues to lose money, debt rises to $2 billion and the stock is down.

Professional desktop range enhanced with Intel 815E chipset.

First Cisco Expo promotes the benefits of the Internet to businesses in the Levant.

Landmark regional banking merger complete. New entity plots way forward.

Intershop targest regional telcos and ISP with e-commerce platform.

TurboLinux has released its new DataServer featuring IBM’s DB2 Universal Database.

Intel changes direction over Pentium 4 support for SDRAM/DDR SDRAM.

Symantec’s acquisition of Axent Technologies could create a winning combination in the information security market, solution providers and analysts said.

Arabian Adventures operations controller Mediya Mohd Suroor Bin Hadi wants more young Emiratis to promote their culture and country by joining the tourism industry.

Document management solutions heavyweight strengthens its bid to tackle the need for speed with its CEO and senior VP onboard this year.

Retail technology solutions provider Torex Retail Holdings, exhibiting alongside regional partner Headstart, is announcing its ambitious strategy for expansion in the Middle East.

Oman’s Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM) is expanding to provide more facilities for high-tech companies.

Affno’s concentration on winning e-Government deals at GITEX Technology Week has been accelerated by its recent string of investments in its expansion into Middle East and Africa.

The Kingdom of Bahrain is showcasing both public and private information technology companies in an effort to promote Bahrain e-Government Agency’s services and provide opportunities for Bahraini companies overseas.

“Seventy-five percent of e-government code created in this region is redundant,” says McNealy. “Collaborating around these kinds of architectures would be hugely advantageous, much more secure and provide some regional interoperability.”

The Australian contingency is out in force at GITEX Technology Week with 27 Aussie companies participating in total – the country’s largest delegation at the event yet.

More than 120 Chinese ICT companies are out in force at GITEX Technology Week, making the country the largest single contributor of exhibitors this year.

More than 100 Taiwan IT manufacturers are exhibiting at GITEX Technology Week, most exhibiting IT hardware and consumer electronics products, with another 20% manufacturers of telecom and networking products.

KSA-Datastar International is keen to raise awareness of its product range and the potential benefits that tracking technology can bring to companies in the region.

Sun Microsystems chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy has urged Middle East IT industry decision-makers to embrace the benefits of open source software, or risk falling behind other global markets that are rapidly making use of its benefits.