Kuwait Stock Exchange have announced today that Kout Food Group have signed a contract with Yum Brands Inc, to develop and open Taco Bell restaurants in Kuwait. According to the contract, the company will open 15 Taco Bell restaurants all over Kuwait City in the next 3 years.
Giorgio Armani will be opening the first Armani Hotel in Dubai, in Burj Khalifa, on the 18th of march 2010.
“Covering 40,000 square meters, the prestigious Armani Hotel Dubai will feature 160 guestrooms and suites, an Armani/SPA, a Private Members’ Club, five restaurants and a nightclub. In addition, it will boast 144 exquisite one and two bedroom Armani Residences.
“Located in Burj Dubai, the tallest tower in the world, the Armani Residences Dubai will be at the heart of Downtown Burj Dubai development, with access to The Dubai Mall, breathtaking views of The Dubai Fountain and many other attractions.”
Saddam Hussein’s cousin “Chemical Ali” was convicted today of crimes against humanity, receiving a death sentence for his involvement in a poison gas attack on Halabja.
He was sentenced to hang in June 2007 for his role in a military campaign against ethnic Kurds. Majeed also received a death sentence in December 2008 for his role in crushing a Shi’ite revolt after the 1991 Gulf War and another in March 2009 for his involvement in killing and displacing Shi’ite Muslims in 1999.
We had a meeting a few weeks back, along with a couple of bloggers, with the people at Zain. We were told about this new payment method, among other interesting things. Read what is OnePay below, and if you have any question regarding OnePay, type your question in the comments box and we’ll have someone answering them for you!
“Zain have launched today a new web service under the name “Zain OnePay”. This new payment gateway unifies the previous three different payment options on Zain’s website (QuickPay, eeZee Fast, and eeZee cards). Once you enter your mobile number it will automatically identify your line type (Postpaid or Prepaid) and then leads you to the best options available for your mobile number. Add to that, the change in transaction speed; much faster now!”
The picture and what’s in bold were shamelessly stolen from Blog37
Amazon.com Inc is to sell its larger Kindle electronic reader, aimed at students, businesspeople and newspaper readers, in more than 100 countries for $489, following the rollout of its original device last year. – Source
Do you think there is a market for it in Kuwait?
Personally, I can’t buy this device. It wouldn’t be healthy for my wallet. I have plenty of books I bought from abroad and they’re all waiting on my bookshelf to be read. I just can’t afford having this device and the access to the huge selection of books.
But then again, for book lovers this would be their savior. We all know the state of bookshops in Kuwait. This might be heaven sent for them if it reached and worked in Kuwait.
“Members of the public will be able to watch the inauguration of Burj Dubai on January 4, 2010 from the adjacent Burj Park Island.” – Emaar
The years have gone by pretty quickly! I remember being near that piece of land and watching the constructions as they began turning it into what it is today. I’m looking forward to watch what this building is really like from the inside.
My friend ½ Cream Milk just told me that the Voluntary work center (photography center) are having their 9th exhibition at the avenues mall. I went last year and I enjoyed what I’ve seen. All the photos are taken by members of the center, and my friend contributed 4 of them. Not to be biased, all of their works are great, but I liked my friend’s work the most.
Make sure to pay a visit and see what they have to offer.
Where: In and the avenues phase II near Aïshti and Samsonite.
When: Open from 29th of december to 2nd of january.
A husband who discovers he is HIV positive in 2004, tries twice to inject his wife with his blood, and successfully get her infected, by injecting a needle wit his blood while she’s sleeping, just so she wouldn’t leave him.
The woman felt a sting twice at night, and when she asked him if he had done something he denied it.
The woman is said to have agreed to stay married to him even though he is an HIV positive person for the sake of their children.
I didn’t know they were working on a sequel! I loved the first movie (I was skeptic and didn’t bother to watch it at first, but then when I did, I enjoyed it a lot). Iron Man 2 is to be released on May 7th of 2010 and I look forward to seeing it!
Andry Murray the internationally famous tennis player, ranked 4th in the world, has been dumped by his girlfriend, Kim Sears, and the reason: He plays way too much Playstation! up to seven hours a day.
This was an emotional announcement by Oprah on her show, telling her audience her decision to retire in 2011, on her 25th season into the Oprah Winfrey show.
She won’t be out of the entertainment business though. She plans to launch her own channel on cable TV, and she named it OWN, which stands for Oprah Winfrey Network.
It’s sad to see Oprah go after all these years on tv, and I’m sure it’s a sad day for her fans. But hey, she did good. Real good actually. She gave us the Oprah Winfrey show, and in return The Oprah Winfrey Show gave her $2.3 Billion.
