Saudi Arabian sports officials on Monday unveiled in Riyadh a new project to discover and nurture young sports talent in the Kingdom, according to reports.
Saudi Arbaia's Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announced that it will launch an exchange-traded derivatives product, the Saudi Futures 30 (SF30), on August 30th in a bid to attract investment interest into the Kingdom, according to reports.
Before the global pandemic and resulting economic slowdown, Saudi Arabia registered significant growth in one of its key industries of focus in 2019 as the Kingdom looks to diversify its economy away from oil, an encouraging sign of progress that could be resumed when Coronavirus fears wane.
Saudi Arabia’s central bank governor said it’s “too early” to tell if the Kingdom's economy will bounce back with a V-shaped recovery as the government loosens coronavirus-related restrictions, according to a Bloomberg report.
Saudi Arabia's leaders said Monday the Kingdom will still allow for a "limited" Hajj which is open only to a small number of pilgrims who are already based in Saudi Arabia as they seek to stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus, according to reports.
The Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) said on Tuesday it launched initiatives totaling 3.7 billion riyals ($986.40 million) to support private sector industrial enterprises impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reports.
The Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C. issued a statement following yesterday's release of findings by the Justice Department and the FBI, in which Attorney General William P. Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced "significant developments" in the FBI’s investigation.
The construction giant behind the Mecca skyscraper complex is seeking an advisor to cut costs as well as restructure the debt of the iconic project, sources familiar with the matter said and a document obtained by Reuters exclusively showed.
Saudi Arabia's SABIC has established a joint venture company to build one of the world’s biggest utility-scale battery factories as global investment in the sector heats up, according to a report in Arab News.
Saudi Arabia’s central bank foreign reserves fell in March at their fastest rate in at least 20 years and to their lowest since 2011, Reuters reports, as the Kingdom draws down on reserves to weather the Coronavirus crisis and keep citizens and residents safe.
