Analysis

ENTERTAINMENT INVESTMENT

Will Saudi Arabia Purchase a Stake in Hollywood’s Largest Agency?

• SUSTG Team
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• 1. 17. 2018

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is in talks to buy a 5-10% stake in Endeavor, the holding company for Hollywood talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME), for $500 million, according to reports.

• Renewable Energy

  

  First Utility-Scale Solar Plant Planned for Northern Saudi Arabia Receives Bids

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 5. 2018

  Saudi Arabia's planned 300-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Sakaka, Al-Jouf Province, will award projects "this month," REPDO says.

• 123 Agreement

  

  Bloomberg Report: Meeting Held Today at White House to Discuss Potential for U.S.-Saudi 123 Agreement

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 13. 2017

  Trump Administration officials are reportedly meeting at the White House today to discuss details of a potential nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, known as a 123 Agreement, according to two administration officials quoted in Bloomberg.

• Yemen Civil War

  

  Former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh Killed by Houthi Allies in Major Turning Point

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 4. 2017

  In a major turn in the ongoing civil war in Yemen, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reportedly been killed in fighting against his former allies in the three-year old war, the Iran-aligned Houthi militia.

• Tourism

  

  Saudi Arabia to Issue First Individual Tourist Visas in 2018, Prince Sultan bin Salman Says

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 28. 2017

  Saudi Arabia plans to issue its first tourist visas next year as the Kingdom looks to expand tourism and leisure as part of its ambitious Vision 2030 economic and social reform plans.

• Qatar Dispute

  

  With Regional Turmoil and Domestic Changes, Resolution of Qatar Crisis Slips in Priority for Saudi Arabia

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 20. 2017

  The emergence of new foreign policy and domestic challenges for Saudi Arabia in recent weeks have taken precedent over resolving the Arab-led embargo of Qatar, according to Saudi Arabia’s leaders, as the United States reportedly has stepped in to support the Kingdom now elsewhere in the region.

• SRMG

  

  Media Conglomerate Saudi Research and Marketing Group Acquires Stake in Argaam Financial News Service

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 18. 2017

  “The acquisition of one of the most important economic websites in Saudi Arabia and the Arab world is a continuation of the group’s strategy to expand its specialized content portfolios in the world of finance, business, market economics and different media platforms,” said Dr. Ghassan Al-Shibl.

• Travel and Tourism

  

  New Archeological Discoveries in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Date Back to Stone Age

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 13. 2017

  New rock and animal drawings and other archeological discoveries were unearthed in the Tabuk region of Saudi Arabia by experts from France and the Kingdom, according to reports.

• Nuclear Energy

  

  Saudi Arabia to Award Nuclear Reactor Contract by End of 2018; U.S. Set to Miss Out

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 12. 2017

  Saudi Arabia plans to award a construction contract for its first nuclear reactors by the end of 2018, a senior government official said on Tuesday as reported in Reuters.

• U.S.-Saudi Security Cooperation

  

  U.S. Approves Possible Sale of THAAD Missile Defense System to Saudi Arabia with Massive $15b Price Tag

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 9. 2017

  The United States has given preliminary approval for the sale of a THAAD missile defense system to Saudi Arabia with a price tag of $15 billion, according to reports and a statement by the