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High Performance Government and MILE: Delivering on the Promise of eGovernment
In a country with 185% mobile device penetration and some of the highest levels of Web usage in the world, how do Saudi officials deliver on the promise of eGovernment? Dr. Mohammed Mustafa Mahmoud, CEO of the Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (MILE), says it’s not an easy task, given the high expectations of […]
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U.S. Commerce Secretary: Saudi Economy at an ‘Exciting moment as it moves to a more knowledge-based economy’ – VIDEO
In her keynote address to the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, the Honorable Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, noted that the United States and Saudi Arabia have a strong trade and investment relationship which has tripled in the last decade. The more than 1,100 private sector and government leaders from both the […]
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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry Cracks Down on Counterfeits In Boost to Consumer Protection
This week, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) issued a press release on the Ministry’s Web Site that authorities had seized over 6,000 counterfeit cellphones. Looking to send a message to would-be counterfeiters and violators of consumer protection regulations, MCI authorities placed the forged phones in a pile then drove over them all […]
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Al-Rabiah to Promote Saudi Auto Industry in U.S.
The U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council (USSABC) issued a press release today to announce a new conference in Michigan to promote the Saudi auto industry. H.E. Tawfiq al Rabiah, the Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry, is listed as a confirmed speaker of the event, which will “bring together senior Saudi Government officials, major Saudi industrialists, […]
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Jadwa Investment – December 2012 Saudi Chartbook
Jadwa Investment’s Saudi Chartbook for the month of December 2012 assesses a number of key aspects of the Saudi economy including the real economy, bank lending, banking indicators, inflation, trade, oil, exchange rates, the TASI (Saudi Stock Market), sectoral performance, and more. A summary of the report is provided for your consideration below, and the […]
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Saudi oil sales to U.S. robust despite refinery upsets
Saudi Arabia appears to be keeping its pledge to ensure global markets are well supplied with oil, barely letting up in shipments to the United States even after two of its biggest refining customers suffered crippling glitches. A Reuters analysis of U.S. import data shows sales to the world’s top oil consumer have dipped less […]
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With customs union, GCC edges toward closer economic ties
Saudi Arabia, the biggest Arab economy, is leading moves toward political and economic cooperation, which it believes would give the mostly Sunni-led monarchies of the Gulf more power to withstand any confrontation with Shi’ite Iran. Closer business ties within the GCC, which consists of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain and has […]
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Saudi Arabia Weighs Annual Budget to Boost Clean Energy
An annual budget for renewables would differ from the feed- in tariffs that Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Britain offered to spur solar and wind power in their nations. Germany was first to introduce the feed-in tariff in 2004 and became the world’s biggest market for solar because of the subsidy, which is paid for […]
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Why Saudi Arabia’s Travel and Tourism Sector Is Ripe for Growth
Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism sector is poised for rapid growth in the next decade and beyond, and both Saudi and international corporations are looking to cash in on the opportunities ahead. A product of the changing economic and social landscape in Saudi Arabia, the coming tourism boom is likely to contribute to the Kingdom’s […]
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Water Brings Green to Saudi Arabia
Over the last two-and-a-half decades, a series of NASA’s Landsat satellites have captured these pictures of the growing agriculture industry in the northern reaches of the Syrian Desert in Saudi Arabia, not far from Jordan. Farmers use a technique called center-pivot irrigation to bring up water from below the desert floor to grow wheat and […]
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Most Saudi consumers prefer payment with mobile phones
Mobile phones are the preferred device for making payments for a majority of consumers (68%) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the new Mastercard Impact of Innovation Study reveals.
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Saudi’s SABIC sells Polymershapes unit to U.S. firm
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) 2010.SE has agreed to sell its Polymershapes unit to U.S. investment firm Blackfriars Corp, SABIC said without giving a value for the deal.
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Iran’s Big Asian Oil Customers Return
Asian markets account for roughly 75% of Iran’s crude oil exports. Reuters reported that Iran’s June 2016 sales to its four major Asian oil customers—China, Japan, India and South Korea—were 47.1% higher than a year ago.
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More MERS in Saudi Arabia as antibody therapies get funding
After 5 days with no new illnesses, the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV today, continuing a stretch of sporadic detections.
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As more Saudi MERS noted, study details risks in pregnant patients
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS cases today, both tied to a large hospital outbreak in Riyadh, while the World Health Organization (WHO) offered details on a recent Qatari case and a study highlighted poor outcomes in pregnant patients.
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WHO details Riyadh hospital MERS outbreak as new UAE, Saudi cases noted
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released more details about a MERS-CoV outbreak at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, triggered by a woman whose illness wasn't detected until after she was admitted to a vascular surgery ward.
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Qatar, Saudi Arabia report new MERS cases
Saudi Arabia today confirmed a new case linked to camel exposure, reflecting disease activity in the country that has tailed off to just sporadic illnesses over the past few months.
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House simmers with criticism for Saudi Arabia
House lawmakers appear eager for an opportunity to beat up on Saudi Arabia, amid persistent allegations about the kingdom’s support for international terrorism. Legislators from both parties took shots at the kingdom during a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, in what could presage a one-sided effort to pass legislation opening the kingdom up to legal jeopardy for alleged activity ahead of 9/11.
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MERS sickens another Saudi; WHO weighs in on 11 cases
Saudi Arabia's ministry of health (MOH) over the weekend reported a new MERS case that involved a household contact of an earlier case, and the World Health Organization (WHO) fleshed out details on 10 of the country's earlier cases, plus 1 recently reported in Bahrain.
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Bahrain, Saudi MERS detections tied to camel contact
In a sign of ongoing MERS-CoV transmission from camels to people in Saudi Arabia, two new illnesses were reported in people who had contact with the animals, one of them a man hospitalized in Bahrain, as Saudi officials reported three more outbreaks in camels.
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