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  • Saudi Arabia’s Power List – 2012
     

    Welcome to the first Arabian Business Saudi Power List – our guide to the kingdom’s most influential movers and shakers. As the rest of the planet, from emerging to traditional markets, teeters on the brink of recession, the mood has never been more positive in Saudi Arabia. A high oil price has swelled the kingdom’s […]

     
  • Regional e-commerce firms set sights on Saudi Arabia
     

    Digital expert Omar Christidis, founder of ArabNet, the hub for Arab digital professionals and entrepreneurs, said that Saudi Arabia is currently the largest digital market in the MENA region – with almost 40 percent of all Arabic tweets, half of Wikipedia’s Arabic content and 35 percent of all Arabic content on the web coming from […]

     
  • For Saudi Football, a Moment in the International Spotlight
     

    Saudi Arabia’s national football team has had its ups and downs in the last decade, thus far struggling to make a name for itself as a contender in a world full of elite national teams. Nevertheless, the ups and downs of the Saudi program are closely followed by Saudis all over the world and has, […]

     
  • Jadwa Investment – November 2012 Saudi Chartbook
     

    Jadwa Investment’s Saudi Chartbook for the month of November 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 third quarter earnings. To read the entire report in full as a PDF, click […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia’s SABIC sets sights on U.S. shale gas boom
     

    Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) is considering investing in the United States to capitalise on the shale gas boom there, its chief executive told Reuters on Monday. SABIC and other petrochemical producers in Saudi Arabia have been looking for additional gas supplies to fuel their expansion plans, with SABIC now casting its gaze overseas. “We […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia Seeks $6.7 Billion of U.S. Transport Planes
     

    Saudi Arabia plans to buy 20 C-130J military transport planes, five KC-130J refueling aircraft and related equipment from Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) valued at about $6.7 billion, the Pentagon said today in a statement.The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the potential sale to Saudi Arabia, the agency said in a statement posted […]

     
  • Vela-Bahri merger creates one of the world’s largest shipping firms
     

    Vela International Marine Limited, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Oil Company, signed a landmark merger agreement with the National Shipping Company of Saudi (Bahri), resulting in the creation of one of the world’s largest shipping companies.The signing of the agreement was held Sunday and attended by executive officials of both parties including Khalid A. Al-Falih, […]

     
  • Commentary: Saudi Arbitration Court in the UK?
     

    In a recent Financial Times article Caroline Binham and Helen Warrell reported that, “Saudi Arabia will lobby the UK government as early as November to set up a confidential court in London that would settle multimillion pound commercial disputes arising from the Middle Eastern kingdom. The Saudis hope that a London-based arbitration centre would help counter investor […]

     
  • A Conversation with Prince Turki Al-Faisal
     

    Few can be said to have been more influential in forging cooperation and building bridges in the relationship than Prince Turki Al-Faisal. He is currently Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies and is one of the founders of the King Faisal Foundation, the namesake of which was his father. His […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia: Rising steel demand
     

    Steel producers in Saudi Arabia are set for a busy few years, with growth in the industry driven by rising demand due to state-backed investments and increasing activity in the private sector. However, even with additional capacity, the sector is working to bridge the supply gap. The Kingdom is already the largest steel producer in […]

     

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