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  • Riyadh at Night
     

    The population of Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, has risen dramatically in the last half century—from 150,000 in 1960 to 5.4 million in 2012. The city appears as a brightly colored patchwork in this nighttime astronaut photograph. The brightest lights, apart from those on the old Riyadh Airbase, follow the commercial districts along […]

     
  • 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 […]

     
  • AME Info’s series on doing business in Saudi Arabia: a guide to the guide
     

    AMEinfo, based in Dubai’s Media City, is a well-known provider of business news and information covering the Gulf and larger Middle East.  Founded in 1993 it was acquired by London-based Emap Communications in July 2006.  Emap also owns MEED. The AME info site now claims over two million readers monthly.

     
  • 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 […]

     
  • US Election Note: Middle East Policy after 2012
     

    The Middle East will be a significant challenge to US foreign policy-makers during the next administration – whether with regard to further transitions of the Arab Spring, Iran’s appetite for nuclear weapons, Israel’s posture towards Palestine and other Arab powers in its neighbourhood, or the rise of political Islam. Despite the US tilt to Asia, […]

     

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