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• Saudi Stock Market
  Saudi Stock Exchange proposes SBL and short selling rule changes

  The changes would impose stricter short selling rules on the market along with amendments to collateral rules and eligible participants for securities lending transactions.

• ICT
  IDC Forecasts ICT Spending in Saudi Arabia to Top $37 Billion in 2020 as Kingdom’s ICT Industry Gathers in Riyadh

  "The Saudi ICT market is grappling with a wave of new digital transformation realities," said Naqshbandi. "The growth we are seeing in ICT spending is primarily being driven by an increased focus on giga projects and smart governance. These initiatives are spurring the adoption of artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, cloud, blockchain, and a host of other emerging technologies as both the public and private sectors look to create synergies, cut costs, increase safety, and optimize processes across verticals in a whole new way."

• Trump Peace Plan
  Saudi prince sharply criticizes Trump proposal

  The proposal, which Trump delivered standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would give Israel most of what it has sought during decades of conflict. This includes the disputed city of Jerusalem and recognition of Israeli sovereignty over settlements in the occupied West Bank.

  • Saudi Gazette - Perspective: Saudi position on Trump's Deal: Dead on arrival?
• SellAnyCar.com
  Saudi Wealth Fund Leads Fundraising for Online Used Car Trader

  SellAnyCar.com, an online marketplace for used cars, has seen a pick up in activity after a regional economic slowdown led to a drop in new car sales. The company is already profitable, Yalcin said, declining to give details.

• Iran
  More than 100 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack

  No U.S. troops were killed or faced immediate bodily injury when Iran fired missiles at the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike at the Baghdad airport on Jan. 3. The missile attacks capped a spiral of violence that had started in late December. Both sides have refrained from further military escalation, but the mounting number of U.S. casualties could increase scrutiny on the Trump administration’s approach to Iran.

• GCC
  Maybank Islamic to arrange Gulf sukuk, opens Dubai branch

  Maybank Islamic aims to arrange six dollar sukuk deals in the Gulf in 2020, including at least one sovereign issuance, its CEO said on Monday, as the bank opened a branch in Dubai, its first outside of Malaysia. The lender, which the CEO said is the largest Islamic bank by assets in the ASEAN group of Southeast Asian countries, is the Islamic banking arm of Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) , Malaysia’s largest lender by assets.

• Saudi Film
  Official poster for Red Sea Int’l Film Festival revealed

  The Red Sea International Film Festival on Monday unveiled the official poster of its inaugural edition featuring an image shot by Syrian-born artist Osama Esid of Saudi ballerina Samira Alkhamis emerging from the sea, indicative of the wave of change in the region, and the opportunities for a new generation of filmmakers in Saudi Arabia.

• Israel
  Israeli Voters: Data of All 6.5 Million Voters Leaked

  Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority said it was looking into what it called a “grave” security lapse by the maker of an app promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party that led to the exposure of personal data of all 6.5 million eligible voters in Israel, including full names and identity card numbers.

• Cyber
  The U.S. Is Vulnerable to an Iranian Cyberattack. Here’s How.

  Cybersecurity expert John Hultquist and WSJ's Dustin Volz discuss what new tactics hackers have at their disposal and whether the U.S. is prepared to defend itself.

• Cyber Attack
  Powerful Cyber Attack Takes Down 25% Of Iranian Internet

  Hot on the heels of a "serious" cyber-attack that compromised United Nations servers, and in the same week that the head of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, warned of the global financial implications of cyber-attacks, Iran has seemingly come under cyber-attack. Indeed, so powerful was the impact of this alleged attack that the internet was disrupted across the country.

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