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IHS Markit and Tadawul launch Saudi government Sukuk index
The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) has partnered with IHS Markit for the launch of an index tracking the performance of Arabic government bonds named Sukuks. A Sukuk is similar to a western government bond but complies with Islamic Sharia laws.
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Bystander captures locust swarms coating the skies of Saudi Arabia
A bystander in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, captured the moment when swarms of locusts coated the sky above him on Feb. 21. According to National Geographic, locusts are sometimes solitary insects with lifestyles much like grasshoppers. But they have a behavioral stage called the gregarious phase, where they can congregate into thick, mobile, ravenous swarms when environmental conditions produce many green plants and promote breeding. Watch the rare congregation above.
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Laser or erosion? Find out what caused the perfect split in Saudi Arabia’s Al Naslaa rock
Deep in the Tayma Oasis in Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk province lies a 4,000-year-old rock formation with an unusual feature: It is split down the middle by a straight cut with the precision of a laser beam.
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Saudi Arabia to lead Middle East and North Africa borrowings in 2020
“We think Saudi Arabia’s estimated increase in borrowing will come from efforts to cover most of its relatively wide fiscal deficit by issuing debt rather than by drawing on assets. As was the case in previous years, the next largest borrowers will likely be Egypt with $46 billion and Lebanon with $13 billion,” said Karen Vartapetov, an analyst at S&P said in a note.
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Saudi health insurance market boosted by requirement for pilgrims’ cover
The health insurance market in Saudi Arabia is set to grow by about 8 per cent this year following the introduction of new health insurance policies linked to visas for visiting pilgrims, according to Fitch Ratings. Although health insurance companies in the kingdom will find profits remaining under pressure due to inflation in medical claims - which rose by 9 per cent in 2018 and is expected to climb by 8 per cent for 2019 according to insurers surveyed by Mercer Marsh - the new comprehensive policies that religious visitors will need to take out will provide a boost to business.
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Saudi Fund of Funds Bets $1.07 Billion on Small, Local Firms
In an interview, Ateeq suggested that underdeveloped private equity and venture capital funds in Saudi Arabia and the broader Gulf create a need for Jada to serve as an “anchor institutional investor.” Jada’s website currently lists six investment partners: Arzan Venture Capital, BECO, 500 Startups, global.ventures, Ra’ed Ventures, and Vision Ventures.
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FIFA, NFL Ask U.S. to Keep Saudi Arabia on Watchlist Over Piracy
Global sports bodies asked the U.S. to keep Saudi Arabia on its higher-priority watch list of nations that don’t adequately protect intellectual-property rights because of what they say is unchecked content piracy in the kingdom.
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Saudi Aramco launches largest shale gas development outside U.S.
Nasser said Aramco had developed fracking using seawater, which will remove the obstacle that a lack of water supply represents to fracking in the desert.
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Saudi Arabia Warns Against Travel to Italy, Japan: Arabiya TV
Saudi Arabia has advised citizens and residents to avoid traveling to Italy and Japan amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak, state-owned Al Arabiya TV reported on Tuesday.
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Khalid Al-Falih Returns as Investment Minister
Saudi Arabia’s former energy minister Khalid Al-Falih returned to government on Tuesday with a new appointment as investment minister, about six months after he was suddenly ousted from his posts. A series of royal orders created a separate ministry of investment and appointed Al-Falih to head it. Other royal orders created new ministries for tourism and sports and replaced the kingdom’s minister of media with Majid Al-Qasabi, on an acting basis. Al-Qasabi is a close adviser of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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