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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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OPEC hasn’t run out of ideas, Saudi energy minister insists
Prince Abdulaziz insisted that the producer countries in the alliance communicate and he was “confident of our partnership,” adding that every producer was a “responsible” one.
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Eight coronavirus cases confirmed in Bahrain, including four Saudi Arabian women
Two Bahraini nationals, one male and one female, and four Saudi Arabian female nationals who came from Iran tested positive for the virus upon their arrival in Bahrain International Airport.
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Air Products enters into another major joint venture in Saudi Arabia
Spokesman Art George declined to provide specific costs but noted the Saudi project is similar in scope to one announced last month in the Gulf Coast. At $500 million, the company called that project, which will supply industrial gases toward an ammonia production plant in the South, the largest investment in the U.S. in the company’s 80-year history.
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