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  • Saudi Defense Minister Prince Salman Visits Pentagon, White House
     

    Saudi Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz held talks at the Pentagon on Wednesday that focused on the crisis in Syria, hours before a ceasefire deadline was due to expire. The Saudi defense chief later held talks with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.

     
  • Saudi Arabia & the GCC – post ‘Arab Spring’: Obaid
     

    This week Mr. Nawaf Obaid, former strategic adviser to Prince Turki Al-Faisal, presented a briefing titled, “Saudi Arabia & the GCC in a Post ‘Arab Spring’ Environment” at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as part of a program examining responses among GCC states to the “Arab Spring” turmoil that started early last year. Obaid […]

     
  • Al-Rabiah moves to push foreign trade and investment
     

    Commerce and Industry Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah yesterday opened a major workshop for the development of Saudi commercial attaches as part of the ministry’s efforts to promote trade and investment relations with foreign countries. The workshop attended by top officials from related departments and agencies discussed ways to improve the performance of Saudi commercial attaches abroad […]

     
  • Graphic: The Rise of Saudi Oil Consumption
     

    Saudi Arabia uses as much oil per person as America, largely to run oil-fired power plants to run domestic air conditioners. And the more of its oil siphoned off for such uses, the less cushion there is in the worlds oil supply. Thats a big problem now but is becoming less of one. America and […]

     
  • Critical Commercial and Economic Ties: Interview with Jose Fernandez
     

    The 2nd US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Atlanta in December brought together a high level delegation of over 200 Saudi officials and business people with over 1000 Americans to explore the $1 trillion-plus commercial openings available in the coming decade in the Kingdom. The response to the Forum – and what it means for American investment and […]

     
  • Secretary of State Clinton to Visit Saudi on Friday and Saturday
     

    Clinton will be in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh Friday and Saturday. There, she’ll meet with Saudi King Abdullah and participate in an event dedicated to the “strategic cooperation” between the U.S. and Gulf Arab states. Washington and many of its allies say Syrian President Bashar Assad has lost all legitimacy in a year of […]

     
  • Geithner welcomes Saudi oil pledge
     

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he welcomed Saudi Arabia’s pledge to continue to make sure oil supplies are sufficient to meet demand.

     
  • Car-nage
     

    In his weekly piece for Arab News, Abdulateef Al-Mulhim takes a look at the extraordinary toll exacted on Saudi roads. With well-engineered roads and streets and access to the latest and safest automobiles, he says, Saudi Arabia still leads the world in highway fatalities. He offers a few ideas about how to gain control over […]

     
  • Jadwa Saudi Chartbook – March 2012 – Banking
     

    Bank deposits rose for the fifth consecutive month in January, with demand deposits accounting for the entire rise to reach almost 60 percent of total bank deposits. Bank excess deposits at SAMA remained very high, giving scope for further lending growth.    

     
  • Jadwa Saudi Chartbook – March 2012 – Trade
     

    According to Jadwa Investment’s March 2012 Chart Book,  “Non-oil exports hit a new all-time high in December owing to greater production of petrochemicals and plastics. Imports also jumped that month and data on letters of credit issued for imports suggest further rises are likely in the months ahead.”  

     

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  • Lucid sees higher demand in Saudi Arabia, begins exports to UAE

    The demand for electric cars is increasing in Saudi Arabia, which is one of the company’s strongest markets in the world, due to the young generation’s awareness of the importance of sustainability and the efficiency, Faisal Sultan, Vice President and Managing Director of Lucid Group Middle East), told Argaam.

  • Is the Saudi POV different from the rest of the world?

    Contrary to the prevailing notion in other societies that culture is a barrier to innovation and economic progress, the Kingdom remains deeply entrenched in its culture and traditions while emerging as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, positioning itself as the new epicenter of global commerce. Saudi Arabia is young country with 63 per cent of its population being under 30 years old. The youth of the nation celebrate its culture, while driving the change from within.

  • Saudi Arabia ranks second best country for expats in key category in new survey

    In a surprising shift for expatriates, Saudi Arabia has emerged as the second-best country in the world for working abroad, according to the latest Expat Insider survey. The kingdom has made a significant leap from 14th place in 2023 to the runner-up position.

  • Saudi-European Investment Relations Enhance Global Economic Stability

    External financial bonds, including Eurobonds, constitute an important aspect of Saudi investments, experts told Asharq Al-Awsat. This came after the Ministry of Finance denied, on Tuesday, that the Kingdom had threatened to sell Eurobonds, according to a statement attributed to the ministry and reported by Bloomberg. The ministry stressed that Saudi relations with the G7 and other countries were based on mutual respect, pointing to ongoing discussions over matters that promote global growth and the flexibility of the international financial system.

  • Fresh scrutiny of free speech in Saudi Arabia after brothers’ convictions over tweets

    Fresh questions have been raised about the suppression of free speech in Saudi Arabia after the brother of a man facing the death penalty for tweeting to 10 followers was handed a 20-year sentence for largely innocuous tweets. The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, had said Mohammed al-Ghamdi was a victim of “bad laws” after being sentenced to death, yet the crown prince permitted the same laws to be used to sentence Ghamdi’s younger brother, Asaad al-Ghamdi.

  • China willing to strengthen trade with Saudi, commerce minister says

    China said it is willing to strengthen implementing development strategies with Saudi Arabia, and intensify trade and investment exchanges, its commerce minister said in a statement on Friday. Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held talks on Thursday with the head of affairs on Saudi Arabia's economic cooperation with China, who is also the president of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund and chairman of Saudi Aramco.

  • Lucid Group gains after its CEO says the Saudi Arabia PIF is the perfect partner

  • Beijing eyes more investments from Saudi sovereign wealth fund

    The mayor of Beijing has told the governor of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund he hoped the fund would further expand its business in the Chinese capital, state media said on Wednesday. Beijing's diplomatic push to court U.S. ally Saudi Arabia comes amid its frustration over what it sees as Washington's weaponisation of economic policies, nudging it to expand ties with countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

  • Saudi Arabia drops 2.9 per cent in its Industrial Production Index in May

    Saudi Arabia's Industrial Production Index (IPI) experienced a 2.9 per cent year-on-year decline in May this year, according to data released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). The index dropped to 106.30 points, based on the 2021 base year, down from 109.45 points in May 2023. This decrease was primarily driven by a downturn in mining and quarrying activity, which constitutes 61.4 per cent of the index, according to a report by Saudi financial news portal Argaam.com.

  • Saudi Arabia Nets $12.35 Billion From Aramco Share Offering

    The final proceeds for Saudi Arabia from the secondary sale of shares in its oil giant Aramco came in at $12.35 billion after the exercising of an over-allotment option, boosting the Kingdom’s total gain from the sale by $1 billion. Saudi Aramco sold last month a 0.64% stake in a secondary offering. Aramco priced 1.545 billion shares on offer in its latest share sale at $7.27 (27.25 Saudi riyals) apiece, based on the results of the book-building process. That was a discount of 6% compared to the closing price of Aramco’s shares on the Saudi stock exchange, Tadawul, on the day before the secondary offering was announced at the end of May. This sale raised $11.2 billion for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.