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C3 U.S. – Arab Healthcare & Business Summit 2018 Set for Monday September 24th in New York City
- August 15,2018
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- SUSTG Team
The C3 U.S. – Arab Healthcare & Business Summit 2018 will assemble business leaders, policy makers, educators and healthcare professionals from the Arab world and the United States to bolster and promote U.S. and Arab world initiatives that are focused on the most up-to-date healthcare topics including infrastructure, the shift from communicable diseases, the future […]
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Report: Saudi-backed SoftBank Earnings Surge on Vision Fund Valuation
- August 7,2018
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- SUSTG Team
SoftBank has reported a 49.2 percent surge in its latest quarterly earnings due in part to a $2.2 billion gain at its tech-focused Saudi-backed Vision Fund, Zawya reports. According to Zawya, the fund’s investment gain was a result of the sale of the Indian e-commerce company Flipkart to US chain Walmart. An increase in the value of the fund’s […]
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Al Widyan is Saudi Arabia’s Next PIF-Backed ‘City Within a City’ Planned for Riyadh
- August 6,2018
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- SUSTG Team
A new Public Investment Fund (PIF)-backed “city within a city” is being planned for North Riyadh, according to a report in the English-language daily Arab News. The development – called Al Widyan – will include residential, commercial, retail and leisure facilities on a 7 million square meter site to the north of the capital, and will […]
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Future Mega-City NEOM in Saudi Arabia Receives First High-Profile Holiday Visitor: King Salman
- July 31,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman arrived yesterday for a holiday in NEOM, the $500 billion future city in the remote northwest corner of the Kingdom near Egypt. It is not known where or for how long the King will stay in NEOM, but according to Reuters, the first contracts awarded for the new city were for 5 […]
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Saudi Aramco Weighs Global Bond Sale to Finance Purchase of Sabic Stake from PIF
- July 27,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Aramco is considering tapping the international bond market for the first time, Bloomberg and the WSJ report, in order to finance the acquisition of petrochemical giant Sabic. The move into global capital markets could offer an alternative to an initial public offering, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the talks. ‘The plans for a bond, […]
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Saudi Research and Marketing Group, UK-Based Independent Ink Media Deal
- July 24,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Last week, the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) and the UK-based Independent announced an exclusive licensing deal that will lead to the creation of four new online news services offering “the highest-quality, free-thinking, independent news, insight and analysis on global affairs and local events,” according to reports. SRMG, the middle east’s biggest publisher whose mastheads […]
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Reports: Saudi Aramco Interested in Buying Controlling Stake in Sabic, Possibly Up to 70%; IPO Timeline in Question
- July 23,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Aramco aims to buy a controlling stake in petrochemical maker SABIC, possibly up to 70% of the company that is currently controlled by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), according to reports. Sabic, as the chemical company is known, carries a market value of over $100 billion. Amin Nasser, Aramco’s chief executive officer, said in an […]
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Report: Saudi Delegation of Companies Led by Ministry of Economy and Planning Set to Visit New York
- July 19,2018
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- SUSTG Team
The Saudi Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) will lead a delegation comprising of a “number of government and private-sector entities and representatives of charitable associations” to the United States to present a review of the country’s progress on sustainable development, according to reports. The delegation will participate in the UN’s High-level Political Forum on […]
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MIT Professional Education Launches New Collaboration with Saudi Arabia’s Al Yamamah University
- July 10,2018
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- SUSTG Team
MIT Professional Education is launching a new collaboration with Al Yamamah University (YU) aimed at “promoting diversity at institutions of higher education and supporting the country’s overall development and sociocultural evolution,” the prestigious university announced on its website. As part of the initiative, MIT Professional Education will “develop and teach professional education courses on leadership and innovation […]
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‘The Worst May be Over for Saudi Economy’ as GDP Growth Returns
- July 2,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Rising oil prices and a surge in the non-crude sector jolted the Saudi economy back to life in the first quarter of this year, according to reports, as economists and analysts say the worst might be over for the Kingdom after enacting tough but needed economic reforms. The Kingdom’s GDP grew for the first time […]
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Doing BusinessDoing business guide: Understanding Saudi Arabia’s tax position
Saudi Arabia is working on improving the business climate and increasing access to finance, especially for small and medium enterprises.
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PakistanInside Pakistan’s Biggest Business Conglomerate: The Pakistani Military
In July 2016, the Pakistani senate was informed that the armed forces run over 50 commercial entities worth over $20 billion. Ranging from petrol pumps to huge industrial plants, banks, bakeries, schools and universities, hosiery factories, milk dairies, stud farms, and cement plants, the military has a finger in each pie and stands today as the biggest conglomerate of all business in Pakistan
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InvestmentAnti-corruption campaign in Saudi brings hope to businessmen
Either way, many in the kingdom welcome efforts to fight rampant corruption and abuse of power, and many outside it hope the move will encourage people to invest in the kingdom without fear.
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Banking and FinanceFirst Rule of Saudi Business Is Don’t Talk About Saudi Business
One senior banker covering the region said many Saudi clients are reluctant to speak via phone because they’re worried the lines might be tapped. His advice to clients and colleagues alike: sit tight.
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McKinsey Saudi ContractIn Growing Saudi Business, McKinsey Hired Officials’ Children
McKinsey & Co. has been paid millions of dollars in recent years advising Saudi Arabia’s government on an ambitious economic transformation. Over the same period, the global consultancy has hired at least eight relatives of high-ranking Saudi officials.
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Shake up in SaudiPurge of Saudi princes, businessmen widens, travel curbs imposed
Investigators had been collecting evidence for three years and would “continue to identify culprits, issue arrest warrants and travel restrictions and bring offenders to justice”, anti-graft committee member Khalid bin Abdulmohsen Al-Mehaisen said.
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NEOMIMF endorses Saudi plan for $500-billion business zone
The International Monetary Fund has endorsed an ambitious Saudi Arabian plan to build a $500-billion business and industrial zone extending into Jordan and Egypt, saying the project could benefit the whole region.
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Mark MobiusLegendary investor Mark Mobius could open business in Saudi Arabia
In an exclusive interview with Arab News, Mobius, who is executive chairman of FTI’s emerging markets business, said that he expected a big increase in investment opportunities in the Kingdom as part of the economic transformation strategy being pursued under the Vision 2030 reform plan, and was exploring the possibility of a permanent presence in Saudi Arabia.
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InvestcorpInvestcorp eyes businesses linked to Aramco, Saudi healthcare
The private equity and alternative asset firm, which has offices around the world, aims to more than double investments to $50 billion in five years by expanding existing businesses and through acquisitions in areas such as infrastructure. “We are going to invest in the future of Saudi Arabia,” Mohammed Mahfoodh Alardhi told Reuters in Abu Dhabi.
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InvestmentInvestcorp eyes businesses linked to Aramco, Saudi healthcare
Bahrain-listed Investcorp aims to invest in companies that support oil giant Saudi Aramco and is also eyeing healthcare and education assets being sold in Saudi Arabia’s privatization drive, its executive chairman said.
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