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• Royal Succession Planning at Saudi Inc.
  • January 26,2015

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  • Matthew Spivack
   

  Following the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, it is important for companies to be prepared to answer questions from the corporate office regarding how royal succession impacts Saudi Arabia’s trajectory. New Saudi King Salman’s ascension to the throne, and the appointment of Crown Prince Muqrin, represents continuity from King Abdullah’s reign. Salman is unlikely […]

   
• OPEC to Oil Companies at Davos: ‘Let’s produce the lower cost oil first and then produce the higher cost…prices will rebound’
  • January 22,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  In dueling speeches at the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland, oil company heads and OPEC representatives clashed about the collapse in the price of oil, according to a report in Reuters. Oil company chiefs at from Italy’s Eni Spa and France’s Total said that OPEC’s unwillingness to cut output “could lead to a huge […]

   
• Google’s Eric Schmidt Headlines Impressive Speaker List for the Upcoming Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) on January 25th in Riyadh
  • January 20,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt will speak at the upcoming Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to the Forum’s website. The technology billionaire headlines a long list of high-level speakers set to descend on Riyadh to discuss investment and development in the region and beyond.   Schmidt joined Google in 2001 and served […]

   
• Jadwa Investment: Central Department of Statistics Finds 2014 inflation rate was 2.7%, Down from 3.5% in 2013
  • January 19,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  According to a recently released note by Jadwa Investment, a leading Saudi investment firm, inflation in the Kingdom was down in 2014 to 2.7% on average, and found a deceleration in prices to 2.4% year-on-year. Jadwa’s Head of Research Dr. Fahad Alturki wrote in an investor note: “The Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI) has […]

   
• Jadwa Investment: ‘The economy will continue performing strongly in 2015, albeit at a slower pace’
  • January 11,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  Jadwa Investment’s just-released report on the Saudi economy in 2015 expects growth at a “slower pace” than previous years and “a narrowing current account surplus and a larger than-budgeted fiscal deficit.” The report, which examines the potential of various sectors within the Saudi economy and the impact of oil prices on growth in 2015,  projects economic growth […]

   
• Five trends that will shape the Arab World’s online industry in 2015
  • January 8,2015

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  • Khaldoon Tabaza
   

  2014 was a milestone year for online businesses in the Arab world. It was the year in which Arab online users spent more time behind their smartphone and computer screens than their televisions, online classified’s popularity soared over that of print classifieds, and several industries such as transportation, automotive, and food & beverage were disrupted […]

   
• The ‘Monumental’ Opening of the Saudi Stock Market in 2015 to Wider Foreign Investment
  • January 7,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  As Saudi Arabia prepares to open its stock market to wider foreign investment possible as soon as April 2015, there is tremendous enthusiasm on the part of foreign investors as wells as anticipation within the Kingdom.  In a recent FocusKSA discussion with Dr. John Sfakianakis, SUSTG’s President Richard Wilson asked about the importance of the […]

   
• The fundamentals of the oil price slide: where’s the bottom and is Saudi Arabia still a swing producer?
  • January 6,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  With a precipitous slide in the price of oil to less than half its July 2014 highs, markets around the world are watching Saudi Arabia closely as they try to figure out where the bottom might be for oil prices. But given its low extraction costs, significant capital investment in production infrastructure and large capital reserves, […]

   
• For Saudi Arabia’s Budget, Oil’s True Breakeven Price Disputed by Analysts
  • December 31,2014

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  • Lucien Zeigler
   

  One of the most important figures that factors into Saudi Arabia’s budget each year isn’t actually published by the government. What the Kingdom annually assumes will be the average price of oil is crucial for government and fiscal planning. With the Kingdom’s economic diversification goals still yet to be realized, oil revenues are (almost) everything […]

   
• In Wide-Ranging Interview with Local Paper, Alwaleed bin Talal Discusses Path to Success
  • December 30,2014

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal gave his first interview with a local Saudi paper in eight years, according to the Saudi Gazette, and the billionaire discussed his path to business successes, how he spends his time, and national/regional issues of concern. The in-depth interview was revealing of the Prince’s day-to-day business and personal activities. When […]

   
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