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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry Cracks Down on Counterfeits In Boost to Consumer Protection
- June 10,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
This week, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) issued a press release on the Ministry’s Web Site that authorities had seized over 6,000 counterfeit cellphones. Looking to send a message to would-be counterfeiters and violators of consumer protection regulations, MCI authorities placed the forged phones in a pile then drove over them all […]
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Saudi Arabia: Car Manufacturer?
- May 14,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
A new report states that Saudi Arabia is in negotiations with Jaguar Land Rover for a production line in Yanbu, an industrial city, following an initial agreement signed last year. The National reports that the Indian-owned company “can count on Saudi government investment of close to US$1 billion and some of the world’s cheapest aluminium. […]
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Save the Date for the 2013 U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, California
- May 6,2013
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- SUSTG Team
The 2013 US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum, to be held in Los Angeles, California at the JW Marriott L.A. Live on September 16-18, is the third in a series of extraordinarily successful gatherings featuring top American and Saudi government and private sector leaders and providing an ideal platform for building new and lasting business ties. Please visit www.us-saudiforum.com to register your interest.
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Royal Decree May Ease a ‘$67B Housing Logjam’ in Saudi Arabia, Reuters Reports
- April 24,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Reuters is reporting that last week’s Royal Decree to tackle Saudi Arabia’s housing program has removed “an obstacle to a $67 billion program to ease the country’s housing shortage,” which “may push the program forward by opening up thousands of acres of state-owned land for construction.”
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Saudi Arabia Sees Limited Impact from US Shale Oil While SABIC Eyes Gas
- April 14,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
According to this report by Summer Said in the Wall Street Journal, a close advisor of Saudi Arabia’s Minster of Petroleum and Natural Resources Ali Al Naimi said that the production of oil from shale will be “too limited and costly” to make a significant impact on the interests of exporters, but that the so-called […]
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Photos of Saudi Arabia’s Impressive Pavilion at the Hannover Industrial Forum in Germany
- April 11,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudi Arabia’s presence at the Hannover Industrial Forum, which took place in Hannover, Germany this week, is worth seeing. The Kingdom constructed a massive pavilion to show off business opportunities in Saudi Arabia and provide a networking platform for visitors of the expo in Hannover, Germany.
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Hard Choices Ahead for MENA Energy Pricing
- April 5,2013
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- SUSTG Team
In order for Saudi Arabia to effectively address some of its most pressing challenges it will need to make some hard, unpopular and, quite likely, disruptive choices. The current uproar over the expulsion of illegal foreign workers, for example, doesn’t change the fact that it is a necessary step in re-ordering the incentives of private-sector […]
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Stanford University in California Asks Five Questions of Saudi MBA Alumnus Fahd Al-Rasheed, CEO And Managing Director Of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC)
- April 3,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) is set to astonish the world when completed, and it is only one of four brand new cities that will be constructed by the Kingdom in the coming years. At a cost of more than $100 billion, Saudi Arabia began construction on four new economic cities designed to […]
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A Kingdom’s Thirst: The Saudi Water Challenge
- March 29,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
It’s no secret that Saudi Arabia is a dry place in a particularly arid region of the world. The dearth of water resources in the Kingdom is among its foremost challenges, with some estimates predicting full depletion by 2050 if nothing is done.
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We’re here, can we come in? TASI and foreign investors
- March 20,2013
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- Richard Wilson
The figurative lobby to the Tadawul All Shares Index (TASI), Saudi Arabia’s stock market, is filling up with eager investors. Intrigued by the $387 billion Saudi stock market (three times the UAE bourses combined) and the $727 billion Saudi economy, many of them think… Brazil; whose fully accessible stock market’s capitalization exceeds $1 trillion. While […]
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EntertainmentSaudi Arabia creating $2.7B entertainment investment company
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is creating an entertainment investment company as the deeply conservative kingdom loosens the reins on fun.
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Public Investment Fund (PIF)Saudi Arabia’s PIF launches ‘future investment’ initiative
The Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund launched the Future Investment Initiative (FII), intended to explore investment trends, opportunities and challenges in the years ahead.
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PowerAcwa Power eyes boost to investments in home Saudi market
Saudi-based Acwa Power aims to acquire one or two bundles of generation assets from Saudi Electricity (SEC), its managing director said on Monday, as the privately-owned firm expects to become a major investor in its home market.
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Saudi-ChinaSaudi Arabia, China plan joint $20 billion investment fund
Saudi Arabia and China plan to establish and operate jointly a $20 billion investment fund, sharing costs and profits on a 50:50 basis, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih told Reuters on Thursday.
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Start-Up InvestingMiddle East start-up investment nears $1 billion in 2017
Showing the strong business potential for entrepreneurs, start-up investment in the Middle East and North Africa will near $1 billion in 2017, according to the World Economic Forum.
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Al Rajhi CapitalSaudi Arabia’s Largest Bank Said to Hire Investment Banking Head
Sameer Nawaz has been appointed head of investment banking at Saudi Arabia’s Al Rajhi Capital as the Islamic bank looks to build its advisory business, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Global Oil MarketsAramco CEO sees oil supply shortage as investments, discoveries drop
About $1 trillion in investments have already been lost since a decline in oil prices from 2014. Studies show that 20 million barrels per day of new production will be needed to meet demand growth and offset natural decline of developed fields over the next five years, he said.
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Qatar AirwaysQatar Airways’ American Airlines investment exposes hypocrisy
Qatar Airways wants to buy a significant stake in American Airlines. American says Qatar expressed interest in acquiring up to 10% of the company, and a Qatar Airways spokesman told Business Insider that it plans to open its investment in American with a 4.75% stake and remain a passive investor.
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Gas TurbinesGE, Saudi investment agency sign $267m JV
Dussur, formerly operating under the name Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments Company, and GE have signed a joint venture agreement worth more than SR1 billion ($267 million), the parties announced on Wednesday.
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Infrastructure InvestmentLimited Benefits to U.S. Infrastructure in Saudi PIF Investment
What is new about the Blackstone plan is that the influx of capital into U.S. markets that is willing to invest in this sector is perhaps too much, too soon. The problem in U.S. infrastructure has not been lack of capital. The problem has been lack of projects.
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