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• Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi Visits Saudi Arabia as Relations Warm
  • April 18,2019

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  Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and a delegation visited Saudi Arabia yesterday and met with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as relations between the two nations continue to warm. The Prime Minister’s office said the leaders signed 13 agreements in areas such as trade, energy and political cooperation, without giving further details, according to […]

   
• Princess Reema Bint Bandar Sworn In as Ambassador to the United States
  • April 16,2019

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  Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud was sworn in on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia’s next Ambassador to the United States, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The swearing in took place at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh. Princess Reema is the first Saudi woman to hold the high-ranking diplomatic post after a royal decree appointed […]

   
• Saudi-based Telecom Firm Arabsat is SpaceX’s First Commercial Mission, Falcon Heavy Launch Successful
  • April 12,2019

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  SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launched its first commercial mission today with Saudi-based telecom firm Arabsat as its customer in a key demonstration for billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company in the race to grasp lucrative military launch contracts, Reuters reports and the companies involved confirm. The Falcon Heavy rocket blasted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center […]

   
• Orders for Saudi Aramco’s Debut International Bond Topped $100 billion in ‘Vote of Market Confidence’
  • April 9,2019

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  Orders for Saudi Aramco’s debut international bond topped $100 billion on Tuesday, Reuters reports, in what amounts to a  “record breaking vote of market confidence” for Aramco after facing investor concerns about government influence over the company. Al-Falih had previously said the $10 billion bond offering had been oversubscribed well above $30 billion. Demand appeared […]

   
• Saudi Aramco Agrees to Buy 70% Stake in SABIC from Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund
  • March 28,2019

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  Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Saudi Aramco has agreed to buy a 70% stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), the kingdom’s leading petrochemical firm, for $69.1 billion in a private transaction, SABIC said in a press release. The move continues Saudi Aramco’s plans to diversify away from oil to “generating more of its profits […]

   
• 950,000 SMEs Registered in Saudi Arabia — Jadwa Investment
  • March 20,2019

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  A recent report by Jadwa Investment highlights the progress being made in the development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia and the significance that these crucial elements of a diverse economy can have on sustainable growth in the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia is focusing on SME development with its Vision 2030 social and […]

   
• Second ‘Mega Entertainment Hub’ Planned for Riyadh Will Be Over 30 Acres
  • March 12,2019

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  Saudi authorities have announced a second major entertainment hub for citizens and visitors of the Kingdom’s capital city, Riyadh. At over 135,000 square meters (33 acres), the new complex will be located in the Al-Rabwa neighborhood of Riyadh and have metro line access via the Salah Al-Din station of the soon-to-be-completed Riyadh metro mega project, the […]

   
• General Abizaid Faces Tough Questions from U.S. Senators in Confirmation Hearing
  • March 7,2019

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  President Trump’s choice for the next U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia faced tough questions from U.S. senators but defended the U.S.-Saudi relationship on Wednesday and said the United States needed “a strong and mature partnership with Saudi Arabia.” Retired General John Abizaid’s confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was the first of this session […]

   
• Positives Seen in Latest Saudi Government Labor Market Data as Vision 2030 Reforms Take Hold
  • March 1,2019

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  Saudi Arabia’s workforce saw an increase in female participation and a slight decline in unemployment, according latest data on the Saudi labor revealed in a Jadwa Investment report. The General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) labor market release for Q3 2018 shows that unemployment declined slightly to 12.8 percent, from 12.9 percent in the previous two […]

   
• Analysis: Vision 2030 is Well Underway. Here’s What’s Needed to Make it a Success.
  • February 25,2019

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  In 2016, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced his “Vision 2030″—the most comprehensive transformation plan in the history of the country, which includes wide-ranging social and economic reforms. Vision 2030 was designed as a 14-year project; however, in its first three years, we have already seen tangible advances, such as fiscal consolidation efforts, […]

   
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