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USTR: Saudi Continues to Protect Intellectual Property Rights
- May 8,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday released the 2012 Special 301 Report reviewing the intellectual property protection policies of foreign nations. Saudi Arabia is not named on the “Watch List” again this year and has not been since a successful Out-of-Cycle Review in 2009 to resolve IP issues in cooperation with the […]
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How Gulf Countries Are Splurging at Home
- May 8,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Asa Fitch, writing in the Wall Street Journal, details the extent to which oil dollars are fueling economic growth “at home” for GCC countries: Booming oil prices are flooding Arab countries with money, but where the lion’s share of that wealth would once have been pumped into the world’s financial markets, much of it is […]
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SEC unveils SR452b projects
- May 8,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has allocated SR452 billion to implement energy projects until the year 2021 according to SEC Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Saleh Bin Hussein Al-Awaji. These projects will provide services consistent with international standards, including building up an adequate power at a peak time about 10 percent of combined capacity. The […]
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Journey of a lifetime
- May 4,2012
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- SUSTG Team
To say that I was excited to be in the presence of such history would be an understatement. I had been looking forward to this trip for months and was absolutely beside myself. My purpose was to travel with my mother to Saudi Arabia to perform the Umrah, a mini version of the annual Hajj […]
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US and Saudi team up for renewable energy projects
- April 18,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The United States and Saudi Arabia are prepared to sign a number of deals related to the establishment of investment and service projects depending on renewable energy resources, Arab News reported. US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services, Nicole Lamb, said the US would support the Kingdom on its drive to develop clean […]
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Saudi tops in job creation in GCC
- April 9,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The Gulf region continued to create jobs despite the impact of Arab Spring in 2011 with the regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia topping the list followed by Qatar and Oman, according to a new survey. The oil and gas industry, healthcare and retail sectors enjoyed the largest headcount expansion in 2011, while banking and construction fared the […]
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Saudis Increasing Riyadh Water Supply
- April 6,2012
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- SUSTG Team
With the bulk of Saudi Arabia’s drinking water coming from desalination plants, the country’s sky-rocketing population growth puts enormous demand on water supply. Arab News reports that a new desalination plant in the Eastern Province is gearing up to go online. When it is producing, it will nearly double the amount of water flowing into […]
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Critical Commercial and Economic Ties: Interview with Jose Fernandez
- April 3,2012
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- SUSTG Team
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 […]
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Saudi to maintain oil supply if U.S. draws stocks
- April 3,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia is likely to maintain high oil production in the event consumer countries release emergency stocks, but it will not seek to lure buyers for more oil by discounting its crude, industry sources said. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday in Riyadh sought an assurance from Saudi King Abdullah that the kingdom […]
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U.S. Might Have More Oil Than Saudi Arabia, But…
- March 30,2012
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- SUSTG Team
People are often confused about the overall extent of U.S. oil reserves. Some claim that the U.S. has hundreds of billions or even trillions of barrels of oil waiting to be produced if bureaucrats will simply stop blocking development. In fact, in a recent debate between Republican candidates contending for Gabrielle Giffords’ recently vacated House seat, one candidate […]
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EducationO.C. college district foundation closer to OKing Saudi consulting deal
An Orange County college district foundation Tuesday moved closer to approving a controversial consulting contract worth an estimated $85 million to help run two technical schools in Saudi Arabia.
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Anti-ISIS CampaignShould the U.S. put boots on the ground to fight ISIS?: Brookings Debate
On Wednesday, June 24, Brookings hosted the first in a new series of Brookings Debates to argue both sides of the issue. Arguing in favor were Brookings expert Michael O’Hanlon and Michael Doran of the Hudson Institute, and taking the opposite approach were Brookings’ Jeremy Shapiro and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), who is currently working to submit an amendment to prohibit boots on the ground without explicit congressional approval. The event was moderated by Indira Lakshmanan of Bloomberg Business.
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Yemen Cyber ArmyMeet The Mysterious New Hacker Army Freaking Out The Middle East
The first tweets appeared on April 14. The website of Al Hayat, a pro-Saudi newspaper, had been hacked, its front page replaced to threaten Saudi Arabia against getting involved in Yemen’s growing civil unrest. A group calling itself the Yemen Cyber Army took credit for the hack. Few took notice — amid the breaches of government databases and hacking armies with groups claiming affiliation with groups like ISIS, the takedown of a newspaper website was hardly news.
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Anti-ISIS Campaign: NATONATO working on plan to advise Iraq on reforming its army
NATO is expected to announce soon a plan to advise the Iraqi government on reforming its security forces which are fighting back after collapsing in the face of an offensive by Islamic State fighters, NATO diplomats said on Tuesday.
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- NPR - Iraqi Soldiers, Generals Shift The Blame For Battlefield Defeats
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ISIS Around the WorldTracking the Islamic State — With Words
And while those groups monitoring its geographic spread have produced a proliferation of maps charting the Islamic State’s physical footprint, there have been relatively few attempts to visually chart the broader global discussion around the organization — that is to say, to generate a map that allows us to see the reach and scale of the Islamic State narrative as the media outlets around the world are depicting it so that we might be able to click on any location on Earth and see what has been reported in the media about the Islamic State with respect to that location.
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Saudi LeadershipKing Salman makes another round of ministry changes
Saudi King Salman has appointed Ahmed Saleh Abdullah Al Humaidan as deputy minister of labour, the state news agency reported.
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U.S. - Saudi: Defense SalesSikorsky says Saudi Arabia looking at bigger helicopter order
Analysts say Saudi Arabia could eventually double its existing fleet of 80 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, although the purchases could come in smaller batches over time, rather than as one large order.
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Saudi Stock Market: OpeningNo Rush Into Saudi Stocks as Kingdom Gives Foreigners Access
By the end of Saudi Arabia’s trading day on Monday, qualified foreign investors held seven out of 170 stocks directly, owning less than a 10th of a percentage point of each company, according to data on the Tadawul stock exchange website. Saudi International Petrochemical Co. was the biggest winner after QFIs bought 0.02 percent of the stock.
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Saudi Foreign PolicySaudi Arabia’s King Shakes Up Region With Assertive Foreign Policy: Audio
Saudi Arabia's new king has been on the throne for just a few months. He launched an air campaign in Yemen against Shiite rebels, and he also increased support for anti-government rebels in Syria.
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