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Why Saudi Arabia is ‘The Next Big Thing’ for Global Investors
- August 7,2014
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- SUSTG Team
Leone Lakhani and Alanna Petroff write in CNN Money that Saudi Arabia is the “next big emerging market” following the announcement of the TASI opening to foreign investors. That report cited Saleem Khokhar, head of equities at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s asset management group, as saying that the market is “deeply liquid…with lots […]
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Saudi Tadawul Surges in Wake of Opening Announcement
- August 7,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
The recent announcement that the Saudi Stock Market will open to foreign investors is causing a surge in the market for investors, according to a report in Bloomberg:
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Saudi Women’s Share in the Kingdom’s Commercial Activity Records a Sharp Increase
- August 5,2014
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- SUSTG Team
According to a recent report in the Saudi Gazette, the Kingdom’s women are increasing their share in Saudi Arabia’s private sector commercial activity, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in an annual report: The latest in an uptick in female involvement in the workplace, the news follows another report in the Saudi Arabic-daily OKAZ […]
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Turning the Corner on MERS
- August 5,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
When the spread of the deadly coronavirus MERS started making headlines on a daily basis in the Spring, international concern began to mount that the Saudi government wasn’t doing enough to contain the virus. New confirmed cases started emerging in other countries in the region, even reaching the United States. As the death toll mounted, […]
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Over 43% of the World’s Natural Gas is in the Middle East, According to BP
- July 30,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
43% of the world’s natural gas reserves are in the Middle East region, a June 2014 report by energy company BP found. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2014 found that 80.3 trillion cu/m of natural gas sits under countries in the Middle East. The annual report by BP published every June noted […]
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For One Journalist, Dangers of Getting Too Close to Extremists Proves Costly
- July 23,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
Business Insider has an interesting item about how Aymenn Al Tamimi’s career came apart in public last week:
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Theodore Karasik on ISIL in Iraq and the Implications for Saudi Arabia
- July 7,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
In a FocusKSA interview last week, Dr. Theodore Karasik addressed the expansion of ISIL control in Iraq and the challenges for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “ISIL is continuing to look to expand in other directions, and one of those directions includes Saudi Arabia,” Dr. Theodore Karasik told SUSRIS in the interview. On July 6th, […]
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30k Saudi Troops Deployed to Iraq’s Border after Iraqi Troops Vacate
- July 7,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
30,000 Saudi troops have been deployed to the Iraq border after Iraqi troops fled following ISIL’s incursion, according to a report. Al Arabiya reports that the troops are being deployed to secure the border with Iraq after the border was left “unprotected.” The move follows activity along Saudi Arabia’s border to the south with Yemen, […]
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An Exclusive Interview with Steve Clemons from the Atlantic on ISIL, Iraq, and Syria
- July 2,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
The deteriorating security situation in Iraq and the swift territorial advance of the extremist Sunni militia the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) present an extraordinarily complex set of local, regional and even global challenges for both Saudi Arabia and the United States. Where is the situation in Iraq going? What are the […]
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Uptick in US-Saudi Diplomacy including Secretary Kerry’s Praise for Saudi ‘Compassion’ for its $500m Humanitarian Pledge to Iraq
- July 2,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lauded Saudi Arabia’s “compassion” and “generosity” after the Kingdom announced it would donate $500 million in humanitarian aid to all people of Iraq, regardless of ethnicity or religion, according to a release made public by the State Department. “Saudi Arabia has made an enormous and very significant commitment to help […]
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Reports from the northwestern province of Faryab indicate that the Taliban has overrun yet another district in Afghanistan. Ghormach, a district that borders Turkmenistan, is now effectively under Taliban control, according to the jihadist group and the Afghan press.
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Bank AttackSaudi bank attacked, 2 killed
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Afghan officials say they have regained control of key areas of the northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban.
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Afghanistan: TalibanMullah Omar’s brother and son swear allegiance to new Taliban emir
Mullah Omar’s son and brother, both who previously opposed the appointment of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour to serve as the new leader of the Taliban, have changed their minds and sworn allegiance to Mansour, according to the Taliban.
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