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Gold Rallies as Dollar, Treasury Yields Soften after US Midterm Results

Business Gold chips displayed at a state-owned gold retail store in Surabaya, East Java (AFP)

Gold Rallies as Dollar, Treasury Yields Soften after US Midterm Results

Gold climbed to its highest level in over two weeks on Thursday as the fallout from the US midterm election results rippled through the global financial and…

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Business Hong Kong stocks rallied more than three percent on a broadly healthy day for Asian markets. Leung Man Hei / AFP

Tech Hit by New AI Worries on Positive Day for Most Markets

Tech firms tumbled Thursday as investors contemplated the outlook for the AI boom after Democrats swept the US midterms, partly on the back of growing anger…

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Business Türkiye is rapidly expanding its renewable energy capacity. But as host of COP31, the country faces growing pressure to match its clean energy ambitions with a clear commitment to phase out fossil fuels. Yasin AKGUL / AFP

Türkiye Showcases Renewables Surge, but Leaves Coal Intact

On a windy hillside about an hour's drive northwest of Istanbul, the Catalca power plant was one of Türkiye's first large-scale wind farms and has been feeding…

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Business Officials from the General Organization for Social Insurance at an earlier meeting with businessmen and businesswomen at the Riyadh Chamber (SPA)

Saudi Arabia Offers 100% Social Insurance Debt Waiver to Businesses That Have Exited Market

Saudi Arabia's General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) has made businesses that have ceased operations and exited the Saudi market eligible for a 100%…

Bandar al-Mosalam (Riyadh)
Business A general view shows Ras Tanura's oil production plant near Dammam in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province (AFP)

From Aramco's Profits to State Budget Revenue: How Do Oil Proceeds Reach Government Coffers?

Saudi Aramco's financial results and Saudi Arabia's third-quarter budget performance report, released on the same day, revealed a divergence between the…

Hala Saghbini (Riyadh)

Business A Saudi housing ministry project (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Housing Projects Add $7.2 Bln to Non-Oil GDP

Saudi Arabia’s Housing Program, one of the key initiatives under Vision 2030, has contributed about 27 billion riyals ($7.2 billion) to the Kingdom’s non-oil…

Bandar al-Mosalam (Riyadh)
Business During the cross-listing of the PIF anchored investment SPDR J.P. Morgan Saudi Arabia Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF in Singapore. Photo: State Street Investment Management

State Street Investment Management ETF, in which Saudi PIF is Anchor Investor, Cross-listed in Singapore

State Street Investment Management, the asset management business of State Street Corporation, has announced the cross-listing of the PIF anchored investment…

Asharq Al Awsat (Singapore)
Business Saudi Transport Minister Saleh al-Jasser. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia to Seek International Maritime Organization Council Seat in Next Elections

Saudi Arabia plans to run for a seat on the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Council in the next election cycle as it steps up efforts to influence…

Asma al Ghabri (Jeddah)
Business The Saudi capital, Riyadh. SPA

Saudi Arabia Sells $5.5 Billion in Dual-tranche Sukuk Sale on Strong Demand

Saudi Arabia continues to assert its position as a financial powerhouse in international markets, as its latest issuance of dollar-denominated Islamic bonds,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Russia's President Vladimir Putin signs on the first segment of pipeline during a ceremony marking the start of construction of "Power of Siberia" pipeline at the village of Us Khatyn, September 1, 2014. (Reuters file)

Putin Says China to Benefit from Market-Based Gas Price via New Pipeline

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the planned new Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline would give a competitive advantage to China because the…

Business FILE PHOTO: Twenty four karat gold bars are seen at the United States West Point Mint facility in West Point, New York June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Gold Adds to Record Rally as Rate-cut Bets, Trade Turmoil Lift Demand

Gold surged to a fresh record high on Wednesday, consolidating gains above the key $3,500 level, on growing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut this…

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Business The BDL headquarters in Beirut (NNA) 

Lebanon’s Central Bank Shifts Responsibility for ‘al-Qard al-Hassan' to the State

Lebanon’s central bank has placed responsibility for handling “al-Qard al-Hassan,” the financial arm of Hezbollah, squarely on the state. In a statement…

Ali Zeineddine (Beirut)
Business A street vendor waits for customers in the Eminonu shopping district in Istanbul, Türkiye, August 29, 2025. (Reuters)

Türkiye Inflation Falls to 32.95% in August, Above Forecast 

Turkish annual consumer price inflation dipped less than expected to 32.95% in August, official data showed on Wednesday. Month-on-month, inflation was 2.04%…

Business FILE PHOTO: A child affected by the worsening drought due to failed monsoon seasons, carries her sibling as they stand near their makeshift shelter within Sopel village in Turkana, Kenya September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Developing Countries Swapping Out of Dollar Debt

Developing countries are moving out of dollar debts and turning to currencies with rock bottom interest rates such as the Chinese renminbi and Swiss franc, The…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Arabia, Pakistan sign air transport services agreement (SPA)

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Sign Air Transport Services Agreement

President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), Abdulaziz Al-Duailej, signed on Tuesday an air transport services agreement between the…

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Business Saudi Arabia’s Maaden Becomes First Middle East Member of Int'l Council on Mining and Metals

Saudi Arabia’s Maaden Becomes First Middle East Member of Int'l Council on Mining and Metals

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) has joined the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an international organization dedicated to…

Business Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) attends an interview with Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 2, 2025. (Reuters)

Tariffs Cause ‘Unprecedented’ Disruption to Global Trade Rules, WTO Chief Says

The share of global trade done on WTO terms has fallen to 72% and could fall further, amid the biggest disruption to the international trading system in the…

Business Egyptians take pictures with the pyramids in the background as they visit the Grand Egyptian Museum on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo, Egypt, June 2, 2025. (Reuters)

Egypt’s Net Foreign Assets Jump to a Record $18.5 Billion in July

Egypt's net foreign assets rose by $3.54 billion in July to a record $18.5 billion, central bank data showed, as Gulf investments, a currency devaluation 18…

Business (FILES) Gold bullion can be seen after being removed from casts at the ABC Refinery smelter in Sydney on April 29, 2025. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Gold Races to All-time High above $3,500 on US Rate Cut Prospects

Gold prices scaled the $3,500 per ounce level to hit a record high on Tuesday, as mounting expectations for a US Federal Reserve interest rate cut this month…

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Business Al-Hogail meets with the private sector at the headquarters of the Federation of Saudi Chambers (Asharq Al-Awsat) 

Saudi Arabia: Private Sector Drives Housing Projects Worth Over $106 Billion

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Municipalities and Rural Affairs and Housing, Majid Al-Hogail, announced that the value of housing projects executed in partnership…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business A residential project by the Saudi Ministry of Municipalities and Housing (Asharq Al-Awsat) 

Saudi Housing Loans Surpass $229 Billion as Homeownership Rises

Saudi Arabia’s housing sector recorded significant achievements last year, with homeownership rates and lending volumes exceeding national targets under the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business FILE PHOTO: Model of natural gas pipeline and Gazprom logo, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Russia to Boost Gas Supplies to China, Signs Deal for New Pipeline

Russia's Gazprom has agreed to a modest rise in gas supplies to China via an existing pipeline and has signed a memorandum on building the vast Power of…

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Business The King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) during the early hours of the night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 29, 2025. (Reuters)

S&P: Saudi Banks Hold Mortgage Portfolio Valued at $180 Billion 

The securitization market in Saudi Arabia, especially mortgages, have a promising future, as Saudi banks currently hold a mortgage portfolio valued at…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Crude oil tanker Nissos Christiana, first ship to transport oil from Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, is anchored in the port of Tartus, Syria, September 1, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Syria Exports First Crude Oil Shipment in 14 Years

Syria exported 600,000 barrels of heavy crude oil on Monday from the port of Tartus as part of a deal with a trading firm, a Syrian energy official told…

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Business The inauguration took place in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)

Minister of Transport Inaugurates FedEx Global Head Office in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistic Services and Chairman of the Transport General Authority Saleh Al-Jasser inaugurated on Monday the global head office…

Business Dollar Hits Lowest since end-July

Dollar Hits Lowest since end-July

The dollar hit a five-week low on Monday as investors looked ahead to a raft of US labor market data this week that could affect expectations for the Federal…

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Business A worker walks by an oil well at the Toma South oil field to Heglig, in Ruweng, August 25, 2018. (Reuters)

Sudan Shuts Down Heglig Oil Facilities after Drone Attacks

Sudan has initiated a shutdown of the Heglig oil facility following drone attacks it blamed on the Rapid Support Forces, according to a letter sent by its…

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Business A view shows a pressure gauge near oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia July 14, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Oil Rises on Weaker Dollar and Russian Supply Disruptions

Oil prices rose by more than 1% on Monday on concern over supply disruptions stemming from intensified Russia-Ukraine airstrikes as well as a weaker dollar. …

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Business Engineers at work at Petro Rabigh (Company page on X)

Petro Rabigh Unveils Bold Restructuring Plan to Address $1.9 Billion in Losses

Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co. (Petro Rabigh), Saudi Arabia’s largest refining and petrochemicals company, has launched a capital restructuring plan…

Abeer Hommadi (Riyadh)