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Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Business Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025. (AFP)

Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Tesla will have to refund Cybertruck deposits for many customers as orders far exceed production capacity, CEO Elon Musk said, following last week's…

Business A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. (Reuters)

China Extends Suspension of New Rare Earth Controls Until January

China on Monday announced a two-month extension of export-control waivers due to expire this month, preserving part of a wide-ranging deal struck after a…

Business United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. (UN)

UN to Asharq Al-Awsat ahead of COP31: Climate Change and Energy Security Are Two Integrated Paths

On the eve of the opening of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) on Monday in the Turkish city of Antalya, attention is focused on the…

Abeer Hommadi (Riyadh)
Business The People's Bank of China's gold holdings increased by 830,000 ounces in October (Reuters)

Gold Rises over 1% as Softer Oil Prices Ease Inflation Worries

Gold rose more than 1% on Monday as softer oil prices eased inflation concerns, while investors awaited key US inflation data and fresh signals from the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Members of the GCC Transport and Communications Ministers Committee pose for an official photo in Manama (GCC). 

Gulf Railway Enters Implementation Phase, Targets 2030 Completion

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries signed an agreement in Manama on Sunday to advance a 2,117-kilometer railway linking all six member states by 2030, as…

Mirza al-Khuweildi (Manama)

Business Pipeline Infrastructure Investment Deal between ADNOC, ADRPBF

Pipeline Infrastructure Investment Deal between ADNOC, ADRPBF

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC, announced on Sunday that it has entered into a follow-on pipeline infrastructure investment agreement with the Abu…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business IMF: Turkey Should Pursue Fiscal Policy to Reduce Inflation Rate

IMF: Turkey Should Pursue Fiscal Policy to Reduce Inflation Rate

Turkey should pursue a fiscal policy aimed at reducing the inflation rate that touches the 20 percent limit, said International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing…

Saeed al-Abyad (Ankara)
Business Saudi Aramco Revises Fuel Prices in Kingdom

Saudi Aramco Revises Fuel Prices in Kingdom

Saudi Arabia raised the local price for Octane 95 gasoline to 2.10 Riyals from 2.02 Riyals last quarter and Octane 91 to 1.44 Riyals from 1.37 Riyals per liter…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Commission to Develop, Boost Local Content

Saudi Commission to Develop, Boost Local Content

Saudi Arabia’s Local Content and Government Procurement Commission undertook measures curated to both boost the Kingdom’s economy and fulfill development and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Libya's Oil at Risk Amid Tripoli Battles

Libya's Oil at Risk Amid Tripoli Battles

Observers of the Libyan oil sector are concerned about the negative effects of the military battle carried out by the Libyan National Army (LNA), in Tripoli,…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Business Egypt: Exports Decline in January, Oil Exporting Drop

Egypt: Exports Decline in January, Oil Exporting Drop

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed Thursday that the exports dropped in the first months of 2019 influenced by the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Tunisia's Private Sector Stages Strike to Protest Suspension of Wage Raise

Tunisia's Private Sector Stages Strike to Protest Suspension of Wage Raise

Tunisia is facing a wave of protests and strikes by private sector employees as a result of the non-activation of wage raise for the years 2018-19. The…

Business Aramco Trading Signs Supply Agreement with Poland’s Leading Oil Refiner

Aramco Trading Signs Supply Agreement with Poland’s Leading Oil Refiner

Aramco Trading, the trading subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, has signed an agreement for the supply of Arabian Crude Oil to Poland’s leading refiner, PKN Orlen, in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dhahran)
Business Saudi Oil Cuts Deeper than Promised

Saudi Oil Cuts Deeper than Promised

Saudi Arabia has slashed its oil production by more than promised as part of a pact to boost oil prices, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, while…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Arab Monetary Fund Expects Countries of Region to See 3.1% Growth in 2019

Arab Monetary Fund Expects Countries of Region to See 3.1% Growth in 2019

Arab economies are expected to grow by 3.1 percent in 2019 and 3.4 percent in 2020, the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) said in its April edition of the Arab Economic…

Motleq Mounir (London)
Business Egypt: Slight Drop in Inflation

Egypt: Slight Drop in Inflation

The annual inflation dropped slightly in March while monthly inflation declined remarkably – an indicator on a relative calmness in prices before anticipated…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Family Businesses Make Contribution Worth $216 Bn of Saudi GDP

Family Businesses Make Contribution Worth $216 Bn of Saudi GDP

Saudi Family Businesses contribute to SAR810 (2$216 billion) of the country’s GDP, according to the Corporate Governance in Family Businesses Forum. They…

Iman Al Khataf (Dammam)
Business Energy Minister: UAE Can Raise Oil Production to 3.5 Mn pbd If Needed

Energy Minister: UAE Can Raise Oil Production to 3.5 Mn pbd If Needed

UAE is one of the most committed countries to the reduction of oil production approved by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), with the…

Business Carlos Ghosn's Wife Questioned by Tokyo Prosecutors

Carlos Ghosn's Wife Questioned by Tokyo Prosecutors

The wife of ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn was questioned by prosecutors in a closed-door hearing at the Tokyo District Court on Thursday, a week after her…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business OPEC: Venezuela’s Low Oil Output Tightened Market Supplies

OPEC: Venezuela’s Low Oil Output Tightened Market Supplies

Venezuela told OPEC that its oil output sank to a new long-term low last month due to US sanctions and blackouts, deepening the impact of a global production…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business SABIC Names Al-Jarbou Chairman, Al-Benyan Vice Chairman, CEO

SABIC Names Al-Jarbou Chairman, Al-Benyan Vice Chairman, CEO

The members of SABIC’s Board of Directors were approved for a new term until April 2022 at an Ordinary General Assembly meeting held at the company…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Goldman Sachs Raises Forecast for Oil Price in 2019

Goldman Sachs Raises Forecast for Oil Price in 2019

Goldman Sachs has raised its forecast for crude oil prices this year, with supply hit by the “shock and awe” implementation of OPEC-led output cuts and by US…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Damascus to Decrease Charges on Lebanese Trucks, Goods Crossing its Borders

Damascus to Decrease Charges on Lebanese Trucks, Goods Crossing its Borders

Lebanese Agriculture Minister Hassan al-Laqqis said on Tuesday that Damascus agreed to decrease the charges imposed on goods and trucks crossing its borders…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Business Aramco Registers Record Number of Orders on First Int’l Bond

Aramco Registers Record Number of Orders on First Int’l Bond

Saudi Aramco is set to raise $12 billion with its first international bond issue after receiving more than $100 billion in orders, a record breaking vote of…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business 30 Investment Opportunities in Saudi Aquaculture Sector

30 Investment Opportunities in Saudi Aquaculture Sector

Saudi Arabia is looking forward to increasing production of cultured fish to 100,000 tons in 2022 and around 600,000 in 2030 through enhancing partnership with…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Egypt Ratifies Agreement to Establish African Free Trade Zone

Egypt Ratifies Agreement to Establish African Free Trade Zone

Egypt has officially deposited the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) ratification instrument, announced Egyptian Ambassador to Addis Ababa…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business UK: Jury Discharged in Barclay’s Fraud Trial

UK: Jury Discharged in Barclay’s Fraud Trial

Judge Robert Jay discharged the jury at Southwark Crown Court involved in a landmark fraud trial of four former Barclays executives accused of paying Qatar…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Arabia Spends Record $32 Bln on Tourism

Saudi Arabia Spends Record $32 Bln on Tourism

Saudi Arabia’s internal tourism spending reached SAR121.5 billion (USD32.4 billion) in 2018, according to a recent statistical report by the Tourism…

Saleh al-Zaid (Riyadh)
Business Exclusive - Russian Investment Fund: OPEC+ Deal Helps Stabilize Oil Market

Exclusive - Russian Investment Fund: OPEC+ Deal Helps Stabilize Oil Market

The OPEC + oil deal is an important example of international cooperation that will help stabilize the oil market, said CEO of the Russian Direct Investment…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)