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Saudi Real Estate Market Maintains Investment Momentum Despite War Fallout

Business Residential developments in Saudi Arabia (Ministry of Municipalities and Housing)

Saudi Real Estate Market Maintains Investment Momentum Despite War Fallout

Saudi Arabia's real estate market continues to attract investment despite geopolitical challenges weighing on economic activity worldwide, supported by new…

Bandar al-Mosalam (Riyadh)
Business An investor monitors stock market data on a screen at the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) in Riyadh (Reuters)

Saudi Stocks Rebound 0.9%, Recouping Previous Session's Losses

Saudi stocks closed higher on Monday, recovering some of the losses sustained in the previous session as heavyweight shares strengthened and the banking sector…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
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 Saudi Govt. Spending Increases 25% at End of Third Quarter

Saudi Govt. Spending Increases 25% at End of Third Quarter

In a new sign that confirms the strength and vitality of the Saudi economy, non-oil revenues jumped 48 percent by the end of the third quarter of 2018 compared…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Lebanon's Risk Profile ‘Rising Sharply,’ Warns World Bank

Lebanon's Risk Profile ‘Rising Sharply,’ Warns World Bank

Lebanon’s risk profile is rising sharply and some of its central bank tools are becoming less effective, the World Bank said on Tuesday in its autumn Lebanon…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business UAE Faces Money Laundering, Terror Financing With New Law

UAE Faces Money Laundering, Terror Financing With New Law

The United Arab Emirates has passed a law to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, it said on Tuesday, as it aims to bring its rules into line with…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Women Make up 20% of New Hires at Saudi Aramco, Says CEO

Women Make up 20% of New Hires at Saudi Aramco, Says CEO

Saudi Aramco has increased female recruitment to more than 20 percent of all new hires and doubled the number of women working in the organization over the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Saudi POS Transactions up 28% in September

Saudi POS Transactions up 28% in September

Point-of-sale (POS) transactions in Saudi Arabia rose 28 percent to SAR19.3 billion (USD5.1 billion) in September from SAR15.1 billion (USD4 billion) a year…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business New Law on UAE Central Bank

New Law on UAE Central Bank

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a Federal Law regarding the “Central Bank and Organization of Financial Institutions and Activities…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business STC's Net Profit Rises During Q3 2018

STC's Net Profit Rises During Q3 2018

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) announced Saturday the company’s preliminary financial results for the period ending at 30 September 2018. Revenue from services…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Tunisia Attracts Foreign Investments Worth USD711m

Tunisia Attracts Foreign Investments Worth USD711m

The Foreign Investment Promotion Agency has revealed an increase in foreign investment of 14.6 percent during the first nine months of the current year,…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Sino-Egyptian Agreement to Enhance Cooperation

Sino-Egyptian Agreement to Enhance Cooperation

Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi on Saturday in Cairo received China’s vice president Wang Qishan who expressed China’s support to Egyptian efforts…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Egypt Envisages Fewer Civil Servants

Egypt Envisages Fewer Civil Servants

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has said that he was working on a government restructuring that envisages a smaller cabinet and fewer civil servants…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Ghosn

Renault Seeks to Manufacture 500,000 Cars Annually in Morocco

Renault chairman and chief executive Carlos Ghosn has presented to Moroccan King Mohammed VI the French car maker’s plan on doubling its production at its…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Riyadh Concludes FII 2018 with $56Bln in Agreements

Riyadh Concludes FII 2018 with $56Bln in Agreements

The second Future Investment Initiative (FII) concluded in Riyadh on Thursday with the announcement of the signing of more than 25 agreements worth $56 billion…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Falih

Saudi Hopes to Attract $427 Billion in Investments by 2030

Saudi Arabia expects to attract investments of more than 1.6 trillion riyals ($427 billion) by 2030 in its push to boost industry, Energy Minister Khalid Al…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Aramco Reinforces its Backing for Women Empowerment

Aramco Reinforces its Backing for Women Empowerment

Saudi Aramco has chaired the “Leadership Excellence for Women Awards and Symposium” (LEWAS), a three-day industry event held at the Bahrain International…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Saudi Housing Ministry Signs 3 Agreements at FII 2018

Saudi Housing Ministry Signs 3 Agreements at FII 2018

The Saudi Ministry of Housing announced Thursday that the Eskan Program signed two agreements and a memorandum of understanding aiming at attracting more…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Moroccan Government Plans to Borrow $8 Bn by 2019

Moroccan Government Plans to Borrow $8 Bn by 2019

The Moroccan government has asked the parliament to authorize the borrowing of 76.2 billion dirhams ($8.02 billion) to fill the budget deficit for 2019. …

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business FII

Kholifey: Saudi Won't Penalize Banks for Boycotting FII

Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority Governor Ahmed al-Kholifey has stressed that transactions between SAMA and international institutions will not be affected by…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia Gives Foreigners Opportunity to Invest in 4 New Sectors

Saudi Arabia Gives Foreigners Opportunity to Invest in 4 New Sectors

Saudi Arabia decided to allow foreign investors to invest in several new sectors, including recruitment offices, audiovisual services, land transport, and real…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Energy Minister: Oil Market Is in a 'Good Place'

Saudi Energy Minister: Oil Market Is in a 'Good Place'

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said the oil market is “in a good place today in terms of supply and demand balances and inventories” after lifting…

Business UAE

Mohammed bin Rashid: Saudi Development Plan Reflects Clear Vision

UAE’s Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has praised the ambitious development plan of Saudi Arabia under the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business  Saudi Crown Prince Meets with Heads of Sovereign Funds

Saudi Crown Prince Meets with Heads of Sovereign Funds

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, received in Riyadh on Tuesday a number of heads of the sovereign funds and…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Aramco Sponsors GCC Downstream Conference in Manama

Saudi Aramco Sponsors GCC Downstream Conference in Manama

Saudi Aramco took part in the International Downstream Conference and Exhibition of the 2018 Gulf Refining Federation that is underway in Manama, Bahrain,…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business US Treasury Secretary Meets Saudi Crown Prince, Finance Minister

US Treasury Secretary Meets Saudi Crown Prince, Finance Minister

Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan held talks in Riyadh on Monday with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, reported the Saudi Press…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Oil Above $80, Saudi Arabia Plans to Increase Production

Oil Above $80, Saudi Arabia Plans to Increase Production

Oil prices rose above $80 a barrel, two weeks before US sanctions, that might stop Iran's oil supplies, enter into effect. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)