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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 Arabia Joins Int’l Convention to Combat Tax Base Erosion

Saudi Arabia Joins Int’l Convention to Combat Tax Base Erosion

Saudi Arabia joined on Tuesday the multilateral agreement to apply the necessary measures to combat tax Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). In the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Qatar Airways Files $69 Million Loss as Gulf Crisis Bites

Qatar Airways Files $69 Million Loss as Gulf Crisis Bites

Qatar Airways on Tuesday posted a net loss of over $69 million in the year to March 2018 as the diplomatic and economic boycott of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi's Public Investment Fund Takes $11 Bln in its First Loan

Saudi's Public Investment Fund Takes $11 Bln in its First Loan

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund says it has taken its first loan, a $11 billion borrowing from global banks as it tries to expand its investments. The…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi: Tassnief Grants Maalem Financing ‘BB’ Rating

Saudi: Tassnief Grants Maalem Financing ‘BB’ Rating

Simah Rating Agency (Tassnief) has granted an issuer rating of “BB” to the Riyadh-based Maalem Financing Company. It also assigned a preliminary long-term…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business SABIC Signs MoU with Swiss Clariant Company

SABIC Signs MoU with Swiss Clariant Company

Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world’s third largest diversified petrochemicals company, announced Tuesday that it is taking steps to establish…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia's PIF Invests More Than $1Bln in Lucid Motors

Saudi Arabia's PIF Invests More Than $1Bln in Lucid Motors

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has agreed to invest more than $1 billion in Lucid Motors. The funding will enable Silicon Valley-based Lucid to…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Aramco to Spend $133 Billion on Oil, Gas Drilling

Aramco to Spend $133 Billion on Oil, Gas Drilling

Saudi Aramco will spend more than $133 billion on oil and gas drilling over the next decade, a senior company executive said on Monday. “We will spend more…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Saudi Banks Report More than 10,000 Financial Fraud Cases in 3 Years

Saudi Banks Report More than 10,000 Financial Fraud Cases in 3 Years

The total number of financial fraud notifications signed by the Saudi banks in 2015, 2016 and 2017 exceeded 10,600 with a value of SAR1.2 billion (USD320…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Russia Says OPEC, non-OPEC to Discuss Output Scenarios in Algeria

Russia Says OPEC, non-OPEC to Discuss Output Scenarios in Algeria

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday that all possible scenarios for oil output could be discussed at a meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC states…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Mubadala to Float CEPSA in Spain Capital Markets

Mubadala to Float CEPSA in Spain Capital Markets

Mubadala-owned CEPSA has announced its Intention To Float (ITF) on the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, and Valencia Stock Exchanges and be quoted on the Automated…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Saudi Arabia Moving Forward with its National Atomic Energy Project, Says Minister

Saudi Arabia Moving Forward with its National Atomic Energy Project, Says Minister

Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Eng. Khalid Al-Falih said on Monday that the Kingdom is seeking to introduce atomic energy in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business SAMA: Saudi Arabia to Record Surplus of SR71 Bln in 2nd Quarter of 2018

SAMA: Saudi Arabia to Record Surplus of SR71 Bln in 2nd Quarter of 2018

Governor of Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) Dr. Ahmed Abdulkarim Alkholifey revealed on Sunday that Saudi Arabia’s current data has improved and is…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Morocco's Foreign Direct Investment Grows by 28.5%

Morocco's Foreign Direct Investment Grows by 28.5%

Morocco's foreign investment inflows reached 7.22 billion dirhams ($768 million) at the end of August, according to the Bureau de Change (a government agency…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business 5.3% Yearly Growth in GCC Fertilizer Exports

5.3% Yearly Growth in GCC Fertilizer Exports

Fertilizer exports from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have hit a historic record, reaching 20.4 million tons in 2017, growing by 5.3 percent year…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Sama

Saudi Currency Reserves Reach $480 Bn

Saudi Arabia's economy grew 1.2 percent during the first quarter of this year and currency reserves grew 1.4 percent reaching $480 billion, governor of the…

Abdurrahman Youssef (Riyadh)
Business Red Sea Development Company Announces Global Advisory Board

Red Sea Development Company Announces Global Advisory Board

The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia and creator of The Red Sea Project, announced Monday…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Trade between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Grows 51% in 8 Years

Trade between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Grows 51% in 8 Years

Trade between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain grew from $1.4 billion in 2010 to $2.2 billion at the end of 2017, a 51 percent increase. Saudi exports to Bahrain…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business Egypt: Two Deals to Explore for Petroleum, Gas

Egypt: Two Deals to Explore for Petroleum, Gas

Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla signed on Saturday two deals with international firms to explore for petroleum and gas in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business South Korean Imports of Iran Oil Fall to Lowest Since Dec 2015

South Korean Imports of Iran Oil Fall to Lowest Since Dec 2015

Iran’s OPEC governor said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia and Russia have taken the oil market “hostage” by the time South Korea’s Iranian crude oil imports…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Turkey to Forge ahead with Kanal Istanbul Project

Turkey to Forge ahead with Kanal Istanbul Project

Despite a government freeze on new investments, Turkey will forge ahead with plans for its Kanal Istanbul, a 45-km shipping canal parallel to the Bosphorus. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi-Emirates Coordination Council Holds First Executive Committee Meeting

Saudi-Emirates Coordination Council Holds First Executive Committee Meeting

The Executive Council of the Saudi-Emirates Coordination Council held its first meeting under the co-chairmanship of Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Real Estate General Authority Aims to Protect, Preserve National Property

Saudi Real Estate General Authority Aims to Protect, Preserve National Property

Saudi Arabia has tasked the Real Estate General Authority to regulate rules and procedures related to the distribution of state properties on government or non…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
Business Tunisian Government Vows not to Impose New Taxes in 2019

Tunisian Government Vows not to Impose New Taxes in 2019

Tunisia will not impose new taxes on individuals and firms under the 2019 budget, but will continue to reform a costly subsidies system, Prime Minister Youssef…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business  Tunisia to Offer Public-Private Partnerships Worth $4.7 Billion

Tunisia to Offer Public-Private Partnerships Worth $4.7 Billion

Tunisia will offer public-private partnership projects for the energy, transport and other sectors worth 13 billion dinars ($4.7 billion) to revive the economy…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tunisia)