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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 Jordan's Net Public Debt Rises 4.6% in 7 months

Jordan's Net Public Debt Rises 4.6% in 7 months

Jordan's net public debt rose by 4.6 percent to 26.6 billion dinars ($37.5 billion) in the first seven months of 2018 compared with 25.4 billion dinars at the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Amman)
Business Saudi Banks Capital, Reserves Jump 6.3% in 2017

Saudi Banks Capital, Reserves Jump 6.3% in 2017

The 54th SAMA Annual Report has proven the stability of the financial sector in Saudi Arabia, marking a 6.3 percent growth in the local banks' capitals and…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Mubadala, Gazprom, RDIF Complete Transaction to Develop Oil Fields in Western Siberia

Mubadala, Gazprom, RDIF Complete Transaction to Develop Oil Fields in Western Siberia

UAE’s Mubadala Petroleum, Gazprom Neft and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the sovereign wealth fund of the Russian Federation, announced the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Egypt Signs USD18.3bn Investment Deals with China

Egypt Signs USD18.3bn Investment Deals with China

Egypt and China have signed a number of cooperation deals worth 18.3 billion US dollars. The two countries signed the deals during a just-concluded visit to…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Baker Hughes Pumps over 1 Bln Riyals to Boost Investments in Saudi Arabia

Baker Hughes Pumps over 1 Bln Riyals to Boost Investments in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) announced on Wednesday that Baker Hughes, a subsidiary of General Electric, is preparing to expand its…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Egypt Targets Growth by 6% in 2018, Reducing Deficit to 8.4%

Egypt Targets Growth by 6% in 2018, Reducing Deficit to 8.4%

The Egyptian economy is expected to grow by about 5.7 to six percent this fiscal year compared to 5.3 percent in 2017, according to Minister of Finance Mohamed…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Lebanese Financial Markets React Negatively to Govt. Formation Impasse

Lebanese Financial Markets React Negatively to Govt. Formation Impasse

The Lebanese financial markets responded to the failure of Monday’s meeting between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to overcome…

Ali Zeineddine (Beirut)
Business Baker Hughes Awarded Services Contract for Saudi Marjan Field

Baker Hughes Awarded Services Contract for Saudi Marjan Field

Saudi Aramco awarded on Tuesday the first large-scope integrated services contract for its Marjan oilfield to Baker Hughes, a General Electric company (BHGE). …

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Dammam)
Business Tadawul, MSCI Launch Common Index for Domestic, Foreign Investors

Tadawul, MSCI Launch Common Index for Domestic, Foreign Investors

The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announced in Riyadh on Tuesday that it has co-signed an agreement with MSCI, the global provider of indices, to develop a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Egypt Activates E-payment in Government Portal End of Year

Egypt Activates E-payment in Government Portal End of Year

Egypt's Minister of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform Hala al-Saeed said the fourth edition of the government portal will be launched in December…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Saudi Finance Ministry Completes Issuance of Local Sukuk

Saudi Finance Ministry Completes Issuance of Local Sukuk

The Saudi Ministry of Finance announced it had completed all investor requests for its domestic Sukuk issuance (07 – 2018) through the reopening of offering …

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Gulf Economic Forum in Riyadh to Discuss Localization of Industries

Gulf Economic Forum in Riyadh to Discuss Localization of Industries

The Gulf Chambers of Commerce (GCC) is looking forward to strengthening the labor market and taxes and strengthening public-private partnerships, in parallel…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Finance Ministry Denies it is Imposing Charges on Expatriate Remittances

Saudi Finance Ministry Denies it is Imposing Charges on Expatriate Remittances

The Saudi Ministry of Finance re-confirmed on Monday its abidance to the free transfer of capital, including expatriate remittances, provided it is done…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Iranian Rial Hits Record Low against Dollar

Iranian Rial Hits Record Low against Dollar

The Iranian rial hit a historic low against the US dollar on Monday as the country’s economy continues to crumble. The rial has lost around 15 percent of…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Foreign Investor Shares in Saudi Stock Market Settle Above 5%

Foreign Investor Shares in Saudi Stock Market Settle Above 5%

The shares of foreign investors in the Saudi stock market reached 5.06 percent end of August, exceeding five percent for the second month in a row. The…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Public Investment Fund Appoints Andrew Liveris as Special Adviser

Saudi Public Investment Fund Appoints Andrew Liveris as Special Adviser

The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has named Andrew Liveris as a special adviser, in its highest-profile appointment of any global manufacturing executive…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business ADNOC

UAE’s ADNOC Commissions Specialized Coker Unit

ADNOC Refining, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has announced that it has successfully completed the commissioning of a specialized…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Egypt Receives Best Credit Rating in 7 Yrs

Egypt Receives Best Credit Rating in 7 Yrs

Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform Hala al-Saeed announced on Saturday that Moody’s credit outlook rating for the Egyptian…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business IMF Pressures Tunisia for 'Deeper' Economic Reforms

IMF Pressures Tunisia for 'Deeper' Economic Reforms

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Tunisia from August 15 to 31 resulted in a preliminary agreement for the fourth review of the IMF loan, amid…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Lebanon: Western Reports Warn of Economic Collapse

Lebanon: Western Reports Warn of Economic Collapse

A number of Lebanese MPs and experts have played down the country's economic crisis following Western press reports that warned of the collapse of the Lebanese…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Business Dairy Firms Consider Merging in Saudi Arabia

Dairy Firms Consider Merging in Saudi Arabia

A number of small and medium dairy product companies in Saudi Arabia are considering merging. According to Asharq Al-Awsat, the small and medium dairy firms…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Turkey Hikes Electricity Prices as it Scrambles to Tackle Economic Crisis

Turkey Hikes Electricity Prices as it Scrambles to Tackle Economic Crisis

Turkey increased on Saturday electricity prices in the country as it tries to tackle an economic crisis that has seen the lira lose 42 percent of its value…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business OPEC

OPEC August Oil Output Hits 2018 High

OPEC oil output has risen this month to a 2018 high as Libyan production recovered and Iraq's southern exports hit a record, a Reuters survey found, although a…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business MoU to Empower Saudi Women in the Industrial Sector

MoU to Empower Saudi Women in the Industrial Sector

The Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Women and Children Social Commission to boost cooperation,…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)