Business

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 Egypt Forms Committee to Set Statute of Egypt’s Sovereign Fund

Egypt Forms Committee to Set Statute of Egypt’s Sovereign Fund

The Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform in Egypt said that a competent committee has been formed including a number of legal experts and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business textile

Egyptian Government Revamps Customs Legislation

Egypt’s finance ministry has prepared a new customs draft-law and sent it to the ministry of commerce and industry to present it to the commercial and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Falih

Saudi Arabia Denies Cancellation of Aramco IPO

Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid al-Falih has dismissed speculation surrounding the cancellation of Saudi Aramco’s IPO as not true. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business oil

Kuwait, Iraq to Study Developing Shared Oilfields

Kuwait and Iraq will appoint consultants soon to study the development of shared oil fields, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Bakhit al-Rashidi said in a speech on…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Molla

Apache Plans to Invest $1bn Annually in Egypt

US corporation Apache has announced plans to increase its annual oil and natural gas exploration investment in Egypt to about 1 billion dollars, Egypt’s…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business computers

Int’l Reports Reveal Widening Gap in Digital Services across Arab Countries

Data representing Arab countries’ digital infrastructure and internet services showed great differences when going from one country to another.  While Gulf…

Ali Zeineddine (Beirut)
Business oil

Iraq's Southern Oil Exports Head for Record High in August

Oil exports from southern Iraq are on course to hit another record high this month, two industry sources said, adding to signs that OPEC's second-largest…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Oil Exports Rise in June

Saudi Oil Exports Rise in June

Saudi exports of crude oil rose to 7.240 million barrels per day in June from 6.980 million barrels per day in May, official data revealed on Monday. …

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Lebanon’s Economic Blues Begin to Bite

Lebanon’s Economic Blues Begin to Bite

For Mazen Rahhal, a shop owner in a bustling district of Beirut, Lebanon's economy has seldom felt more precarious. In one store, he sells clothes at a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Analysts: Qatar’s Financial Exposure Does not Allow Doha to Support Turkey

Analysts: Qatar’s Financial Exposure Does not Allow Doha to Support Turkey

Turkish efforts to save the plunging lira are unsustainable in the long term given the existing US sanctions, economic and banking experts said. The…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Sisi Ratifies Establishment of Egypt Fund

Sisi Ratifies Establishment of Egypt Fund

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi ratified on Monday a law on the establishment of the Egypt Fund after it was approved by parliament. The independent Fund…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia Expected to Top Turkey in UNCTAD List for Foreign Investment Appeal

Saudi Arabia Expected to Top Turkey in UNCTAD List for Foreign Investment Appeal

Economists said it is highly probable that Riyadh will outdo Ankara on the list of most attractive countries for foreign direct investment for 2018, to be…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Profits of Industrial Investment Companies Jump 57% in Saudi Arabia

Profits of Industrial Investment Companies Jump 57% in Saudi Arabia

Industrial investment companies, whose shares are listed in the Saudi exchange market, achieved a remarkable leap on the level of profits during the first half…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Egypt’s Central Bank Maintains Key Interest Rates

Egypt’s Central Bank Maintains Key Interest Rates

Egypt’s central bank left its main interest rates unchanged, saying a second quarter of strong GDP growth and an expected decline in inflation to single digits…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Tunisia

Tunisia’s Economy Grows 2.6% in H1 2018

Tunisia’s national economy grew 2.6 percent in the first half of this year, compared to 1.9 percent in the same period of 2017, the National Institute of…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Saudi Aramco Reinforces its Leading Role in Global Energy Supply

Saudi Aramco Reinforces its Leading Role in Global Energy Supply

Saudi Aramco, the world's leading integrated energy and chemicals company, released on Friday its 2017 Annual Review, highlighting strategic achievements that…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia Increases US Treasuries Holdings

Saudi Arabia Increases US Treasuries Holdings

Saudi Arabia increased its holdings of US government debt by around $2.8 billion in one month, reaching $164.9 billion in June 2018. It was the highest…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Beirut

Lebanon: Battered Businesses Close to Shutting Down

The Beirut Traders Association has warned that several businesses could shut down over the deteriorating economic situation in the country. BTA-Fransabank…

Ali Zeineddine (Beirut)
Business Egypt

Bloomberg: Egypt Transformed Into Haven for Debt Investors

Egypt has transformed into a haven for debt investors from a crisis zone in less than two years, Bloomberg reported, in reference to the Egyptian pound, which…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Royal Air Maroc, Pilot Union Reach Agreement to End Strike

Royal Air Maroc, Pilot Union Reach Agreement to End Strike

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) reached an agreement with the Moroccan Pilots Association (AMPL) after more than three weeks of serious disruptions that have hit Morocco…

Asharq Al Awsat (Rabat)
Business Bahrain

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait to Support Bahrain’s Financial Stability

The ministers of finance of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait reaffirmed Wednesday their countries’ commitment to supporting the financial stability of Bahrain…

Asharq Al Awsat (Manama)
Business Saudi

Saudi Arabia: 90% of Jazan Refinery Project is Completed

Saudi Aramco announced on Wednesday that over 90 percent of Jazan refinery project has been completed. The refinery is expected to enter operation and…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Dammam)
Business Algeria

Algeria Signs Gas Supply Deals with Spain, Italy's Eni

Algeria has signed deals to provide gas to Spain and to Italy's Eni as it negotiates new gas contracts with European partners, the head of Algerian state…

Asharq Al Awsat (Annaba)
Business US Ban on Iranian Oil Turns into ‘Bargaining Chip’

US Ban on Iranian Oil Turns into ‘Bargaining Chip’

US politicians have been so far unable to convince many of their allies to cut their purchases of Iranian oil to zero by November 4. Analysts say that the…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)