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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 Dana Gas Issues New Sukuk for $530 Mn

Dana Gas Issues New Sukuk for $530 Mn

UAE-based Dana Gas announced it had completed the process of issuing new Sukuk which will be listed on Euronext Dublin, previously known as "Irish Stock…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business SABIC Collaborates with Nottingham Spirk

SABIC Collaborates with Nottingham Spirk

SABIC’s Specialities business announced it is accelerating the development of disruptive solutions to create end-user market pull by engaging with US-based…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi ‘Mawani’… Destination of Global Navigation Routes

Saudi ‘Mawani’… Destination of Global Navigation Routes

The total number of transshipment containers in Saudi ports have increased by more than 19 percent in the first half of 2018. This new indicator confirms…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi: Entities with Sales over $100,000 to Face VAT

Saudi: Entities with Sales over $100,000 to Face VAT

The Saudi General Authority for Zakat and Income Tax announced that on December 20 it will set a date for mandatory registration of establishments with sales…

Ali al-Qattan (Dammam)
Business SAMA Warns Against Dealing with Unlicensed, Violating Insurers

SAMA Warns Against Dealing with Unlicensed, Violating Insurers

Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority issued an official statement on Monday warning against dealing with persons not licensed to practice insurance activities in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
Business Bahrain’s GFH Achieves $72.5 Net Profit for Shareholders in H1 2018

Bahrain’s GFH Achieves $72.5 Net Profit for Shareholders in H1 2018

Bahrain-based GFH Financial Group (GFH) reported a net profit attributable to shareholders of $72.5 million for the first half of the year, representing a 16.7…

Asharq Al Awsat (Manama)
Business Bahrain: GDP Grows 3.4% During 2018

Bahrain: GDP Grows 3.4% During 2018

Bahrain’s Economic Development Board (EDB) revealed Sunday its forecast for the current year with 3.4 percent growth rate for its GDP and 4.3 percent in growth…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business Saudi Aramco Sells Gasification, Power Joint Venture at Jizan for $8 Bn

Saudi Aramco Sells Gasification, Power Joint Venture at Jizan for $8 Bn

Saudi Aramco announced it had signed a term sheet to form a Gasification and Power joint venture (JV) located at Jizan Economic City (JEC) in Saudi Arabia. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Cairo

3 Egyptian Ministries Cooperate to Remove Investment Obstacles

Egypt’s Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maeet and Minister of Trade and Industry Amr Nassar held a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Tunisia: Trade Deficit Widens 15% in 7 Months

Tunisia: Trade Deficit Widens 15% in 7 Months

The Tunisian trade deficit widened during the first seven months of 2018 by 15 percent, and a 23.3 percent growth in exports sector failed to limit the…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Iranian Economy Faces ‘Very Tough’ Future

Iranian Economy Faces ‘Very Tough’ Future

A recent study has tackled two scenarios of the Iranian economy in light of the current updates. The study was prepared by an economist researcher in Rasanah …

Sabri Najeh (Cairo)
Business Turkey: Lira Continues to Plunge Despite Erdogan’s Efforts

Turkey: Lira Continues to Plunge Despite Erdogan’s Efforts

The Turkish lira continued to plunge on the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's decision to double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Turkey to 50…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Tunisia's Tourism Revenues Grow 42% in 7 Months

Tunisia's Tourism Revenues Grow 42% in 7 Months

The Tunisian Tourism Ministry said that 4.4 million foreign tourists visited the country from January 1 through July 31 this year, up 23% compared with the…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Saudi Commerce Minister Inaugurates Customer Service Center

Saudi Commerce Minister Inaugurates Customer Service Center

Saudi Minister of Commerce and Investment Dr. Majid bin Abdullah al-Qasabi inaugurated Thursday the ministry’s customer service center in Jeddah, in the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia Adopts New Measures to Promote Investment

Saudi Arabia Adopts New Measures to Promote Investment

The Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Investment introduced new procedures aimed at improving the business environment, reinforcing investor confidence and…

Shujaa al-Bogmi (Riyadh)
Business Japan Inc. Needs to Pay for Performance

Japan Inc. Needs to Pay for Performance

Almost three decades ago, the Texan oilman T. Boone Pickens attempted to charge into a Japanese boardroom. He had accumulated around one-third of the company –…

Anjani Trivedi (London)
Business Erdogan Urges Turks to Exchange Gold as Lira Plummets to Record Low

Erdogan Urges Turks to Exchange Gold as Lira Plummets to Record Low

The Turkish lira plummeted to record lows against the dollar on Friday prompting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to urge Turks to exchange gold and hard…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia Makes SAR3.2 Billion Payment in Citizens Account Program

Saudi Arabia Makes SAR3.2 Billion Payment in Citizens Account Program

Saudi Arabia has made an installment of 2.3 billion riyals into the kingdom’s household allowance program, in the ninth payment to beneficiaries. Known as…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
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Egypt: Annual Inflation Slips in July

Egypt’s annual inflation fell to 13 percent year-on-year in July 2018 from 34.2 percent. In July, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics …

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Aramco

Saudi Aramco Appoints New Senior Vice President for Finance

Saudi Aramco has made new appointments during a meeting of its board of directors, sources told Bloomberg. They said the board approved for Khalid al…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Energy Investments Drive Activities of IFC in Egypt to Record Levels

Energy Investments Drive Activities of IFC in Egypt to Record Levels

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank (WB) Group, said Wednesday that it has invested in Egypt around $1.2 billion during…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Sudan, India’s ONGC Settle Debt Issues

Sudan, India’s ONGC Settle Debt Issues

Sudan has reached an agreement with India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) on Tuesday to settle the former’s debt of about $98 million. The deal, signed…

Saif Al Yazl Babkr (Khartoum)
Business Energy Minister: Saudi Oil Policy is Not Influenced by Politics

Energy Minister: Saudi Oil Policy is Not Influenced by Politics

Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid Al-Falih stressed on Wednesday that the Kingdom’s oil policy and supplies to countries around…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Revenues for Q2 Increase 67 Percent from 2017

Saudi Revenues for Q2 Increase 67 Percent from 2017

The Ministry of Finance issued on Wednesday the quarterly report on the performance of the state budget, in the second quarter of the Fiscal Year 2018-2019. …

Asharq Al Awsat