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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 Kuwait’s KUFPEC Borrows $1.1 Bn to Expand Shale Gas Business

Kuwait’s KUFPEC Borrows $1.1 Bn to Expand Shale Gas Business

The Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) has signed a $1.1 billion finance deal with a number of banks to expand its oil and gas operations,…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Rabat

Morocco Looks Forward to More Industrial Cooperation with Saudi Arabia

Morocco’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Mustafa al-Mansouri, has said that Rabat is looking forward to consolidating its cooperation with Riyadh in vital…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business oil

Iraq State-Run Firms to Take Over Mansuriyah Gas Field Development

The Iraqi Oil Ministry has announced that state-run firms will begin to develop the Mansuriyah gas field after the “delay and failure” of international…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Business Saudi Economy Recovers in 2018

Saudi Economy Recovers in 2018

A report issued by the National Bank of Kuwait expected the Saudi economy to restore its strength this year given the expected oil production increase after a…

Motleq Mounir (London)
Business Saudi Insurance Companies Anticipate 100% Growth in Q2

Saudi Insurance Companies Anticipate 100% Growth in Q2

Insurance companies in Saudi Arabia are close to announcing their full financial results for the first half of 2018. These companies, which are listed in the…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business SABIC Profits Jump 80% in Q2 2018

SABIC Profits Jump 80% in Q2 2018

SABIC, the Middle East’s biggest petrochemicals producer, reported around an 80-percent increase in second-quarter profit on higher sales prices and volumes…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business World Bank to Extend $250 Million to Jordan

World Bank to Extend $250 Million to Jordan

Tania Meyer, resident representative of the World Bank in Jordan, has said that the second batch of the development policies loan worth USD500 million will be…

Asharq Al Awsat (Amman)
Business STC’S Net Income for Q2 2018 Increases by 3.74%

STC’S Net Income for Q2 2018 Increases by 3.74%

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) announced the company’s preliminary financial results for this year’s second quarter and indicated that revenue from services…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business UAE, India Start Strategic Partnership in Research, Investment in AI

UAE, India Start Strategic Partnership in Research, Investment in AI

The UAE and India announced Saturday a beginning of a strategic partnership in research, investment and emerging companies in the artificial intelligence (AI)…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Conflicting Information on Smuggling of Kirkuk Oil to Iran

Conflicting Information on Smuggling of Kirkuk Oil to Iran

Smuggling operations of Kirkuk province's oil to Iran have increased recently with the purpose of re-refining and sending it as oil derivatives, reports showed…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Business 52 Saudi Firms See 13.6% Rise in Profit

52 Saudi Firms See 13.6% Rise in Profit

Fifty-two Saudi firms listed in the local market revealed their fiscal results for the first half of 2018, revealing a 13.6 percent growth in profits, which…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business How Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico are Taking Jobs from US Workers

How Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico are Taking Jobs from US Workers

When a Mexican company bought Mid Continent Nail Corp. in 2012, workers at the factory here feared it was the beginning of the end. Their jobs, they suspected,…

Business Diversification Policy Achieves 8 Gains in UAE Economy

Diversification Policy Achieves 8 Gains in UAE Economy

An economic report released on Thursday showed that the policy of diversification of resources adopted by the United Arab Emirates has achieved eight economic…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Council of Saudi Chambers Discusses Raising Women Participation to 30%

Council of Saudi Chambers Discusses Raising Women Participation to 30%

The Council of Saudi Chambers discussed in Riyadh Thursday ways to create job opportunities for women and raise their participation rate from 20 percent up to…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business S&P Dow Jones to Upgrade Saudi Stocks to Emerging Market

S&P Dow Jones to Upgrade Saudi Stocks to Emerging Market

The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) said that S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), a leading provider of global equity indices, upgraded Saudi Arabia to "Emerging…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Profits of ‘Maroc Telecom’ Amount to Approximately $363 Mn in H1 2018

Profits of ‘Maroc Telecom’ Amount to Approximately $363 Mn in H1 2018

Maroc Telecom, Morocco’s largest telecoms operator, reported 8.6 percent rise in mid-year net profit to 3.41 billion dirhams ($363 million) on Monday. The…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Sudan: Government Procedures to Limit Bread Crisis

Sudan: Government Procedures to Limit Bread Crisis

The Sudanese government has taken procedures to control the flour market supplies in the country, with the continuity of the phenomenon of the bread lines in…

Saif Alyazel Babker (Khartoum)
Business European Countries Race to Ink Mega Projects in Saudi Arabia

European Countries Race to Ink Mega Projects in Saudi Arabia

The Council of Saudi Chambers discussed on Wednesday mechanisms of implementing the initiative for EU-GCC dialogue on economy diversification and joint…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business S&P to Upgrade Saudi Stock to Emerging Market in March

S&P to Upgrade Saudi Stock to Emerging Market in March

Saudi stock market is approaching its actual upgrade to emerging market according to many global indices, meanwhile, S&P Dow Jones announced it will upgrade…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Billion-Dollar Warner Bros. World Inaugurated in Abu Dhabi

Billion-Dollar Warner Bros. World Inaugurated in Abu Dhabi

The first Warner Bros-branded indoor theme park in the world, spanning 1.65 million square feet, was inaugurated in Abu Dhabi with investments reaching…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Algeria's ‘Sonatrach’ Holds Talks with Oil Firms to Start Joint Venture

Algeria's ‘Sonatrach’ Holds Talks with Oil Firms to Start Joint Venture

Sonatrach is in talks with oil majors and trading firms to start a trading joint venture after the Algerian state energy company reached a deal this year to…

Business Joint Economic Cooperation Committee Formed between Saudi Arabia, Kurdistan

Joint Economic Cooperation Committee Formed between Saudi Arabia, Kurdistan

A Saudi economic delegation ended its consultations and meetings in Erbil on Tuesday by reaching an agreement with the chairman and members of the Federation…

İhsan Aziz (Erbil)
Business Sisi Bolsters Stability in Egypt By Implementing Giant Energy Projects

Sisi Bolsters Stability in Egypt By Implementing Giant Energy Projects

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inaugurated Tuesday three giant power plants carried out by the German company, Siemens, at a cost of six billion euros…

Mohammed Abdo Hassanein (Cairo)
Business IMF: Saudi Arabia’s Real GDP Growth is Expected to Increase

IMF: Saudi Arabia’s Real GDP Growth is Expected to Increase

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that Saudi Arabia’s real GDP growth is expected to increase to 1.9 percent in 2018, with…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)