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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 GE Joins Companies Pulling Out of Iran

GE Joins Companies Pulling Out of Iran

General Electric decided to suspend activities in Iran ahead of the US-set deadline for companies to wind up operations in the country facing re-imposed…

Asharq Al Awsat (New York)
Business EU Vows Retaliatory Measures Following US Metal Tariffs

EU Vows Retaliatory Measures Following US Metal Tariffs

Canada, Mexico and the European Union vowed on Friday to retaliate to the US metal tariffs with levies on billions of dollars of US goods. The Dow Jones…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Qatari Banks, the Weakest in Gulf, with Ninth Benchmark

Qatari Banks, the Weakest in Gulf, with Ninth Benchmark

The banks in the Gulf have started to apply the ninth benchmark of the international standards to prepare financial reports on the financial conditions. The…

Motleq Mounir (London)
Business Russia, Saudi Arabia Increased Output to Clamp Down Shale Oil Profitability

Russia, Saudi Arabia Increased Output to Clamp Down Shale Oil Profitability

At the time when Russia and other OPEC producers are in quest to study the increase of product during the second half of this year, this may lead to an…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business 1,000 Saudis Pay ‘Zakat’ via Zakaty e-Portal

1,000 Saudis Pay ‘Zakat’ via Zakaty e-Portal

Around 1,000 individuals in Saudi Arabia have paid more than SAR4.4 million (USD1.17 million) via the Zakaty e-portal and Zakaty app that are affiliated with…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Riyadh: Ministries Have Two Months to Fulfill Use of E-services via Etimad

Riyadh: Ministries Have Two Months to Fulfill Use of E-services via Etimad

Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan stressed the importance of committing to the duration granted to ministries and other government bodies to fulfill the use…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Egypt’s Debt Hits $82.9 Bn by End of December

Egypt’s Debt Hits $82.9 Bn by End of December

Egypt's total foreign debt hit $82.9 billion by the end of December 2017, recording a 3.9 billion dollar increase, which is equivalent to 4.9 percent rise in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Saudi Intellectual Property Authority Opens New Horizons for Kingdom’s Knowledge Economy

Saudi Intellectual Property Authority Opens New Horizons for Kingdom’s Knowledge Economy

Saudi Arabia has entered a new stage in investing and invigorating its knowledge economy as the national Council of Ministers approved the establishing of the…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Oil Prices Ease After Spike; Cautious Ahead of OPEC Meeting

Oil Prices Ease After Spike; Cautious Ahead of OPEC Meeting

Oil edged lower on Thursday on expectations of a rise in US crude inventories and the prospect of increased output from OPEC later this year. The oil price…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Moody’s Slashes Forecast for Turkey’s 2018 Economic Growth

Moody’s Slashes Forecast for Turkey’s 2018 Economic Growth

International credit rating agency Moody’s has lowered Turkey’s growth forecast for 2018 from 4 percent to 2.5 percent on the grounds of increasing oil prices…

Asharq Al Awsat (Ankara)
Business Sharjah Registers USD1.3 Billion Real-estate Trading in Q1 2018

Sharjah Registers USD1.3 Billion Real-estate Trading in Q1 2018

Latest statistics in Sharjah have revealed that the real-estate trading volume in the emirate reached during the first three months of the current year around…

Asharq Al Awsat (Sharjah)
Business 5G Launch Heightens Saudi Telecommunications Market Competitiveness

5G Launch Heightens Saudi Telecommunications Market Competitiveness

Coinciding with the Saudi Telecom sector’s major success in launching the first 5G network in the Middle East and North Africa region, competition in the…

Shujaa al Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia Seeks Private Investments in Hajj

Saudi Arabia Seeks Private Investments in Hajj

Saudi Hajj and Umrah Minister Mohammed Benten said that Saudi ambition is very great in realizing Vision 2030, especially in the Hajj and Umrah issue, which is…

Tarek al-Mothqafi (Mecca)
Business Local Content Program Enhances Saudi Industrial Competitiveness

Local Content Program Enhances Saudi Industrial Competitiveness

The Industry, Energy and Mineral Resources Committee of Riyadh Chamber of Commerce has stressed the need for government and private industrial action to…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Industrial Production Improves in Morocco

Industrial Production Improves in Morocco

Industrial production in Morocco witnessed a remarkable increase in April with a 64 percent Capacity Utilization Rate (UCA), reported Bank Al-Maghrib in its…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Foreign Reserves Rise at Fastest Rate in 4 Years

Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Foreign Reserves Rise at Fastest Rate in 4 Years

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) foreign reserves rose last month at their fastest rate for four years, official data showed on Monday, revealing the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business India Refuses Oil Trade with Venezuela Using 'Petro' Cryptocurrency

India Refuses Oil Trade with Venezuela Using 'Petro' Cryptocurrency

India said on Monday it had no plans to use Venezuela’s local cryptocurrency ‘petro’ in oil trade with the Latin American nation, which is facing sanctions…

Asharq Al Awsat (New Delhi)
Business Saudi Arabia Establishes Red Sea Development Company

Saudi Arabia Establishes Red Sea Development Company

The Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Investment registered the Red Sea Development Company (RSDC) as a closed joint-stock company wholly owned by the Public…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Aramco Launches Shale Gas Program

Aramco Launches Shale Gas Program

Saudi Aramco has launched a program for developing three unconventional gas-producing areas for Shale Gas.  Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national petroleum and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Gasoline Demands Fall in Saudi Arabia during First Quarter

Gasoline Demands Fall in Saudi Arabia during First Quarter

The rise in fuel prices this year seems to have had an impact on demand in Saudi Arabia, falling by an average of 7.4 percent in the first quarter of this year…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Baker: Qatar Airways May Request Government Bailout if Boycott Continues

Baker: Qatar Airways May Request Government Bailout if Boycott Continues

Head of Qatar’s state-backed airline has admitted it could be forced to seek a government bailout if a blockade by the country’s regional neighbors continues. …

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Leasing Company Signs Agreement with SIMAH

Saudi Leasing Company Signs Agreement with SIMAH

Saudi Financial Lease Registration Company has entered into a strategic partnership with Saudi Credit Bureau (SIMAH) through an agreement to exchange…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Sudan: Public Outrage Following High Commodity Prices

Sudan: Public Outrage Following High Commodity Prices

Consumer goods’ prices increased in Sudan to an extent that it left people unable of meeting their basic needs, whether they are of limited, medium or even…

Ahmed Younes (Khartoum)
Business Argentines Resist Decision to Seek IMF Help

Argentines Resist Decision to Seek IMF Help

Thousands of Argentines on Friday protested the government's bid to secure a credit line from the International Monetary Fund, which they blame for hardship…

Asharq Al Awsat (Buenos Aires)