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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 Hike of Gulf Contribution in Inter-Arab Trade

Hike of Gulf Contribution in Inter-Arab Trade

The Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dhaman) revealed huge changes in Arab foreign trade during the first years of the 3rd millennium…

Motleq Mounir (London)
Business Beirut: Arab Banks Mobilize Efforts Against Money Laundering

Beirut: Arab Banks Mobilize Efforts Against Money Laundering

Lebanon enjoys security and financial stability, said Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk during the inauguration of anti-money laundering forum…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Business Bahrain: Shale Oil Reserve Discovered off West Coast Estimated at 80 Billion Barrels

Bahrain: Shale Oil Reserve Discovered off West Coast Estimated at 80 Billion Barrels

Bahrain announced on Wednesday that the shale oil reserve newly discovered off its west coast contains more than 80 billion barrels. The amount of…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business UAE Wants OPEC, Russia to Reduce Inventories First

UAE Wants OPEC, Russia to Reduce Inventories First

Saudi Arabia wants the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its non-OPEC allies, led by Russia, to seek new criteria to assess the…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business ArabChambers

Union of Arab Chambers Promotes NEOM, Suez Canal Investment in Brazil

Union of Arab Chambers Secretary General Dr. Khaled Hanafi on Tuesday called on Arab and Brazilian investors to get involved in the Saudi mega city project…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business IDB Launches $500 Mn Innovation Fund

IDB Launches $500 Mn Innovation Fund

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) launched on Tuesday a $500 million "innovation fund" for funding scientific and technological inventions to tackle…

Asharq Al Awsat (Ankara)
Business Falih

Falih: No Impact on Oil Supply from Houthi Attack on Tanker

An attack by Yemen's Houthi insurgents on a Saudi oil tanker would have no impact on oil supplies, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Wednesday. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business China Begins Counter-Measures in Trade Tariffs War with US

China Begins Counter-Measures in Trade Tariffs War with US

China announced on Monday its "retaliatory and practical" measures in the trade tariff crisis sparked by the United States, revealing the entry into force of…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Alibaba to Buy Remaining Shares of China’s Leading Food-Delivery Firm

Alibaba to Buy Remaining Shares of China’s Leading Food-Delivery Firm

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, China’s e-commerce giant, announced on Monday that it was acquiring the remaining shares of the country’s leading food-delivery firm…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia Issues $54.5 Bn Bonds through Tadawul

Saudi Arabia Issues $54.5 Bn Bonds through Tadawul

Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) announced on Sunday the listing of debt instruments issued by the government, in a move that is expected to open up new…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Solar Power Project Plan 2030, Greatest Energy Source Worldwide by 2050

Solar Power Project Plan 2030, Greatest Energy Source Worldwide by 2050

The launching of Solar Power Project Plan 2030 grabbed the attention of a number of energy experts in the world, especially after the kingdom’s announcement…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Arab Countries Face Debts Aggravation Challenges

Arab Countries Face Debts Aggravation Challenges

Several Arab countries suffer from the rise of public debt, following years of political turmoil, which has affected negatively their economic performance…

Business US Dollar Share of Global Currency Declines

US Dollar Share of Global Currency Declines

The US dollar's share of currency reserves reported to the International Monetary Fund declined in the final quarter of 2017 to a four-year low, as other…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business How this Retailer Started with Pickleball Paddles and Built a $33 Mln Business on Amazon

How this Retailer Started with Pickleball Paddles and Built a $33 Mln Business on Amazon

Little Alexandria-based Amify is the 21st-century version of the thousands of enterprises that thrived around the railroads 150 years ago. Meatpackers, farmers…

Thomas Heath (Washington)
Business bank

Egypt’s Central Bank Cuts Interest Rate, Government Sets Realistic Expectations for EGP

Egypt’s central bank cut its key interest rates by 100 basis points for the second meeting in a row on Thursday, but the Ministry of Finance announced the same…

Mohammed Jad (Cairo)
Business UAE Expects Increase of Non-Oil Sector Contribution to GDP

UAE Expects Increase of Non-Oil Sector Contribution to GDP

The UAE Ministry of Economy predicted that non-oil sector contribution to the GDP would increase to 80% by 2021, compared to 70% recorded last year. In a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Saudi Arabia Joins FTSE Russell with Forecasts of $5 Billion Investments

Saudi Arabia Joins FTSE Russell with Forecasts of $5 Billion Investments

FTSE Russell has added Saudi Arabia into its index of emerging markets, which could see billions of dollars of passive funds being funneled into the kingdom,…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Arabia Grants Investment Licenses to 13 American Firms

Saudi Arabia Grants Investment Licenses to 13 American Firms

Saudi Arabia’s General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has granted investment licenses to 13 American companies on the sidelines of the Saudi-US CEO Forum. The…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Kuwait to Host Global Conference on Islamic Finance in May

Kuwait to Host Global Conference on Islamic Finance in May

The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) have announced holding a global conference on Islamic finance on May 2 in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Kuwait)
Business Saudi Arabia Ranks 7th in Efficiency of Government Spending, WEForum

Saudi Arabia Ranks 7th in Efficiency of Government Spending, WEForum

Saudi Arabia ranked seventh worldwide in the index of "Efficiency of Government Spending," according to World Economic Forum (WEF). The index is one of the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia, Iraq Sign Air Transport Agreement

Saudi Arabia, Iraq Sign Air Transport Agreement

Saudi Arabia and Iraq signed an air transport agreement during the first meeting of the Transport, Border Outlets and Ports Committee at the Saudi-Iraqi…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Crownprince

Saudi Arabia Signs MoU on World’s Biggest Solar Power Project

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Defense has signed a Memorandum of Understanding…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi-US CEO Forum Sees Signing of Agreements Worth $20 Billion

Saudi-US CEO Forum Sees Signing of Agreements Worth $20 Billion

The Saudi-American CEO Forum 2018, which kicked off in New York on Tuesday, witnessed the signing of around 36 MoUs with a total value of over $20 billion. …

Ali Barada (New York )
Business Istanbul

Turkey Central Bank’s Net Profit Soars by 92.5% in 2017

Turkey’s Central Bank has said that its net profit last year was 18.38 billion Turkish Liras ($5.04 billion), soaring by over 92.5 percent from 9.55 billion…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)