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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 bazaar

Turkey’s Foreign Trade Deficit Soars 108.8 Percent

Turkey’s exports witnessed a 10.7 percent increase year-on-year in January reaching $12.5 billion, while the country’s foreign trade deficit soared 108.8…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Saudi Arabia: SAGIA, Electricity Company Sign MoU for Institutional Cooperation

Saudi Arabia: SAGIA, Electricity Company Sign MoU for Institutional Cooperation

Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) signed Monday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Electricity Company. This move aims at…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business International Promises to Finance Tourism Projects in Liberated Areas in Yemen

International Promises to Finance Tourism Projects in Liberated Areas in Yemen

Yemen’s Minister of Tourism Dr. Mohammed Qubaty said that his country has received promises from international parties to facilitate the financing of tourism…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
Business US Competes with Russia Over Saudi Nuclear Reactors

US Competes with Russia Over Saudi Nuclear Reactors

It seems that competition will be fierce on building Saudi nuclear reactors, in which the United States shows great interest after Russia has applied an…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business SAMA: KSA Can Deal with Any Pressure on Dollar Peg

SAMA: KSA Can Deal with Any Pressure on Dollar Peg

Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), the Kingdom's central bank, is setting policy in line with the US Federal Reserve's interest rate policy and has…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Moscow Hosts First Russian-Islamic Forum

Moscow Hosts First Russian-Islamic Forum

Russia is showing an increased interest in fostering financial-economic cooperation with Arab Islamic countries and the whole Islamic economic-financial system…

Taha Abdul Wahed (Moscow)
Business Vodafone UK Sells out of Qatar after Series of Losses

Vodafone UK Sells out of Qatar after Series of Losses

Vodafone UK said it would sell its stake in Vodafone Qatar for 301 million euros (around $369.9 million), following a series of huge losses. Vodafone holds 51…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Egypt Seeks to Reduce Foreign Debt by 6%

Egypt Seeks to Reduce Foreign Debt by 6%

Minister of Finance Amr al-Garhy said on Monday that Egypt aims to reduce foreign debt from 41 percent in fiscal year 2016/2017 to 35 percent by the end of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Aramco Spends $12 Bil on SMEs Yearly

Aramco Spends $12 Bil on SMEs Yearly

Aramco has been spending $12 billion every year on more than 4,000 SMEs (small and medium enterprises) either directly or through its supply chain through…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Dubai Chamber: Saudi, UAE Trade with Latin America Exceeds $10.5 Mil

Dubai Chamber: Saudi, UAE Trade with Latin America Exceeds $10.5 Mil

Saudi Arabia and UAE are first and second respectively as trade partners of Latin American countries within the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) in 2016,…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Dubai)
Business Algeria's Annual Inflation Falls Slightly, Concerns Remain

Algeria's Annual Inflation Falls Slightly, Concerns Remain

Algeria’s annual inflation fell in January to 5.2 percent from 5.6 percent the previous month due to lower prices for some vegetables, official data showed on…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Iraq, Saudi Arabia Sign Media Agreement

Iraq, Saudi Arabia Sign Media Agreement

Iraqi Journalists Syndicate and Saudi Journalists Association have signed a joint cooperation agreement in various fields, following a visit paid by Saudi…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Business Saudi Arabia: Energy Efficiency Center Seeks to Rationalize Consumption

Saudi Arabia: Energy Efficiency Center Seeks to Rationalize Consumption

The Saudi Energy Efficiency Center launched on Sunday an awareness campaign aimed at clarifying the importance of rationalizing energy consumption and its…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Turkey Targets $13 Billion in e-Commerce in 2018

Turkey Targets $13 Billion in e-Commerce in 2018

Turkey aims to increase the volume of its e-commerce to $13.2 billion by the end of this year. The country's e-commerce volume reached about $10.2 billion…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business European Central Bank Says Latvia's ABLV Is Failing

European Central Bank Says Latvia's ABLV Is Failing

Latvia’s ABLV Bank is failing or likely to fail and will be wound up as saving it is not in the public interest, the European Union’s Single Resolution Board…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business ‍S&P Affirms Iraq Sovereign Credit Rating at B-/B

‍S&P Affirms Iraq Sovereign Credit Rating at B-/B

‍S&P affirmed B-/B sovereign credit rating on Iraq with a stable outlook, revealing that the stable outlook reflects expectation that fiscal deficit will be…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business AFED 2018 Kicks off in Riyadh with 80,000 Manufacturing Opportunities

AFED 2018 Kicks off in Riyadh with 80,000 Manufacturing Opportunities

Armed Forces Exhibition for Diversity of Requirements and Capabilities (AFED) will kick off in Riyadh on Sunday, under patronage of Custodian of the Two Holy…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Oil Minister Hopes OPEC will Ease Output Curbs in 2019

Saudi Oil Minister Hopes OPEC will Ease Output Curbs in 2019

Saudi Arabia hopes OPEC and its allies will ease production curbs next year and create a permanent framework to maintain stabilized oil markets after the…

Asharq Al Awsat (New Delhi)
Business Saudi Shares Focus on Company Financial Results, Oil Prices

Saudi Shares Focus on Company Financial Results, Oil Prices

The profits of 80 companies listed in the trading of Saudi stocks leaped up to 13.1 percent in 2017, compared to profits they made in 2016. Remaining Saudi…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Falih

Falih: Oil Markets Are Rebalancing

Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Eng. Khalid al-Falih, who is on a two-day visit to India, has said oil markets are rebalancing and…

Asharq Al Awsat (New Delhi)
Business Wallstreet

Dealmaking Accelerates as US Federal Contractors Jockey for Spending

For the first time in a while, investors are betting big on "big government" in the US. The federal services market has experienced a jolt of dealmaking…

Aaron Gregg (Washington)
Business euro

Euro Set for 2nd Biggest Weekly Drop in 4 Months

Thе еurо ѕlірреd оn Frіdау аnd іѕ ѕеt tо роѕt іtѕ ѕесоnd bіggеѕt wееklу lоѕѕ іn nеаrlу fоur mоnthѕ аѕ іnvеѕtоrѕ fосuѕеd оn аddіng hеdgеѕ tо thеіr роrtfоlіоѕ…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business UK Economy Lags Behind G7 Rivals After 2017 Growth Rate Cut

UK Economy Lags Behind G7 Rivals After 2017 Growth Rate Cut

Britain’s economy was weaker than previously thought in the final three months of 2017, official data showed on Thursday, leaving the country lagging further…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Arabia Takes Strict Measures against Corruption, Advances Five Positions in Transparency Index

Saudi Arabia Takes Strict Measures against Corruption, Advances Five Positions in Transparency Index

Saudi Arabia has achieved a progress on the list of best countries on terms of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which is issued by Transparency…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)