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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 Euro Economy Grew 0.6% by End of 2017

Euro Economy Grew 0.6% by End of 2017

The Eurozone economy grew by 0.6 percent in the last quarter of 2017, the statistical office of the European Union said. Eurostat revised its growth…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Sudan Inflation Spikes to 52%

Sudan Inflation Spikes to 52%

Inflation in Sudan surged to 52.37 percent in January from 32.15 percent in December, the state statistics agency said, amid rising food prices that have…

Saif al-Yazal Ba Baker (Khartoum)
Business Tadawul

Saudi Arabia: Tadawul Signs Development Agreement with Nasdaq

Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) and Nasdaq have signed a specialized agreement that aims at developing Tadawul's technical infrastructure. The agreement…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Surge in Global Oil Supply May Overtake Demand in 2018: IEA

Surge in Global Oil Supply May Overtake Demand in 2018: IEA

The rise in global oil production, led by the United States, is likely to outpace growth in demand this year, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday. …

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Arabia Confirms Continuing Economic Reform with High Efficiency

Saudi Arabia Confirms Continuing Economic Reform with High Efficiency

Head of the Local Content and Private Sector Development Unit at the Saudi Council of Economic Affairs and Development stressed that his country’s economy is…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabian Military Industries to Showcase Services at Riyadh-Hosted AFED 2018

Saudi Arabian Military Industries to Showcase Services at Riyadh-Hosted AFED 2018

The Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) announced its inaugural participation at the Armed Forces Exhibition for Diversity of Requirements and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Dubai Crown Prince Launches 26 Projects during Initiative ‘Dubai 10 X’

Dubai Crown Prince Launches 26 Projects during Initiative ‘Dubai 10 X’

Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has launched 26 projects to be undertaken by…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business World Bank: World Will Need 300 Million Jobs by 2050

World Bank: World Will Need 300 Million Jobs by 2050

By 2050, 150 million people will leave the workforce and 450 million people will join the workforce, which means there is a gap of about 300 million jobs that…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Dubai)
Business GCC Family Business are Confident about Prospects for 2018

GCC Family Business are Confident about Prospects for 2018

The Gulf Cooperation Council's family businesses have shown confidence in their prospects for 2018, as they begin to adapt to the “new norm” of lower oil…

Motleq Mounir (London)
Business Britain Charges Barclays with Giving Qatar Investors Illegal Loan

Britain Charges Barclays with Giving Qatar Investors Illegal Loan

Britain charged on Monday Barclays’ operating subsidiary with granting Qatari investors with an illegal loan. The loan was used to prop up its shares during…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Financial Market Warns of Investing in Digital Currencies

Saudi Financial Market Warns of Investing in Digital Currencies

While a number of digital currencies have witnessed sharp fluctuations over the past few weeks resulting in financial losses for many investors, it is certain…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business AMF Organizes Session on Banking Supervision Mechanisms

AMF Organizes Session on Banking Supervision Mechanisms

"The safety of the banking sector determines the safety of the national economy of any country, which supports the role of banking supervision to serve the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Dubai Summit Sees Artificial Intelligence Adding $15 Trillion to the World in 2030

Dubai Summit Sees Artificial Intelligence Adding $15 Trillion to the World in 2030

India has realized the IT revolution using its own resources, after it had missed out on the industrial revolution, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Dubai)
Business exchange

Egyptian Remittances Rose by Around 20% Since Currency Float

Remittances from expatriate Egyptians rose by 29.3 percent year-on-year in December to around $2.6 billion, the central bank said on Sunday. The bank said…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Financial Market Swings not Worrying, IMF's Lagarde Says

Financial Market Swings not Worrying, IMF's Lagarde Says

Sharp swings in global financial markets in the past few days are not worrying since economic growth is strong but reforms are still needed to avert future…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business IMF Chief Urges Arab States to Reduce Public Wages

IMF Chief Urges Arab States to Reduce Public Wages

Arab countries must reduce public wages and subsidies in order to rein in spending, achieve sustainable growth and create jobs, IMF chief Christine Lagarde…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Algeria Seeks to Get Rid of Budget Deficit 4 Years

Algeria Seeks to Get Rid of Budget Deficit 4 Years

Algerian Finance Minister Abdel Rahman Rawi said on Saturday that his government is looking for reforms in the subsidy system as it seeks to get rid of the…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Stocks Face Challenges of Global Financial Market Instability

Saudi Stocks Face Challenges of Global Financial Market Instability

The Saudi stock market is heading in a slightly different direction than in the past few months as it closed down lower by 3% this week. The weekly falls…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Egypt

Bloomberg: 4 Tailwinds Supporting Growth in Egypt

Economic growth in Egypt is expected to accelerate in 2018, according to Bloomberg Economics’ Chief Middle East Economist Ziad Daoud. Daoud said that Egypt…

Motleq Mounir (London)
Business gas

Sound Energy to Drill 3 Gas Wells in Eastern Morocco

Britain’s Sound Energy has said it plans a three-well gas exploration drilling program in eastern Morocco this year. The company confirmed its exploration…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Tunis

Tunisia: World Bank Expert Tipped for Central Bank Governor Post

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed wants to sack central bank governor Chedli Ayari and replace him with Marouane El Abassi, who is the World Bank…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Interest Rate Reduction in Egypt Is Subject to Energy Pricing Policy- Arqaam Capital

Interest Rate Reduction in Egypt Is Subject to Energy Pricing Policy- Arqaam Capital

As the business community in Egypt expects the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to reduce the interest rate, Arqaam Capital noted the possibility that this step…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business UAE’s ADNOC Plans to Invest in $3.1 Billion Upgrade to Ruwais Refinery

UAE’s ADNOC Plans to Invest in $3.1 Billion Upgrade to Ruwais Refinery

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced investing $3.1 billion in a project to upgrade the crude oil Ruwais Refinery, aiming to increase…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Cairo

Egypt's Inflation Rate Continues Decline

Egypt’s inflation rate has dropped to around 17 percent in January, down from 21.9 percent in December, the Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics…

Asharq Al Awsat