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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 Blackstone Buys Majority Stake in Thomson Reuters Deal

Blackstone Buys Majority Stake in Thomson Reuters Deal

US private equity firm Blackstone Group LP catapulted itself into the major leagues of Wall Street’s financial information industry with the acquisition of a…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Tigris

World Bank Funds Huge Water Project in Baghdad

A $210 million World Bank project will improve the quality of drinking water supply and wastewater services to 5 million residents in Baghdad who suffer from…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Egypt

Egypt Starts Producing Gas from Zohr Gas Field, Saves $2.8 Bn Annually

Egypt started Wednesday the early production phase in Zohr natural gas field, which is the largest of its kind in the Mediterranean. This came amid…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business World Bank: Global Wealth Rises as Per Capita Wealth Declines

World Bank: Global Wealth Rises as Per Capita Wealth Declines

Global wealth grew significantly over the past two decades but per capita wealth declined or stagnated in many countries in various income brackets, says a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Washington)
Business Meeting Demands of Millions of Job-Seekers Tops Arab Concerns

Meeting Demands of Millions of Job-Seekers Tops Arab Concerns

A conference held in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh witnessed a series of discussions focused on the job-creating process in regional countries. Creating…

Abdul-Kabeer Al-Manawi (Marrakesh)
Business IMF

Marrakesh Conference Calls for More Reforms, Support for Women

Participants in the “Opportunity for All” Conference in Marrakesh underlined the importance of continuing reforms to promote inclusive growth, empower women…

Heba El Koudsy (Marrakesh)
Business Economic, Development Affairs' Council Reviews Housing Plan in Saudi Arabia

Economic, Development Affairs' Council Reviews Housing Plan in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Council for Economic and Development Affairs held a meeting, at al-Yamamah Palace on Tuesday and reviewed a number of relevant economic and development…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Kuwait’s Budget: $17 Bn Deficit, $50 Per Barrel of Oil

Kuwait’s Budget: $17 Bn Deficit, $50 Per Barrel of Oil

Kuwait has announced a state budget for the year ending on March 31, 2019 with a deficit of 17 billion dollars and based on an average oil price of $50 per…

Asharq Al Awsat (Kuwait)
Business Gulf Debt Instruments Rise 16%

Gulf Debt Instruments Rise 16%

Gulf Cooperation Council global sovereign issues reached a historic level of USD50 billion in 2017, contributing to the increase in the total value of the Gulf…

Motleq Mounir (London)
Business Sanaa

Website Fighting Yemen’s Staggering Unemployment Wins IMF-Sponsored Award

Overcoming the brutal fighting and suffering and diminishing employment opportunities, Yemeni innovator Saeed al-Faqih came up with a revolutionary concept for…

Asharq Al Awsat (Marrakesh)
Business Iraq

Iraq Seeks to Increase Oil Export Capacity, But Pledges to Comply with OPEC Deal

Iraq will comply with the OPEC-led deal on reducing output even though Baghdad is working hard to increase its oil export capacity from the north and south of…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Foreign Investors Pump $120 Million into Saudi Stocks in a Week

Foreign Investors Pump $120 Million into Saudi Stocks in a Week

Foreign investors pumped 450 million riyals ($120 million) into the Saudi stock market last week, generating a new indicator that reflects the attractiveness…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Jadaan

Finance Minister: Saudi Capable of Withstanding External Volatile Conditions

Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan has said that Saudi Arabia’s economy is strong and capable of withstanding external volatility. “We have a strong and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Egypt

Egypt Passes Bankruptcy Law

Egypt’s parliament has passed the country’s first bankruptcy law, part of a reform drive to revive the economy, the investment ministry said in a statement on…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Saudi Firms Export Advanced Military Parts Abroad

Saudi Firms Export Advanced Military Parts Abroad

General Department for Local Manufacturing Support General Director Engineer Atiyah al-Maleki affirmed that military factories in Saudi Arabia are…

Nayef al-Rashid (Riyadh)
Business Airbus to Invest More than $2b in Turkey in Two Upcoming Years

Airbus to Invest More than $2b in Turkey in Two Upcoming Years

European giant Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding with the Turkish Undersecreteriat for Defense Industries (SSM) to further expand industrial…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Bitcoin

Bitcoin May Split 50 Times in 2018

Bitcoin God arrived last month. Bitcoin Pizza was delivered in January. Bitcoin Private’s issuance date is... still a secret. They’re just a few of the…

Olga Kharif (Washington)
Business Gold Prices Reach their Highest Level in 17 Months

Gold Prices Reach their Highest Level in 17 Months

Gold prices rose on Friday after falling from a 17-month high in the previous session as the dollar continued to weaken despite US President Donald Trump's…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Oil Hikes, Set for Weekly Gain as Weak Dollar Underpins

Oil Hikes, Set for Weekly Gain as Weak Dollar Underpins

Oil prices rose on Friday after hitting fresh three-year highs in the previous session, as weakness in the dollar continued to underpin prices for a weekly…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business World Economy Improvement Raises IMF Concern over Egypt

World Economy Improvement Raises IMF Concern over Egypt

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has placed the monetary policies adopted by the central banks of US and Europe as top risks facing the Egyptian economy…

Mohammed Jad (Cairo)
Business saudia

Saudia Seeks to Compete Globally Through a Transitional Leap

Ghassan bin Abdulrahman al-Shabal, chairman of the board of directors of Saudi Arabian Airlines, has said that the national carrier is broadening its global…

Saeed al-Abyad (Jeddah)
Business apple

Why Many Companies are Giving Bonuses Not Raises

Last week, yet another company -- this time Apple, which pledged to give $2,500 restricted stock awards for most of its employees, in addition to investing …

Jena McGregor (Washington)
Business Trump from Davos: US Will No Longer Turn Blind Eye to Unfair Trade

Trump from Davos: US Will No Longer Turn Blind Eye to Unfair Trade

US President Donald Trump became on Friday the first sitting American president to address the annual World Economic Forum at Davos, saying that his country…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Eaton: Riyadh Metro Backbone of Most Developed Infrastructure in Region

Eaton: Riyadh Metro Backbone of Most Developed Infrastructure in Region

US Eaton company expected that Riyadh Metro, owned and managed by High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh, will be the biggest transport system in the…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)