Business

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 Saudi Civil Service: No Cost of Living Allowance for Employees Abroad

Saudi Civil Service: No Cost of Living Allowance for Employees Abroad

The Saudi Ministry of Civil Service explained that the cost of living allowance is fully paid to the employees, who work inside the Kingdom and have employment…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business SABIC

SABIC Buys Strategic Stake in Clariant

Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) has agreed to acquire approximately 83 million shares in Clariant, a global specialty chemicals company, from 40 North and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Bahrain Reviews Renewable Energy Plan with IMF Delegation

Bahrain Reviews Renewable Energy Plan with IMF Delegation

Bahrain has reviewed its future plan in the field of renewable energy with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday. This came…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business Saudi Arabia: High Electricity Prices Reduce Demand, Consumption of Natural Gas

Saudi Arabia: High Electricity Prices Reduce Demand, Consumption of Natural Gas

King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) stressed that energy efficiency and structural reforms will lead to increased energy production…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Tunisian Foreign Currency Reserves Drop to 15-Year-Low

Tunisian Foreign Currency Reserves Drop to 15-Year-Low

The Central Bank of Tunisia has stated that Tunisia’s foreign exchange reserves in January reached TND 12.3 billion, its lowest rate in 15 years. Tunisia…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Saudi Energy Minister: Exit from Oil Cuts to Be Gradual

Saudi Energy Minister: Exit from Oil Cuts to Be Gradual

OPEC and non-OPEC countries will exit from oil production cuts gradually and smoothly in order not to shock markets in the early part of 2019, when demand will…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Egypt's Suez Canal Revenues Rise to $471.5 Mln

Egypt's Suez Canal Revenues Rise to $471.5 Mln

Egypt's Suez Canal authority said that revenues rose to $5.3-billion in 2017 from $5-billion in 2016. The Canal revenues rose to $471.5-million in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business UAE, Tunisia Removed from EU Tax-Haven Blacklist

UAE, Tunisia Removed from EU Tax-Haven Blacklist

The European Union finance ministers have decided to remove eight countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia from a tax haven blacklist. …

Abdullah Mustafa (Brussels)
Business Over 50% of Old Bahraini-Saudi Oil Pipeline Upgraded

Over 50% of Old Bahraini-Saudi Oil Pipeline Upgraded

Over 50 percent of the construction and modernization of the project for the replacement and upgrading of the oil pipeline between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia has…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business Trump to Face Mixed Welcome at Elite Davos Gathering

Trump to Face Mixed Welcome at Elite Davos Gathering

In Davos this week, participants can experience "a day in the life of a refugee." Or hear about ways to uphold the Paris climate accord and promote free trade…

Business IMF

IMF Raises Egypt's GDP Outlook, Praises Economic Reforms

The International Monetary Fund has welcomed in its latest review the reforms that have been undertaken by Egypt but warned against a premature key interest…

Heba El Koudsy (Washington)
Business IMF Raises Expectations for Saudi Growth

IMF Raises Expectations for Saudi Growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its economic growth forecasts for Saudi Arabia as oil prices riseو but retained its estimates for the region…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Bahrain: Plan to Develop More Than 6,300 SMEs

Bahrain: Plan to Develop More Than 6,300 SMEs

Bahrain’s Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid al-Zayani announced Monday a national plan to be implemented by the Ministry in cooperation…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business Saudi Finance Minister: ‘We Target Greater Empowerment for Private Sector’

Saudi Finance Minister: ‘We Target Greater Empowerment for Private Sector’

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Finance launched its new digital services platform, Etimad, which will boost transparency, improve performance efficiency, and…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Energy Minister Calls for Extending Oil Cooperation Beyond 2018

Saudi Energy Minister Calls for Extending Oil Cooperation Beyond 2018

Saudi Arabia, top oil exporter, called Sunday for extending cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC producers beyond 2018, after a deal to cut output succeeded…

Wael Mehdi (Muscat)
Business Saudi Arabia Builds 9 Desalination Plants on Red Sea

Saudi Arabia Builds 9 Desalination Plants on Red Sea

Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdulrahman al-Fadhli announced the establishment of nine water desalination plants using modern…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Indian

Richest One Percent Made 82% of Wealth Created Last Year

The world's richest one percent raked in 82 percent of the wealth created last year while the poorest half of the population received none, Oxfam said in a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Swiss MGI Group Gives Training Course for Al-Ghazali Employees in Jeddah

Swiss MGI Group Gives Training Course for Al-Ghazali Employees in Jeddah

Sponsored by Executive Manager of Al Ghazali Trading Company Abdul Latif Bin Mohammed Al Abdullatif, and Regional Sales Director MENA & Sub Continent India of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
Business Apple Pledges to Bring 20,000 Jobs to the US Within Next Five Years

Apple Pledges to Bring 20,000 Jobs to the US Within Next Five Years

Apple, the world’s most valuable company, said Wednesday that it will spend $350 billion on development and create 20,000 jobs in the United States in the next…

Hayley Tsukayama (Washington)
Business IMF Urges Quick Reforms in Middle East Public Sector

IMF Urges Quick Reforms in Middle East Public Sector

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the Middle East countries to work on quick reforms for the public wage bills, as the attempts to curb the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Dollar Stoops to Three-year Low

Dollar Stoops to Three-year Low

The dollar fell near a three-year low against a basket of currencies on Friday, heading for a 5-week downtrend in a wave of losses that may be the longest…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Ambassador Holds Economic, Social Meetings in Aden

Saudi Ambassador Holds Economic, Social Meetings in Aden

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al Jaber completed his field visit to the Yemeni capital with a series of meetings with security officials and other…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
Business Saudi Banks Earn USD11.7b Profits in 2017

Saudi Banks Earn USD11.7b Profits in 2017

Saudi banks approach from achieving net profits of SAR44b (USD11.7b) during 2017. The first nine months of last year show that listed banks made a net profit…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Retailers Had the Best Holiday Season in Years

Retailers Had the Best Holiday Season in Years

Finally, some good news for the nation’s retailers: Americans spent more than expected this holiday season, fueling the strongest growth in holiday retail…

Abha Bhattarai (Washington)