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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 Six MoUs Signed during Saudi Arabia-Japan Business Forum

Six MoUs Signed during Saudi Arabia-Japan Business Forum

The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) granted three investment licenses for Japanese companies during the Saudi Arabia-Japan Business Forum…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Japanese Economy Minister: Saudi Remains Primary Supplier of Oil

Japanese Economy Minister: Saudi Remains Primary Supplier of Oil

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko revealed that Tokyo took firm procedures in a quick and effective manner to boost cooperation…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business China to to Ease Regulations for Foreign Companies

China to to Ease Regulations for Foreign Companies

China aims to ease regulations for foreign enterprises investing in free trade zones (FTZs) in order to improve the "negative list" approach and provide legal…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beijing)
Business Morocco to Move to Flexible Exchange Rate Regime

Morocco to Move to Flexible Exchange Rate Regime

The Moroccan government decided on Friday to start the gradual floating of its currency dirham on next Monday, after months of hesitation and urgent requests…

Lahcen Mokena (Rabat)
Business Egypt Revises Economic Growth Forecast for 2017-18

Egypt Revises Economic Growth Forecast for 2017-18

Egypt's Planning Minister announced on Saturday that the country has revised up its economic growth forecast for fiscal 2017-18 that began in July to 5.3 to 5…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business wind

Study: Fossil Fuels Blown Away by Wind in Cost Terms

New onshore wind and solar energy projects are set to deliver electricity more cheaply than fossil fuels plants, with other green technologies also rapidly…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Tunisia

Tunisia Trade Deficit Reaches Record Level

Tunisia’s trade deficit reached at the end of 2017 a record level of 15.5 billion Tunisian dinars ($6.2 billion), the National Institute of statistics (INS)…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business gas

Algeria Drops Privatization Plans

The Algerian presidency has totally rejected the government’s plans to partly privatize state-owned companies, reports have said. During a meeting held last…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Dow Jones

Stocks Are at an All-Time High. Is it Too Late to Get in On the Action?

The Dow Jones industrial average hit the 25,000 mark for the first time Thursday, and I confess it made me giddy. The feeling lasted about 15 minutes until my…

Thomas Heath (Washington)
Business Turkey Urges Arabs to Boost Investments

Turkey Urges Arabs to Boost Investments

Turkey’s Development Minister Lutfi Elvan urged on Thursday Arab countries to make investments with Turkey for the benefit of everyone involved. “We don't…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Oil Exceeds $70 As Brent Settles

Oil Exceeds $70 As Brent Settles

Oil prices reached jumped to their highest in years despite warnings that the 13 percent increase of crude oil could end soon. Brent crude futures settled 6…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Beijing Assures Markets Regarding US Bonds ‘Claims’

Beijing Assures Markets Regarding US Bonds ‘Claims’

After information that circled regarding Chinese recommendations regarding US bonds and caused a vast turmoil in the markets for several hours, the State…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Initiative on Military Manufacturing to Achieve Self-Sufficiency

Saudi Initiative on Military Manufacturing to Achieve Self-Sufficiency

A Saudi official affirmed that the kingdom is moving forward with reinforcing the military industrial content, providing spare parts to achieve self…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business ‘Made in Jordan’ Campaign Launched to Support National Industry

‘Made in Jordan’ Campaign Launched to Support National Industry

Jordanian Minister of Labor Ali al-Ghazawi stressed on Thursday that the competitiveness of the industrial sector was based on increasing the local added value…

Mohamed Al-Daameh (Amman)
Business British International Campaign to Attract Islamic Investments

British International Campaign to Attract Islamic Investments

The UK's Department of International Trade has announced the launch of a wide-ranging campaign in the Middle East and the Gulf to encourage investment in the…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Turkey

Forecasts of Increase in Turkish Economic Growth

The World Bank has revised Turkey’s economic growth projection for 2017 up to 6.7 percent, while keeping that of 2018 at 3.5 percent. According to the bank…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Turkish

Report: Turkish Airlines Carried 1 Million Passengers to and from Israel Last Year

Turkey’s national flag-carrier Turkish Airlines carried more than a million passengers to and from Israel in 2017, the Israel Airports Authority has said. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Sellers

Egypt's Inflation in Lowest Rate since Floating Currency

Annual urban inflation fell to 21.9 percent in December from 26 percent the previous month for the first time since November 2016 when the currency was floated…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Bahrain Parliament Calls on Govt. to Cancel Fuel Price Hike

Bahrain Parliament Calls on Govt. to Cancel Fuel Price Hike

The Council of Representatives in the Kingdom of Bahrain submitted an urgent proposal to the Bahraini government to rethink the fuel price hike only a day…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business Swiss National Bank Expects Record Annual Profit of 54 Bln Sfr

Swiss National Bank Expects Record Annual Profit of 54 Bln Sfr

The Swiss National Bank expects an annual profit of 54 billion Swiss francs ($55.25 billion) for 2017, the central bank said on Tuesday, the biggest profit in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Frankfurt)
Business Eurozone Unemployment Falls to 9-Year Low

Eurozone Unemployment Falls to 9-Year Low

Europe’s economic recovery is deepening with eurozone unemployment falling to its lowest level since January 2009, according to a report published Tuesday by…

Asharq Al Awsat (Brussels)
Business Riyadh

Saudi Updates the Wage Protection System (WPS)

Saudi Labor and Social Development Ministry introduced the first wave of updates to the wage protection system (WPS), showing commitment towards regulating…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business shop

Britons Reduce Spending to Lowest Level since 2012

British shoppers tightened their spending over Christmas, leading to the first year-on-year fall in spending since 2012, and leading businesses aim to do the…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business euros

Confidence in Euro Economy Hits Peak since 2000

Investors in the euro zone felt more upbeat in January as they shrugged off the lack of a new government in Germany and the global economy picked up, a survey…

Asharq Al Awsat (Brussels)