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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 Turkey's Budget Deficit for 2018 Expected to Reach 17.3 Billion Dollars

Turkey's Budget Deficit for 2018 Expected to Reach 17.3 Billion Dollars

The Turkish government expected the budget deficit in 2018 to reach $17.3 billion. Turkey’s parliament has approved on Saturday the government’s 2018 budget,…

Said Abdul Razzak (Ankara)
Business RCJY Signs 40 Deals Worth More Than USD5 Billion

RCJY Signs 40 Deals Worth More Than USD5 Billion

Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu (RCJY) signed on Sunday 40 investment, industrial and constructional deals, worth more than USD5 billion. Mosleh al…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business German Financial Authority Warns Investors from Bitcoin

German Financial Authority Warns Investors from Bitcoin

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has warned against investing in the encrypted currency Bitcoin, amid the huge fluctuation the virtual…

Asharq Al Awsat (Berlin)
Business National Center for Privatization CEO: Privatization to Contribute in Developing Saudi Economy

National Center for Privatization CEO: Privatization to Contribute in Developing Saudi Economy

Turki Abdulaziz al-Hokail, CEO of the National Center For Privatization & PPP (NCP), stated that privatization processes would contribute in developing the…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Minister of Commerce: Building Code Fundamental Pillar of National Economy

Saudi Minister of Commerce: Building Code Fundamental Pillar of National Economy

Saudi Minister of Commerce and Investment, Majid al-Qassabi, Chairman of the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization, affirmed the importance of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Russia Backs Gradual Exit from Oil Cuts with OPEC

Russia Backs Gradual Exit from Oil Cuts with OPEC

OPEC and Russia will exit from oil production cuts very smoothly, possibly extending the curbs in some form to avoid creating any new surplus in the market,…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Cairo

13.4% of Arab Countries’ Populations Live in Acute Poverty

A report published this month estimated that the number of poor people in 10 Arab countries was 38.2 million, which represents 13.4 percent of the Arab…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business What Does Your Airfare Actually Buy?

What Does Your Airfare Actually Buy?

It’s not enough to look for the cheapest airfare anymore. Not when airlines are increasingly dividing and subdividing their cabins and charging separately…

ZACH WICHTER (New York)
Business FAO: Conflicts in Middle East Hamstring Efforts to Eradicate Hunger

FAO: Conflicts in Middle East Hamstring Efforts to Eradicate Hunger

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called for increasing the cooperation and solidarity among the countries of the Near East and North Africa region to…

Lamia Nabil (Cairo)
Business EIB

300 Million Euros from EIB in Support of Middle East SMEs

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Arab Bank have signed a financing agreement of EUR 300 million to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and…

Mohamed Al-Daameh (Amman)
Business First Installment Deposited in Citizens Account

First Installment Deposited in Citizens Account

Ministry of Labor and Social Development has deposited its first installment into the Citizens' Account on Thursday. Saudi Arabia deposited SAR2 billion (…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Majnoon

Iraq Starts Taking over Majnoon Oilfield Operations from Shell

Iraq's oil ministry said on Thursday it had started to take over operations of Majnoon oilfield from Royal Dutch Shell and planned to lift output in future. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business economy

Saudi-Sudanese Deal to Ease Financial Transfers

Hazem Abdul-Qadir, Sudan's Central Bank Governor, assured that the banking climate in Sudan witnessed a revival following the US decision in October to lift…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business US Economic Growth has Topped 3% Growth for Three Quarters in a Row

US Economic Growth has Topped 3% Growth for Three Quarters in a Row

A few hours after the US Congress passed a tax bill backed by President Donald Trump, economic results showed US economy grew at its fastest pace in more than…

Asharq Al Awsat (New York)
Business Experts Predict a Boost in Saudi Private Sector Exports

Experts Predict a Boost in Saudi Private Sector Exports

Saudi economic authorities and businessmen unanimously agreed that the 2018 budget confirms the government's commitment to maintaining high-level spending,…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia Budget Pushes Private Sector to Contribute in Growth

Saudi Arabia Budget Pushes Private Sector to Contribute in Growth

Three Saudi officials have explained the impact of expansive spending on the private sector in the state budget of 2018. This comes after the kingdom's…

Shujaa al Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business IMF Approves New Loan Installment for Egypt

IMF Approves New Loan Installment for Egypt

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved the third installment of a $12 billion, three-year loan for Egypt, bringing the total released to date to…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business IMF: Gloomy Brexit Forecasts for UK are Coming True

IMF: Gloomy Brexit Forecasts for UK are Coming True

The International Monetary Fund has strongly defended its gloomy forecasts for the UK after Brexit, saying pre-referendum warnings of slower growth were coming…

Business Saudi Arabia: Producers, Importers Compelled to Specify Water Rationalization Average

Saudi Arabia: Producers, Importers Compelled to Specify Water Rationalization Average

Starting the beginning of next year, Saudi Arabia will be demanding that producers and importers specify the water consumption rationalization average in their…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business House Hunting in…Bordeaux, France

House Hunting in…Bordeaux, France

This six-bedroom, late 19th-century house, just west of the center of Bordeaux, was renovated by its current owner, preserving original elements like the…

Roxana Popescu (Bordeaux)
Business Saudi ACWA Power Starts Operating Wind Field North Morocco

Saudi ACWA Power Starts Operating Wind Field North Morocco

Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power Group has announced the operation of Khalladi wind power plant, located at the top of Jbel Sendouq, 30 km from Tangiers. The…

Lahcen Mokena (Dar al-Baida )
Business Saudi Arabia to Announce 2018 Budget on Tuesday

Saudi Arabia to Announce 2018 Budget on Tuesday

Saudi Arabia is set to announce its 2018 state budget on Tuesday, amid economic indicators affirming the relapse of deficit in 2017, compared to deficit levels…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Riyadh, Moscow to Reinforce Food Agricultural Integration

Riyadh, Moscow to Reinforce Food Agricultural Integration

Sergey Levin, Russia’s deputy minister of agriculture, revealed an approach to develop cooperation and reinforce chances of agricultural and food integration…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Robust Global Economy at End of 2017

Robust Global Economy at End of 2017

It is almost a sure thing now that global economy will record a 3.7 percent increase in the year 2017 due to several factors such as: accommodative global…

Motleq Mounir (London)