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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)

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Finance Ministry: ‘2018 State Budget Sign that Saudi is on Right Track’

Riyadh- Saudi Deputy Minister of Budget and Organizational Affairs in the Ministry of Finance Yaser al-Quhidan said that the state budget for 2018, which will…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
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Global Energy Forum to Convene in Abu Dhabi Next January

The second-annual Global Energy Forum of Washington's Atlantic Council think tank will convene in Abu Dhabi on January 12 and 13. The gathering of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Aramco

Saudi Aramco Provides Innovative Techniques for Oil Drilling

State oil giant Saudi Aramco has awarded Schlumberger Company two contracts for drilling rigs and services for oil and gas wells. Under the contracts,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dhahran)
Business Saudi Housing Ministry Announces Achieving 2017 Targets

Saudi Housing Ministry Announces Achieving 2017 Targets

The Saudi Housing Ministry and the Real Estate Development Fund announced on Saturday achieving 2017 targets on providing over 280,000 housing and financing…

Nayef al-Rashid (Riyadh)
Business Tunisia: Major Real Estate Projects Still 'Mere Ink on Paper'

Tunisia: Major Real Estate Projects Still 'Mere Ink on Paper'

The Tunisian government and its partners of investors in the Gulf are looking for solutions to resume some of the major investment projects that have been put…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Egypt Begins Operation of Zohr Offshore Gas Field

Egypt Begins Operation of Zohr Offshore Gas Field

Egypt’s petroleum ministry announced on Saturday that the offshore Zohr gas field was now live. The gas field, located in the Mediterranean, will produce an…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia: Market Liquidity Rises 7.5% in One Week

Saudi Arabia: Market Liquidity Rises 7.5% in One Week

Liquidity traded in the Saudi stock market continued to improve on a weekly basis as it increased during the last week by 7.5 percent compared to the cash flow…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business China

China’s Next Potential Boom Spot: The Places People Overlook

One crisp October morning, Han Youjun got into his silver delivery van and left this small town in eastern China. Within minutes, his van brimming with boxes…

Michael Schuman (Beijing)
Business Aramco

Aramco Signs MoU to Empower Fishermen in Jazan

Saudi Aramco signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding with Nesma Holding and Albir Society to empower low-income fishermen in Baish, Jazan with…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dhahran)
Business oil

Kuwait’s Newly Appointed Oil Minister Shows Optimism for Growing Demand

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) reception was packed with dozens of well-wishers on Thursday who came to congratulate Kuwait's new Minister of Oil and…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business wheat

Egypt Updates Policy to End Ergot Confusion

Egypt's agriculture ministry has officially brought its policy on common grain fungus ergot into line with other government agencies, in a move traders hope…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Qasabi

Saudi Commerce Minister: Stimulus Plan Boosts Competitive Capabilities

Saudi Commerce and Investment Minister Majed al-Qasabi said that the plan to stimulate the private sector aims at consolidating the competitive capabilities of…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Istanbul

1,040 Saudi Firms Operating in Turkey

A total number of 1,040 Saudi firms continue to operate in Turkey, with a trade exchange of USD8 billion between the two countries, according to Senior Turkish…

Tareq al-Thaqfi (Mecca)
Business Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Claims Prepared to Undertake Syria Reconstruction Projects

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Claims Prepared to Undertake Syria Reconstruction Projects

Iranian Revolutionary Guard's economic wing leader Ebadullah Abdullahi announced that the Iranian government's debt to the Revolutionary Guards is about 10…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business ADNOC Listed on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Market

ADNOC Listed on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Market

ADNOC Distribution, the retail unit of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company was officially listed on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) on Wednesday, and the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Saudi Arabia Establishes $8 Billion Export Bank

Saudi Arabia Establishes $8 Billion Export Bank

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al Falih made a massive announcement on Wednesday saying that an export bank will be launched with a capital of $8 billion to…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Dammam)
Business Saudi Workshop Discusses Challenges of Low-Carbon Energy Sources

Saudi Workshop Discusses Challenges of Low-Carbon Energy Sources

More than 30 energy experts gathered in the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) to discuss how oil producers can thrive through a low…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business UAE, KSA Consider Issuing Joint Digital Currency

UAE, KSA Consider Issuing Joint Digital Currency

UAE Central Bank is working on issuing a digital currency that would be accepted in cross-border transactions between UAE and Saudi Arabia, UAE central bank…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Abu Dhabi)
Business Saudi Aramco Plans to Raise Spending to $414 Bn

Saudi Aramco Plans to Raise Spending to $414 Bn

Saudi Aramco plans to raise its spending to $414 billion over the next 10 years, including on infrastructure and drilling, as the state oil giant moves into…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Dammam)
Business Saudi Commerce, Investment Ministry Strengthens Market Control

Saudi Commerce, Investment Ministry Strengthens Market Control

Saudi Arabia’s Commerce and Investment Ministry (MCI) announced on Tuesday going for an integrated control plan to closely regulate markets and commercial…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business ‘Citizen Account Program’ to Support Saudis Face Rate Hikes, to See First Deposit in Eight Days

‘Citizen Account Program’ to Support Saudis Face Rate Hikes, to See First Deposit in Eight Days

In a move to reduce the economic impact of price changes in energy products in the country, the Saudi cabinet on Tuesday adopted policies for a Citizen Account…

Shojaa al Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business House Hunting in … Jamaica

House Hunting in … Jamaica

This Mediterranean-style house is in Spring Farm, a gated hillside community in Montego Bay, on the northwestern coast of Jamaica. It is near many tourist…

Vivian Marino (Jamaica)
Business 30 Banks on FSB's List of Global Systemically Important Banks

30 Banks on FSB's List of Global Systemically Important Banks

Financial Stability Board (FSB) issued a list of 30 major banks that pose a threat to the international financial system. FSB, established in 2009, edits…

Motleq Mounir (London)
Business Riyadh, Beijing Launch Digital Silk Road Initiative

Riyadh, Beijing Launch Digital Silk Road Initiative

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology for Saudi Planning and Development Dr. Mohammed al-Mishaigeh revealed that his…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)