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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 Bitcoin Hits Record High After Smashing Through $8,000 for First Time

Bitcoin Hits Record High After Smashing Through $8,000 for First Time

Bitcoin hit a new record high on Monday after smashing through the $8,000 level for the first time over the weekend, marking an almost 50 percent climb in just…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business World Bank: We Support Saudi Reform Program

World Bank: We Support Saudi Reform Program

World Bank confirmed its full support to the Saudi economic reform program represented by Vision 2030 in all fields, stating that Saudi Arabia is one of the…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Sudan Announces Emergency Measures to Restrict Forex Outflows

Sudan Announces Emergency Measures to Restrict Forex Outflows

Sudan announced a raft of emergency measures on Monday aimed at reducing the outflow of foreign currency from its banking system and stabilizing its pound…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business OPEC

Iraq, Canada, Brazil Main Beneficiaries of Venezuela's Decline in Oil production

As Venezuela’s dilapidated energy sector struggles to pump enough crude oil to meet the country’s OPEC output target, rival producers within the exporters…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business South Pars

Iran Exports 4.26 Million Oil Barrels from South Pars

Fardin Asadi, the manager for development of oil layers at South Pars, said on Sunday that Iran has exported about 4.26 million barrels of oil from South Pars…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Aramco Converts Jeddah Refinery into Distribution Hub after 50 Years

Saudi Aramco Converts Jeddah Refinery into Distribution Hub after 50 Years

Saudi Aramco has shut down its crude oil refinery in Jeddah, which is considered one of the Kingdom’s oldest as it was established 50 years ago, converting the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Finance

Saudi Economic Reforms Increase Non-oil Revenues by 80%

Saudi non-oil revenues rose nearly 80 percent in the third quarter of 2017, a clear indication that economic reforms carried out by Saudi Arabia are paying off…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Qudah

Jordan, US Agree on Establishing Logistic Airport in Mafraq

The Jordanian government has reached a deal with a US company to establish an airport for logistics services in Mafraq, which is located northeast of the…

Mohamed Al-Daameh (Amman)
Business Cairo

Cairo Hosts 21st ASEA Annual Meeting: Africa Mapping the Future

Cairo will host on Monday the two-day conference of African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA), sponsored by Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Saudi Insurance Companies Gain USD349 Million in Nine Months

Saudi Insurance Companies Gain USD349 Million in Nine Months

Insurance companies listed in Saudi domestic stock market earned additional profits worth SAR1.13 billion (USD349.3 million) during the first nine months of…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Turkish lira

Erdogan Renews Criticism of Turkey’s Central Bank

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blasted Turkey’s Central Bank, saying that lack of government intervention in monetary policy has saddled Turkey with high…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Reforms Facilitating Business Boost Investment in Saudi Arabia

Reforms Facilitating Business Boost Investment in Saudi Arabia

The investment climate in Saudi Arabia enjoys an advanced position among world economies. This climate resulted from the record-breaking number of reforms…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Tunis

Tunisia’s Government Strikes Deal with UGTT to Lift Retirement Age

The Tunisian government has reached a deal with the UGTT (labor union) to lift the retirement age for public servants by two years as part of efforts to limit…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business More Than 400 Millionaires Tell Congress: Don’t Cut Our Taxes

More Than 400 Millionaires Tell Congress: Don’t Cut Our Taxes

More than 400 American millionaires and billionaires are sending a letter to Congress this week urging Republican lawmakers not to cut their taxes. The…

Heather Long (New York)
Business EU Summit Highlights Fair Jobs, Economic Growth

EU Summit Highlights Fair Jobs, Economic Growth

More than 20 EU leaders met in the Swedish city of Gothenburg on Friday to discuss social issues, including jobs, economic growth, education and culture, for…

Business Saudi Ministry of Communications Signs a MOU with Siemens

Saudi Ministry of Communications Signs a MOU with Siemens

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology signed a MOU with Siemens to boost digital industrial transformation in the Kingdom in tandem with…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Jordan: IFC to Develop Key Facilities at King Hussein Bridge Crossing

Jordan: IFC to Develop Key Facilities at King Hussein Bridge Crossing

Jordan’s Ministry of Public Works has singed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to help improve…

Mohamed Al-Daameh (Amman)
Business Tunis

Tunisia's Q3 Growth at 2.1% Year-on Year

Tunisia’s economic growth remained stable at 2.1 percent year-on-year in third quarter, the state statistics institute said on Thursday. The growth was also…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis) Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Libyan Oil Subject to Bargaining, NOC Seeks US Support

Libyan Oil Subject to Bargaining, NOC Seeks US Support

Libyan analysts linked continuity in exporting oil to the security stability of Libya. Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanallah…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Business 80% of Saudis Use Smartphones in E-Shopping

80% of Saudis Use Smartphones in E-Shopping

Ronaldo Mouchawar, CEO and co-founder of Souq.com, which was acquired by Amazon, revealed that 80 percent of Saudis use smartphones in e-shopping. In…

Abdulhadi Habtor (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia's Falih: Too Early to Assess Oil Production Cut

Saudi Arabia's Falih: Too Early to Assess Oil Production Cut

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Thursday it was too early to make an assessment on a possible extension to global oil output cuts but…

Business Unemployment in Egypt Drops to 2011 levels

Unemployment in Egypt Drops to 2011 levels

Unemployment rates in Egypt fell during the third quarter of 2017 registering the lowest rate since 2011’s first quarter, as national economic growth. Egypt…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business SoftBank Eyes USD25 Billion Investment in Saudi Arabia

SoftBank Eyes USD25 Billion Investment in Saudi Arabia

SoftBank Group plans to invest as much as $25 billion in Saudi Arabia, USD15 billion out of which will be invested in NEOM – the new project that was unveiled…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business US Retail Sales Unexpectedly Rise 

US Retail Sales Unexpectedly Rise 

US retail sales unexpectedly rose in October as an increase in purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods offset a decline in demand for building…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)