Analysis

TECHNOLOGY

Visa Launches Apple Pay in Saudi Arabia as Executives Continue Probe of Absher App

• SUSTG Team
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• 2. 19. 2019

Visa on Tuesday launched Apple Pay in Saudi Arabia, allowing its Kingdom-based cardholders to make payments using their Apple devices, according to reports.

• Saudi EXIM Bank

  

  Saudi Arabia to establish an independent export and import finance bank

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 8. 2019

  Saudi Arabia will establish an independent export and import finance bank with a capitalization of SAR 30 billion riyals ($8 billion) to provide financing to local exporters and foreign importers, the UAE-based The National reports.

• Oil

  

  Report: The Oil Market Roller Coaster

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 21. 2019

  It has been a tumultuous six months for oil prices on international indices. Prices have slightly rebounded early in 2019 after a precipitous fall from over $86 in September on the Brent Index to just over $50 on Christmas Day.

• OPEC

  

  OPEC Gets Jump on Planned Production Cuts, Slashes Output in December

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 17. 2019

  The nations forming the OPEC+ alliance slashed oil production in December, one month before the producer group officially began a fresh round of output cuts agreed to late last year in response to a global supply glut and fears of a worldwide recession, according to CNBC.

• U.S.-Saudi Investment

  

  Reports: Potential Deal for New Saudi Investment in U.S. Energy Sector

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 9. 2019

  Saudi Arabia is reportedly eyeing an investment in U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) in what would mark a "sea change in the energy flows between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia," the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday citing unnamed sources.

• Mohammed bin Salman

  

  Photos of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Top Saudi Leaders Visiting Remote Northwest Saudi Arabia Go Viral

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 28. 2018

  Photographs of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and some of Saudi Arabia's top officials visiting some of Saudi Arabia's most famous mountains in the Northwest region of the country have gone viral on social media.

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  Saudi Arabia’s Collections from VAT Double Expectations in 2018; Foreign Investment Rebounds

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 19. 2018

• Diplomacy

  

  Looking toward Africa, Saudi Seeks Red Sea Political, Economic Bloc

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 13. 2018

  Saudi Arabia is seeking a political and economic alliance with six countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in a move aimed at strengthening its interests in the crucial waterway and in Africa, according to reports.

• Weather

  

  Saudi Arabia Braces for More Dangerous Wet Weather

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 5. 2018

  Authorities in Saudi Arabia’s are cautioning that more thunderstorms and wet weather is on its way to several areas across the Kingdom, as locals brace for the potential for additional flooding and other hazards.

• Jamal Khashoggi

  

  Saudi Arabia’s Public Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty for 5 Khashoggi Murder Suspects

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 15. 2018

  Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five out of 11 suspects charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Arab News and other local media report.