CORRUPTION CRACKDOWN

Saudi Crown Prince Reassures Foreign Investors after Corruption Crackdown

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seeking to reassure the business community following the Kingdom's crackdown on corruption, which netted over $100 billion for the Saudi government from alleged impropriety.

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Why Trump might bend nuclear security rules to help Saudi Arabia build reactors in the desert

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Oil Exports

Saudi Arabia Quietly Decreasing Dependence on Crude Exports

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Corruption Crackdown

Relax and invest, Saudi prince tells investors after corruption crackdown

But top officials, including Prince Mohammed, met senior local businessmen last month to reassure them that the crackdown was mostly over and that it was...

 

VAT

Saudi Arabia’s economy is already feeling the effects of VAT

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Saudi Oil Exports

Saudi oil exports rose slightly in December: JODI

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Cryptocurrencies

Saudi blockchain pilot could save banks up to $400m per year, Moody’s says

Saudi Arabian banks could save up to $400m per year using blockchain software to facilitate cross-border payments, which is a credit positive move for the...

 

Sukuk

Saudi finance ministry sells $1.93bln of domestic sukuk

Saudi Arabia's finance ministry sold 7.22 billion riyals ($1.93 billion) of domestic sukuk in its monthly sale by re-opening an issue originally made last month,...

 

Driver Training

Ford ‘Driving Skills for Life For Her’ debuts

Based on its award-winning global safe driving initiatives, DSFL has customized an introductory Program which focuses on building women’s confidence behind the wheel, expanding their...

 

Healthcare

Saudi to privatize 17 university hospitals

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Saudi-Pakistan

10,000 Saudi soldiers being trained in Pakistan

Defense Minister Khurram Dastagir, who was giving a policy statement in the senate on a recent government’s decision to send 1000 additional troops to the...

 

Franchising

Saudi youth urged to consider franchising as serious option

oung entrepreneurs intending to set up small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should go into franchising, the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) advised recently....

 

Call to Prayer Debate

Uproar after pro-government Saudi journalist urges silencing mosque

He also criticised religious authorities for failing to apply a previous ban on mosques using loudspeakers for broadcasting sermons and recitations, accusing them of caving...

 

Qatar

Saudi foreign minister rejects Qatari proposal of EU-style security pact

“We already have a structure in place,” said al-Jubeir in Vienna on the sidelines of a meeting with his Austrian counterpart, referring to the Gulf...

 

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