After several years of sagging performance, Saudi Arabia’s aviation market reported its strongest growth in passenger traffic in more than a decade in 2011, even against the background of the Middle East’s regional social unrest.
Banking is one of the only sectors in Saudi Arabia to see a dip in compensation in 2012 Salary Survey. Construction project managers now earn the highest monthly salary.
The Saudi construction sector will further gather steam in the second half of 2012, the National Commercial Bank “Construction Contracts Index” for the second quarter of this year released Saturday indicated.
London 2012 was historic for both Saudi Arabia and the Olympic games. Saudi Arabia sent its first female athletes ever to the Olympics, completing a strong talking point for the games’ organizers.
While Gallup surveys show that most GCC residents are satisfied with the availability of quality healthcare in their area, outbound medical care remains an expensive problem for Gulf governments.
A new book on the long confrontation between the US and Iran blames the George W. Bush administration for squandering opportunities to improve relations with Tehran and invading Iraq in 2003 without recognizing that Iran would wind up being the power broker in that country.
Jadwa Investment’s recently released Chartbook for the month of August 2012 found that the Saudi Arabian economy overall remained “robust.” Included in that report is a look at the oil sector in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi students at Murray State University in Kentucky have received a license to establish an Islamic center where they can organize cultural and social programs along with observing religious rites.
