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Saudi Arabia NEOM Investment Fund (NIF) will hold 6% of Technogym share capital after an 111-million-euro ($120.83 million) investment and "intends to be a long-term minority shareholder in the Italian fitness-equipment maker," the fund said on Friday per a report in Reuters.

Physician, non-fiction author, and broadcast media commentator and writer Dr. Qanta Ahmed joins The 966 from New York to discuss the “colossal” changes in Saudi Arabia since Vision 2030 was launched and her view that Saudi Arabia has emerged as an increasingly important and influential global power

In a recent study, Redseer Strategy Consultants shared that the use of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services is on the rise in the Middle East. The UAE and Saudi Arabia outscored their regional peers.

The new vehicle, Alat, and SoftBank will invest as much as $150 million to establish a fully-automated manufacturing and engineering hub in Riyadh. The venture will build industrial robots based on intellectual property developed by SoftBank, with the first factory set to open in December.