MUST-READS

• Gaza
  Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense as an occupier

  Saudi Arabia has said that the actions of the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, cannot be equated with Israel’s mass killings.

• US-Saudi
  Saudi air force calls for $2 billion upgrade to Boeing Sentry fleet

  The Pentagon notified Congress of a possible sale of five upgrade systems for the Royal Saudi Air Force’s Boeing Sentry Airborne Warning and Control Systems, which provide surveillance and command and controls communications with a 360-degree view of an area and the ability to identify and display targets more than 200 miles away.

• Nitaqat
  Saudi Arabia seen losing expats over visa limitation

  The Labor Ministry recently announced the decision, which will become effective from October 25, in a bid to encourage companies in the lowest ranking to improve their employment of Saudi nationals in the private sector.

• Nitaqat
  1.5 million Saudis now work in private sector

  There were almost 1.5 million Saudis employed in the private sector in 2013, an increase of more than 332,000 compared with 2012, according to data released by the Ministry of Labor.

• Infrastructure
  GCC to spend $86bn on infrastructure projects

  Infrastructure project awards across the GCC are forecast to exceed $86billion in 2014, an increase of 77.8 percent over 2013. New figures released by construction intelligence firm Ventures Onsites how a dramatic increase in contract awards across the region, in every country except Saudi Arabia.

• Luxury Items
  Saudis spend SR5.4 billion on perfumes

  The value of consumption of perfumes in the Gulf region throughout the year exceeded SR12 billion, with the Saudi market accounting for more than half — SR5.4 billion — throughout the year. In total, people in the Gulf region spend around SR45 billion on cosmetics, perfumes, oud and bukhoor, Makkah newspaper reported.

• Ramadan
  As Millions Of People Fast For Ramadan, Does The Economy Suffer? : NPR

  New research examines the effects of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month during which millions of people around the world go without food all day. Does religious practice affect economic growth?

• Shale
  Euphoria over shale gas ‘surge’ pointless

  While euphoria over the ongoing shale revolution and the energy independence of the Americas continue, yet, there are people - cautioning and asserting - the phenomenon is short-lived and the world would continue to be dependent on the energy- rich Middle East in medium to long term.

• Tadawul Opening
  Saudi Stock Market Foreign Opening: A Conversation with John Sfakianakis

  Last week the Saudi Capital Markets Authority announced the stock market, the Tadawul All Shares Index TASI, with a $530 billion capitalization, will open to foreign investment in less than 12 months. The announcement last week came as the Saudi economy continues to demonstrate strong performance with a recent IMF assessment noting it was one of the “best performing G-20 economies.”

• Questions of Weapons and Warnings in Past Barrage on a Gaza Shelter

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