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General Abizaid Faces Tough Questions from U.S. Senators in Confirmation Hearing
- March 7,2019
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- SUSTG Team
President Trump’s choice for the next U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia faced tough questions from U.S. senators but defended the U.S.-Saudi relationship on Wednesday and said the United States needed “a strong and mature partnership with Saudi Arabia.” Retired General John Abizaid’s confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was the first of this session […]
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Positives Seen in Latest Saudi Government Labor Market Data as Vision 2030 Reforms Take Hold
- March 1,2019
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s workforce saw an increase in female participation and a slight decline in unemployment, according latest data on the Saudi labor revealed in a Jadwa Investment report. The General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) labor market release for Q3 2018 shows that unemployment declined slightly to 12.8 percent, from 12.9 percent in the previous two […]
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Analysis: Vision 2030 is Well Underway. Here’s What’s Needed to Make it a Success.
- February 25,2019
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- Hussain Abusaaq
In 2016, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced his “Vision 2030″—the most comprehensive transformation plan in the history of the country, which includes wide-ranging social and economic reforms. Vision 2030 was designed as a 14-year project; however, in its first three years, we have already seen tangible advances, such as fiscal consolidation efforts, […]
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Arrives in India for Next Stop of Asia Tour
- February 20,2019
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in India for the second stop on a three-country tour of Asian nations as the Kingdom looks to boost relationships and trade opportunities in the East. India “rolled out the red carpet for the crown prince,” Reuters reports, amid simmering tensions with neighboring Pakistan following a militant attack in […]
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Al-Falih: ‘Going forward the world is going to be Saudi Aramco’s playground’
- February 12,2019
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- SUSTG Team
In a new interview with the Financial Times, Saudi Arabia’s powerful minister of energy, industry, and mineral resources Khalid Al-Falih indicated that Saudi Aramco would take on an active position as investor in resource opportunities outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s state-owned energy company, Saudi Aramco, will seek to develop an international energy […]
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Ambitious Saudi Entertainment Push Announced by GEA’s Turki al-Sheikh
- January 23,2019
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia is looking to maintain heavy investment in the entertainment sector in 2019, according to comments made by a top Saudi official, as it looks to make good on key Vision 2030 economic reforms. Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia’s recently named chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, Turki al-Sheikh, said the Kingdom would put on […]
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Saudi Arabia, Other Gulf Nations to Join JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Emerging-Market Bond Indexes
- January 18,2019
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia and four other Gulf nations will join JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s emerging-market bond indexes this month, Bloomberg reports, “potentially paving the way for billions of dollars in inflows into the securities.” The debt offerings from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait will represent about 11.8 percent of the EMBI Global […]
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Saudi Arabia Eyes Major Domestic Energy Conservation by 2030, Al Falih Says
- January 15,2019
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia expects to throttle back domestic energy consumption by 2030 by up to the equivalent of 2m barrels of oil per day, in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 economic and social reform initiative, according to comments made by Khalid Al-Falih published by Reuters. Saudi Arabia has long used easily extracted oil reserves for […]
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A Gradual Pickup in Private Sector Lending in Saudi Arabia Seen in Monetary Update
- January 11,2019
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- SUSTG Team
A recently-released report by Jadwa Investment finds a gradual pickup in private sector lending since April 2018 after showing a slowdown in 2017 and Q1 2018. The Monetary and Financial Update report from the Riyadh-based Jadwa looks at the Kingdom’s monetary policy and other key economic data. Jadwa Investment sees “a rising level of uncertainty” in the […]
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Saudi Arabia Seeks Balanced Budget by 2023 – Al Jadaan
- December 20,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s finance minister told Reuters on Wednesday he was “unconcerned with current oil prices impacting spending plans in 2019″ and the government still aims to close its budget deficit by 2023 – though the target is not set in stone. The government unveiled a $295 billion budget on Tuesday, the kingdom’s largest, with a […]
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Maestro PizzaIs Maestro reshaping the pizza market in Saudi Arabia?
Some of Saudi’s better known local brands in the QSR industry are chains like Al Baik and Al Tajaz – imperial long-standing brands that have dominated the market for years, proving the Saudi market values home-grown offerings. The same trend can be seen in Saudi’s pizza market, where much smaller newcomers like Maestro Pizza are able to equally compete against international pizza brands.
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Lockheed MartinWill F-35 Program Boost Lockheed Martin’s Q2 Earnings?
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program continues to be a primary growth driver for the company, with 370 production aircraft in backlog as of Mar 31, 2019. During the first quarter, the company delivered 26 F-35 aircraft, reflecting 85.7% improvement year over year.
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SudanWhat’s at stake in Sudan’s transition?
Sudan’s ruling military council and an alliance of protest and opposition groups have signed a political accord on a three-year transition towards elections.
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IndiaWhy Is India Trying to Kill Off Hedge Funds?
That industry is domestic hedge funds, which have taken seven years to reach $6 billion in investment commitments from nothing. By contrast, equity investment in India by overseas financial investors is upward of $400 billion.
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Nuclear PowerIran’s nuclear program seems to be accelerating. Will Saudi Arabia take a similar path?
While most observers focus on the spiral of U.S. pressure and Iranian defiance, the situation has broader implications for nuclear programs elsewhere — specifically, whether Saudi Arabia could follow in Iran’s footsteps.
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Iran Nuclear AgreementHow Close Is Iran to a Nuclear Bomb, Really?
But experts say the violation is more of a symbolic move than a concrete step toward obtaining a nuclear weapon. Though most agree that Iran has the expertise and capability to eventually build such a device, it is not clear that Tehran has the intent or even sees the necessity of doing so.
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Peace to ProsperityThe Bahrain meeting: A chance for Israel-Gulf rapprochement? ael
Analysts say improved ties between Israel and Arab countries cannot take place in the absence of a tangible progress to defuse the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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Women DriversWhat has changed since Saudi women started driving?
Today is the first anniversary of the female driving ban being lifted in Saudi Arabia, and many women are celebrating this day by talking about their journey, their moments of joy and what has changed since they started their engines.
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OPEC meetingsOPEC Averts Scheduling Conflict Between Russia, Iran And Saudi Arabia. But Can They Get Along?
OPEC was originally supposed to hold its regular biannual meeting, along with its joint meeting with non-OPEC partner countries, on June 25 and 26. However, less than a month before, Russia’s oil minister, Alexander Novak, suddenly claimed that he had a scheduling conflict. As the largest producer among the non-OPEC partner countries, Russia was important to the meeting. Saudi Arabia backed a rescheduling, but Iran complained that OPEC should not reschedule for a country that is not actually a member of their organization.
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InvestmentWant to set up a company in Saudi Arabia? Here’s what you should know
Saudi Arabia, the biggest economy in the Gulf region, has taken many steps to become a regional hub for foreign investment and attract more companies to the private sector, aligned with its Vision 2030 goal of a more diversified economy.
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