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Saudi best in MidEast for doing business
- October 24,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia is the best country in the Middle East for doing business, according to a new study published by the World Bank. The Gulf kingdom, the world’s largest oil producer, was ranked 22nd globally in the ‘Doing Business 2013’ report, ahead of neighbour the UAE which placed 26th. Elsewhere in the GCC, Qatar came […]
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The Saudi Economy: Still Shining
- October 22,2012
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- SUSTG Team
A recently released October 2012 economic report by Jadwa Investment finds that a recent flow of data has been generally stronger than expected, and as a result of high oil production (which elevates the hydrocarbon sector growth to 6.1 percent for the year) Jadwa raises its projections for Saudi Arabia’s budget and current account surpluses. […]
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Energy policy: What we need to talk about
- October 18,2012
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- SUSTG Team
For starters, the United States is already over 80 percent (up from 70 percent a decade ago) self sufficient when it comes to energy production and use. We are routinely described as the Saudi Arabia of coal, and have the largest nuclear fleet in the world. We are the world’s largest natural gas producer and […]
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Randa Hudome: How do I get my business over to the Middle East?
- October 18,2012
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- SUSTG Team
In addition to featured speakers such as President Bill Clinton and Mr. Abdullah Alireza the recent C3 Summit in New York City presented a number of compelling panel discussions addressing commercial and trade issues related to doing business in the MENA region.
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Saudi oil sales to U.S. robust despite refinery upsets
- October 17,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia appears to be keeping its pledge to ensure global markets are well supplied with oil, barely letting up in shipments to the United States even after two of its biggest refining customers suffered crippling glitches. A Reuters analysis of U.S. import data shows sales to the world’s top oil consumer have dipped less […]
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Public policy considerations in Saudi Arabia’s new Arbitration Law
- October 15,2012
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- Richard Wilson
We see plenty of coverage these days of Saudi Arabia’s growing economy; and justifiably so. Expansionary government spending, elevated oil prices, a strong banking system, a maturing private-sector, increasing diversification, growing foreign investment and other factors contribute to an exciting period for Saudi Arabia. While elevated oil prices have fueled Saudi Arabia’s impressive recent growth, […]
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Dubai and Saudi Chambers seek stronger ties
- October 14,2012
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- SUSTG Team
To share expertise and best practice across the GCC region, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted a delegation led by the Council of Saudi Chambers at its head office recently. The group of 17 senior officials from various Saudi chambers of commerce, led by Omar A. Bahlaiwa, Secretary General of the Council of Saudi […]
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Saudi market opening to take ‘a while’ as conditions debated
- October 11,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia — the largest, most liquid and yet least accessible stock market in the Arab world — is considering opening its stock market to foreign investors in a move that could help turn the local market into a regional trading hub. But when the kingdom will make its final decision on this proposal, which […]
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Jadwa Investment: Shifts in Foreign Investor Flows and the TASI
- October 9,2012
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- SUSTG Team
A recently released Jadwa Investment report discusses shifts in foreign investment in the Saudi stock market, also known as the TASI. “Big changes in foreign investment in the Saudi stock market tend to come ahead of moves in the TASI, meaning that local investors can benefit from tracking what foreign investors are doing. In six of the seven […]
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High capital/solid profitability: Saudi banking system remains stable
- October 8,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The outlook for Saudi Arabia’s banking system remains stable, says Moody’s Investors Service in a new Banking System Outlook. The key drivers of the outlook are (1) a benign operating environment; (2) low problem loan levels; (3) strong loss-absorption capacity, underpinned by high capital buffers and solid profitability; and (4) the sector’s stable, low-cost deposit […]
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Islamic StateUS Ramps Up Airstrikes on IS in Kobani
U.S. warplanes have ramped up the number of airstrikes against ISIS fighters in the besieged city of Kobani, launching 21 airstrikes since Monday, officials said today.
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NCBSaudi bank’s $6 billion IPO ignites religious controversy, but IPO ‘unlikely’ to be derailed
"Plans by Saudi Arabia's biggest bank for a $6 billion initial public offer of shares, the largest-ever equity sale in the Arab world, have run into religious controversy with some clerics suggesting it violates Islamic principles" but "Securities analysts said the controversy was unlikely to sway enough investors to derail the IPO of state-owned National Commercial Bank, which is due to start next week," Reuters reports.
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EconomyMENA region to witness 4.2 percent growth in 2015, World Bank Says
Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to average 4.2 percent in 2015, up from 3.5 percent this year, the World Bank said in a report published on Wednesday, as representatives from across the globe gather in Washington for the IMF and World Bank’s annual meetings.
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KobaneU.S. frustration rises as Turkey withholds military help from besieged Kobane
“They want the U.S. to come in and take care of the problem,” a senior official said, but the Pentagon has said U.S. strikes alone can’t drive the Islamic State from Kobane, on Turkey’s border.
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Saudi-LebanonLebanon to get Saudi-financed arms soon
Lebanon's army will soon receive military equipment as part of a $1 billion grant from Saudi Arabia to help it fight Islamist militants encroaching into Lebanon from Syria, former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday.
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ISIS and Air StrikesIntensified U.S. airstrikes keep Kobane from falling to Islamic State militants
The strikes followed the request by Turkey for intensified U.S. efforts to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town, known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic, from falling to the Islamic State, Turkish officials said. Turkey has lined up tanks and troops within view of the Syrian Kurdish fighters defending Kobane but has not sought to intervene — for a tangle of reasons bound up with its complicated relationship with Kurds and its doubts about the goals of the international coalition fighting the extremists.
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NCB IPOJumbo $6 bln bank IPO shows Saudi too big to miss
For everyone else, the listing is an example of the large opportunities that will soon be available in a fast-growing, relatively well-regulated emerging market that is more stable than most. Saudi Arabia plans to allow direct investment by foreign financial institutions by the end of the first half of 2015, using a framework similar to China’s quota-based system for international investors. With a combined capitalisation worth more than Russia’s main index and equivalent to 80 percent of Brazil’s Bovespa, Saudi Arabia is too big to ignore.
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Twitter and TalibanHow Twitter’s geolocation settings embarrassed the Taliban
On Friday, however, Mujahid posted several Tweets, apparently accidentally turning the social network's geolocation tracking on. His position came as a surprise to many: Instead of posting from Afghanistan, he seemed to be in Sindh, a Pakistani region in the southeast of the country.
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Lebanon, Saudi, Russian ArmsLebanon to get Russian helicopters, air defense: report
Lebanon is considering using a Saudi grant to buy much needed weapons and equipment from Moscow to bolster its Army amid a jihadist threat, Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk has said. “There are talks on buying Russian arms and special equipment by Lebanon,” the World Tribune quoted Machnouk as saying during his visit to Moscow in late September to discuss weapons supplies to Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces.
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