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Saudi prince seeks to reassure investors after corruption crackdown

Some business leaders were unsettled by the swoop on top princes, businessmen and government officials

Saudi cabinet approves bankruptcy law

Modern bankruptcy legislation does not currently exist in Saudi Arabia

Saudi chamber asks for new foreign worker levy to be scrapped

Jeddah Chamber says the fee has put 15.6% of firms in the city on the verge of closure

Saudi women can now start a business without male guardian’s permission

Men and women will now be treated equally when it comes to registering a business

Amazon, Meta join ranks of tech companies slashing thousands of jobs

Revealed: Top 5 most applied for jobs in Saudi in 2017

Surprisingly the top entry was at Saudi Arabia’s e-government programme

Saudi appoints first female sports vice president

Nora Saleh AlTurki has been appointed vice president of the Saudi Shooting Federation

Saudi councils call for foreign worker levy to be scrapped

The SAR300-400 monthly fee for each foreign worker a company employs was introduced on January 1

Newly free Saudi Prince Alwaleed gives to football club

The businessman says he donated more than $530,000 to Al Hilal FC

Saudi developer plans debut sukuk for social housing

Salman Abdullah Bin Saedan Real Estate Group plans to use the funds for its social housing projects

Saudi sends a signal after giving up control of Brussels mosque

Belgian leaders say they want the mosque to preach a “European Islam”

Saudi work ban could see tens of thousands of expats lose their jobs

The kingdom’s labour ministry announced a decree last month barring foreign workers from 12 retail job roles

Saudi Ritz reopens after stint as gilded prison

The hotel’s opulent lobby appeared normal

Saudi says Houthi rockets injured three children

Saudi Arabia and the US accuse Iran of providing Houthi militias in Yemen with missile components

Saudi Public Prosecution to hire women investigators for first time

Once selected applicants will take on roles including criminal investigation and inspecting prisons

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SABIC talks halt Clariant’s strategic update

SABIC is now the Swiss firm’s largest shareholder, after an activist investor sold its 25 per cent share to the Saudi company

Senior cleric says long robes not necessary for Saudi women

The member of the Council of Senior Scholars said Muslim women should dress modestly, but not have to wear an abaya

Saudi executes four Pakistanis for rape, murder

The group broke into a house in Riyadh to steal gold and money

Investcorp to fit out some of its part-owned Saudi gyms for women

A surge in demand from women has led to the move, says co-CEO

Saudi Arabia temporarily bans poultry imports from India over bird flu

Officials say the ban was issued in accordance with a warning released by the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health

Saudi awards palace contracts for $500bn mega city NEOM

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans for the 26,500 square km zone in October

Saudi’s Shoura Council approves 40-hour working week for localised jobs

Many of the foreign workers being replaced would work 45 hours or more a week

Work continues on world’s tallest tower after Saudi corruption purge

Project backers Prince Alwaleed and Bakr Bin Laden were detained in the kingdom’s corruption probe

Saudi Arabia plans to seize controlling stake in broadcaster MBC

Reports claim officials plan to transfer 60 per cent of the regional broadcaster, leaving the remaining 40 per cent with the company’s chairman

Saudi man in Oklahoma charged with lying about al Qaeda training

The accused’s fingerprints were found on documents at an al Qaeda safe house in Afghanistan, said the US Justice Department

Saudi Arabia looks to refinance $10bn syndicated loan, say sources

HSBC, JPMorgan and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group are claimed to be working on the refinancing

Saudi to spend $32bn on subsidised home loans

The kingdom is hoping to spur private sector participation in the mortgage market

Saudi employers face $530 fine for holding on to passports

Repeated violations will result in the fine being doubled

Saudi intercepts missile fired towards Khamis Mushait

The kingdom and United States accuse Iran of providing Yemen’s Houthi rebels with missile components

Saudi says more than 500,000 visa violators arrested in crackdown

The campaign ran from mid November to early February

Saudi shops accused of increasing prices due to change shortage

The introduction of VAT has seen shops in the UAE and Saudi complain of a lack of small coins