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Bitcoin is going to ‘implode’ one day – Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed

Prince Alwaleed also said the valuation of electric car maker Tesla Inc was “too exuberant”

S&P opens Saudi office

Saudi national Meshari Al-Khaled has been appointed managing director and office head of the operation

Saudi Aramco CEO says IPO on track for 2018

Aramco is preparing to list about 5 per cent of its shares

Saudi to only issue one-year work visas to foreigners

The change comes ahead of an expected increase to the work permit fee

Saudi to let foreigners take strategic stakes in firms

Foreign investors with appropriate experience and expertise will be allowed to own such stakes

Saudi Arabia denies reports of official visiting Israel

The foreign affairs ministry said the news had “absolutely and categorically no truth”

Saudi plans SAR 100,000 fine for firms that violate weekend rule

Saudi opens restricted jobs to mothers, children of citizens

Individuals in these categories will now be able to work in professions limited to Saudis only

US official Tillerson says Saudi not ready for talks with Qatar on GCC crisis

The US Secretary of State met with the Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh

Saudi grants visa on arrival to babies of residents

Parents will no longer need to seek a visa for their newborn at the Saudi embassy in their home country

Only Saudi women can now work in female clothes, accessory stores in kingdom

The third phase of the decision to ‘feminise’ such outlets began on Saturday, October 21

Saudi’s first female head of sports aims to get women exercising

Princess Reema bint Bandar was appointed last week as the president of the Saudi Federation for Community Sports

Saudi says oil market improving as exporters comply with cutbacks

Saudi oil minister Khalid al-Falih didn’t say whether he would recommend that curbs be extended further

US secretary of state Tillerson lands in Saudi as he starts GCC tour

The six-day trip will also take him to Qatar, Pakistan, India and Switzerland

Saudi accuses 32 people of spying for Iran

Saudi needs Aramco billions as recession slows austerity drive

The slump is a threat to Saudi’s ambitious economic reforms

Saudi’s PIF establishes $20bn mortgage company

The Saudi Mortgage Refinancing Company will acquire portfolios, issue sukuk and provide access to financing

Saudi to host two major sporting events in 2018

The kingdom is seeking to boost its domestic entertainment offering

Saudi’s PIF establishes $507m energy efficiency unit

Super Esco will work to retrofit government buildings

Saudi sets up authority to monitor use of the ‘hadith’

The body’s aim will be to “eliminate fake and extremist texts”

Pakistani national executed for smuggling drugs into Saudi

The man was found guilty of smuggling heroin into the kingdom inside his bowels

Total, Saudi Aramco discussing JV refinery expansion

Capacity at their Saudi Arabia Total Refining and Petrochemical (SATORP) complex in Jubail can be raised

Saudi’s Haramain railway makes first trial journey to Makkah

The train started from the main station in Jeddah and reached Rusaifa Station at the entrance of the holy city

Earthquake strikes west of Jeddah in Saudi

The quake measured 3 on the Richter scale

Saudi detains 66 people for alleged links with terror groups

Those arrested include 61 Saudi nationals

China offers to buy 5% of Saudi Aramco directly

Allowing China to buy 5 per cent of Aramco would effectively mean cancelling the planned IPO

Saudi sovereign fund PIF hires senior officer

Greg Bankhurst has been appointed chief development officer

Riyadh workshop fire kills 10, Saudi launches investigation

The blaze broke out early on Sunday morning

Saudi national executed for drug smuggling

The man was executed for smuggling a “large quantity ” of drugs into the kingdom

Battle begins for Saudi’s budding e-commerce market

Noon.com – set to launch in the kingdom, will be competing with Souq.com

Saudi officially launches commercial courts to improve judicial system

The new courts are hoped to boost investment into the kingdom

Saudi may raise loan-deposit ratio for banks

The central bank last raised the ratio in February 2016, to 90 per cent from 85 per cent