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Saudi British Bank Recommends Bonus Share Issue To Boost Capital 50%

One bonus share would be issued for each two shares held, increasing the number of the bank’s outstanding shares to 1.5 billion from 1 billion.

Saudi’s MMG Given Go-Ahead To Sell Suspended Shares Over The Counter

Shares in the company have not traded since July 2012, when they were suspended by the regulator after breaching rules relating to accumulated losses.

Saudi Telecom To Book $166m Gain On Land Transfer To Government

The company originally announced in June that the government had seized a 1.05 million square metre plot in the Al Faisaliah district of Riyadh with a book value of SAR105.3 million.

Saudi 2015 Budget Expected To Raise Spending Marginally

Saudi Arabia will continue spending actively on major strategic projects such as housing, transport and the construction of industrial cities, a newspaper said.

Oil Slides As Saudi Naimi Tells Market To Forget OPEC Cuts

Naimi also said the Saudis might boost output instead to grow their market share and that oil “may not” trade at $100 again.

Saudis Counting On $745 Billion To Defend Riyal Peg: Currencies

The country’s current-account surplus will remain the world’s fourth-largest by the end of 2014 even after oil’s decline, economists say.

Saudi’s Naimi Says OPEC Will Not Cut Output However Far Oil Falls

OPEC met on November 27 and declined to cut production despite a slide in prices, marking a shift in strategy towards defending market share rather than supporting prices.

Saudi Budget To Be Released Later This Week

The budget is anxiously awaited by financial markets.

Oil Rebounds Above $62, Tracking Broader Markets

Brent crude is down 46 per cent from the year’s peak in June above $115 per barrel.

Saudi Oil Minister Says Ready To Raise Output If New Clients Emerge

The remark was one of the strongest signals yet that the world’s top oil exporter has no intention of cutting output in the face of sliding oil prices.

Saudi Says Won’t Cut Oil Output Even If Non-OPEC Nations Do

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi insisted that oil prices would improve, although it was unclear when.

Stock News: Gulf Markets Continue Rally On Oil, Saudi Budget Hopes

The Dubai index jumped 9.9 per cent, while the main Saudi index rose 2.5 per cent.

Expat Residents Should Be Allowed Visa-Free Travel Across GCC – Official

The move will boost the GCC’s tourism industry, helping sectors such as aviation and hospitality.

Saudi-Based Alkhabeer Capital Launches New Unit To Fund Start-Ups

The new company, Alkhabeer Ventures, will help fund businesses in sectors such as technology, mobile, e-commerce, news media and social media.

Saudi’s Naimi Confident That Market Will Improve

OPEC producers sought to bring balance to the market but a lack of cooperation from other producers led to a continued fall in prices, Naimi said.

Saudi Forces Kill Four Militants In Awamiya – Interior Ministry

The dead were behind the killing of a member of the security forces and wounding of another last week, a ministry spokesman said.

Saudi Rulers Reconsider Ties To Wahhabi Clergy

Radicalisation of Muslims in the Kingdom has led to domestic attacks and the involvement of Saudis in jihadist movements.

Saudi Arabia’s Naimi Says Difficult For OPEC To Cut Oil Output

Saudi Arabia, the largest producer in OPEC, will stick to its policy to maintain output, Naimi said, according to state news agency SPA.

Saudi Crude Oil Exports Rise To Almost 6.9m bpd In October

The OPEC member exported 6.897 million barrels per day of crude in October, up from 6.722 million in September.

Despite Oil Slump, Saudi To Keep Spending On Projects In 2015 Budget

The Kingdom will continue spending on development projects and social benefits in 2015, its finance minister said.

PepsiCo Opens New Manufacturing Plant in Saudi, To Create 300 Jobs

The new snacks manufacturing facility, in Dammam, is the company’s 15th facility in the Middle East.

Saudi Prince Alwaleed’s Alarab News Channel To Go Live On Feb 1

The Arabic language news channel, based in Bahrain, was initially slated to begin airing in end-2012.

Dur Hospitality Inks Deal With IHG To Operate Hotels In Saudi Arabia

As per the deal, a number of Holiday Inn & Suites branded hotels will be developed across the Kingdom over the next five years, IHG said in a statement.

Saudi Arabian Security Man Shot Dead In Riyadh – Police

A gunman holding three labourers hostage shot dead a member of the security forces when police tried to free the captives.

Saudi’s Tasnee Names SABIC Finance Head As New CEO

Current CEO of Tasnee, Saleh bin Fahad al-Nazha, resigned for personal reasons, the company said.

Saudi King Gives $35m Grant For Ebola Fight

Under the grant, Jeddah-based IDB will setup treatment centres in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia and Mali.

Saudi Links Dane’s Shooting To Islamic State, Arrests 3

The Danish man was injured after he was shot in Riyadh last month.

Saudi Arabia Builds Start-Up Culture With State Oil Money

Saudi Aramco’s Entrepreneurship Center has funded 43 ventures in the past three years.

Saudi Oil Minister Naimi: “Why Should We Cut Production?”

The current stance of Saudi is seen as a shift from its longstanding policy to act as a swing supplier, analysts say.

Differences Persist Despite Unity Pledges At GCC’s “Happy Summit”

Differences still exist between the six GCC states over issues relating to Egypt, Libya and Iran.