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Saudi’s Alwaleed Sues Forbes For $20bn Worth Error

Prince Alwaleed has attacked the U.S. magazine’s ranking of world billionaires as flawed and biased against Middle Eastern businesses.

Saudi’s Sabic Planning $4.23bn Steel Projects

A Jubail plant would have processing capacity of 1.5 million tonnes a year and the other, in Rabigh, one million tonnes a year.

Saudi Arabia Bans Viber Web Communication App

The Kingdom announced in March that it was planning to ban VoIP services such as Skype and Viber.

Saudi Family Algosaibi Names New Deputy CEO, CFO

The family conglomerate has hired three people from accounting firm Deloitte to senior management positions.

India’s L&T Wins $300m Gas Project In Saudi Arabia

L&T will build a plant with a processing capacity of 75 million standard cubic feet per day.

Saudi Petrochemical Plants Sahara, Sipchem Mull Merger

A feasibility study will be carried out by the two companies over the next five months.

Zain Saudi To Defer Paying $1.49bn In Licence Fees

The rescheduled payment, spread over seven years, will be treated as a commercial loan.

Saudi Arabia Buys 525,000 Tonnes Hard, Soft Wheat

The wheat is of optional origin from the European Union, Australia and North and South America.

Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding Sells $40m Mauritius Hotel Stake

The Saudi company sold its stake to Hawaii-based Outrigger Hotels and Resorts.

Saudi And Egypt Sign $1.6bn Deal To Link Power Grids

The project will allow both countries to share power of up to 3,000 megawatts.

Jeddah’s Islamic Development Bank Sells $1bn Sukuk

The senior, unsecured notes priced at a profit rate of 1.535 per cent, arranging banks said.

Almarai Plans To Boost Capital By 50%

The Saudi dairy firm will distribute bonus shares in a move approved by its shareholders.

Saudi Finance Minister Says 2013 Growth Will Top 4.4%

The International Monetary Fund forecasted Saudi Arabia’s GDP growth at 4.4 per cent, down from 6.8 per cent in 2012.

French Man Dies Of Coronavirus After Dubai Visit

The worldwide death toll now stands at 23 as Saudi Arabia reports five new cases.

Foreign Workers Queue To Quit Saudi Arabia

Earlier this year the kingdom began to crack down on the many foreign workers who violated their visa terms.

Saudi King Hands National Guard Ministry To Son

Prince Miteb’s promotion bolsters his credentials within the ruling al-Saud family.

Arabtec JV Wins $107m Saudi Hospital Deal

A joint venture between Arabtec and Terna won a contract to build a 105-bed hospital in Riyadh.

WHO To Help Saudi Investigate Coronavirus Before Haj

The virus, which can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia, emerged in Saudi Arabia last year and has been found in 33 people there, killing 17.

Oil Saving Win-Win Drives Saudi Solar Power Boom

Riyadh plans to install 41,000 megawatts (MW) of solar power over the next 20 years.

Aramco Awards Midyan Gas Project To India’s L&T

The project, estimated to be worth less than $300 million, is due to come online in mid-2016.

Dubai’s Drake And Scull Wins $461m Saudi Tower Contract

The twin-tower residential and commercial development will be built in Jeddah’s Corniche area.

Inflation A Potential Risk For Saudi Economy – IMF

The IMF predicts Saudi’s overall growth to reach 4.4 per cent this year, due partly to an expected decline in oil output.

Saudi Aramco Seeks Bids For Power Plant

The plant will use integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology to convert vacuum residue fuel from the refinery into a synthetic gas.

REVEALED: The Biggest Banks In Saudi Arabia

Taken from the Gulf Business Top 50 Banks, these are the biggest banks in the Kingdom by 2012 total assets.

Three Hotel Brands Make Their Move On Saudi Arabia

Ascott is opening up in Riyadh, while the first One & Only Resort and first Staybridge Suites in KSA are opening in Jeddah

Saudi Arabia To Import High Diesel Volumes This Summer

Saudi Aramco is estimated to import 8.9 million barrels of diesel in June, up from around 6.7 to 7.5 million barrels in May.

Saudi Oil Exports Fell In March As Power Use Rose

The Kingdom produced 9.136 million bpd of oil in March, 14,000 bpd less than in February.

Saudi Maaden Reopens Phosphate, Ammonia Plants

The company’s financial impact of the shut-down is initially estimated at SAR119 million.

Saudi Arabia Says Hackers Sabotage Government Websites

An investigation traced the attacks to hundreds of internet protocol addresses in a number of countries.

Saudi Regulations Target Stock Market Speculators

The Capital Market Authority announced a series of measures designed to reduce the volatility of shares, make them harder to manipulate and improve the quality of listed companies.