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Prince Alwaleed Backs Fines For Expat Firms

The new policy means companies will be fined if less than 50 per cent of their workforce is made up of Saudi nationals.

Kingdom Holding To Sell NY Plaza For $32.9m Profit

Sahara India Pariwar completed its purchase of a 75 per cent stake in the Plaza for $575 million.

Goldman Hires Barclays Banker For Saudi Business

The Saudi national will take up the role of co-chief exectuive and head of investment.

Saudi To Invest Over $133bn In Power Investment

Power consumption rose by nine per cent in the first half of 2012.

Saudi F-15 Jet Crashes On Training Mission, Pilot Missing

The defense ministry said the jet went down in Saudi waters and that authorities were investigating the cause of the crash.

Saudi’s Maaden Signs $260m Deals With US Firms

The contracts will develop an industrial city in the north of KSA as it looks to develop its mining industry.

Five Companies Bid For New SABIC Plastic Plant

The plant is expected to require an investment of nearly $400 million.

Saudi Mobily In 10% Bonus Share Issue

Each shareholder will receive one new bonus share for every 10 held.

Saudi Postpones Awarding New Aviation Licenses

The Kingdom has said that it needs more time to award the winning bids, which were expected to be announced by November-end.

Zain Saudi Extends $2.4bn Loan For 5th Time

The telecoms operator has postponed the maturity date of the murabaha facility to December 19.

Saudi Diplomat Shot Dead In Yemen

The assistant military attache at the Saudi embassy and his bodyguard were fired upon in their car.

UAE’s Etisalat Backs Saudi Unit After SIM Ban

Etisalat’s Saudi unit, Mobily, has been banned from selling pre-paid SIM cards by the Kingdom’s regulator.

Samsung, Shanghai Electric Win $3bn Saudi Water Plant Deal

The new plant, called Yanbu III, will have a capacity of 550,000 cubic metres per day of desalinated water.

Saudi Aramco To Shut Most Of Yanbu Refinery

The joint venture energy firm plans to bring a cleaner fuel project online.

Saudi Regulator Suspends Mobily From Selling SIM Cards

Mobily will not able to resume sales of pre-paid cards until it meets provisioning requirements.

Revealed: Top 10 Companies In Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom saw increased liquidity and banking deposits in 2012, fuelled by high oil prices and government spending.

WHO Says 4 New Cases Of SARS-Like Virus Found In Saudi, Qatar

The total number of cases has now risen to six, and two of the patients have died.

Saudi Bookstore Jarir Plans 70% Expansion

The chain is planning to spend $40 million a year, targeting the Gulf’s population growth.

Saudi’s Dar Al Arkan Looks To Buy Foreign Properties

The kingdom’s biggest real estate developer is planning to expand its assets abroad.

Barclays Denies Illegal Payment For Saudi Licence

Lender in new investigation into improper payments to win a banking licence in the Kingdom.

Saudi Arabia To Fine Firms With Foreign Worker Majorities

Private sector companies will have to pay $640 a year for each excess foreigner they employ.

Drake & Scull Wins Contracts Worth $87 Million

The Dubai firm secures contracts in Saudi Arabia and the UAE ahead of Q3 profit announcement.

US To Overtake Saudi As Top Oil Producer – IEA

Forecasts suggest the States will achieve self-sufficiency in oil and gas and become an exporter by 2030.

Saudi King To Undergo Back Operation Next Week

King Abdullah will undergo a back operation to tighten a loose ligament in his back, the royal court has said.

Saudi Arabia Allows Rights Trade On Stock Market

The move comes as the Kingdom prepares to open its stock market to direct investment by foreign institutions.

Saudi Arabia Says Not Aware Of Barclays Probe

US authorities are reportedly investigating whether Barclays made any improper payment to win a banking licence in Saudi.

British PM Cameron Meets KSA’s King Abdullah

The two leaders discussed regional and international developments, Palestine and the situation in Syria.

Abu Dhabi Loses Its World’s Biggest SWF Crown

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global has beaten the emirate to the top spot with assets worth $656.2 billion.

Saudi’s Almarai To Issue Private Sukuk

The dairy company raised SAR1 billion through the first tranche of a Sukuk in March this year.

Riyadh Blast Estimated To Cost Over $80m

Atleast 22 people were killed and over 130 were injured in a gas tanker explosion in Riyadh on Thursday.