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Saudi Commerce Ministry Refers MMG Board Members To Investigations Body

Saudi contractor Mohammed Al Mojil Group has not traded on the Saudi bourse since July 2012.

Snapchat Management Holds Talks With Saudi’s Prince Alwaleed

Prince Alwaleed has previously made investments in technology brands including Twitter and Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com.

Saudi Arabia, UAE Among Top Five Defence Importers In 2014 – IHS

The Kingdom overtook India to become the world’s biggest weapons importer in 2014, research company IHS said.

Saudi Arabia Rejects Rights Criticism After Flogging Of Blogger

A statement said the Kingdom’s constitution ensured the protection of human rights because it was based on Islamic Sharia law.

Saudi King Aims For New Sunni Bloc Vs Iran And ISIL

King Salman is trying to reinforce the need for unity in the Arab region and find a way to work around disagreements over the Muslim Brotherhood.

King Salman Banks On Welfare Spending In Gloomy Oil Era

Saudi Arabia recently announced a new round of bonuses for government employees, a direction that experts believe is opposite to what it should be doing in this time of cheap oil.

Saudi King Keeps Close Hand On Oil In Remodelling Strategic Team

King Salman is clearly laying the ground for a generational shift in how Riyadh develops its energy and economic strategies.

Qatar, Saudi, Kuwait Among Top 10 Nations Globally For Luxury Spending

Wealthy individuals in the three GCC nations especially spend on imported luxury goods and premium travel, finds new report.

Mobily Shares Surge On Hopes For Indirect Government Support

The Saudi telecoms operator’s stock had been suspended for a week until Thursday.

Saudi Arabia Expects Oil Price To Stabilise

The minister said that the Kingdom wanted the market to stabilise but said it will not subsidise higher cost producers.

Saudi Shipper Bahri Plans SAR3.9bn, 10-Year Sukuk Issue

The facility will be used to repay debt and for general business purposes.

Saudi Arabia, South Korea Sign MoU On Nuclear Power

The MoU calls for South Korean firms to help build at least two small-to-medium sized nuclear reactors in Saudi.

Saudi’s Mobily Says Can Meet All Debts After Earnings Debacle

The company said that it does not anticipate difficulties with respect to future financing repayments and costs.

Saudi Arabia Regulator To Resume Trade In Mobily Shares On Thursday

The regulator had suspended Mobily’s shares last Wednesday, after the company announced it had suffered a $243 million loss in 2014.

Saudi Arabia’s MERS Death Toll Reaches 400

The Kingdom also reported four new cases of MERS infections, bringing the total number of infections to 931 since 2012.

Kerry Visits Riyadh To Soothe Fears Of Stronger Iran Under Nuclear Deal

Convincing Saudi Arabia to accept any agreed nuclear deal is important to the US due to the kingdom’s strategic position in the region.

Saudi Market Regulator Says Suspects Insider Trading In Mobily Shares

The firm slashed its profits for 2013 and the first half of 2014 by a combined $381 million, citing accounting errors.

Saudi Consul Released After Three Years As Hostage In Yemen

Abdullah al-Khalidi, Saudi Arabia’s consul in Aden, was seized in March 2012.

Stock News: Egypt Rebounds, Saudi Arabia Flat

Saudi Arabia’s market lacked clear direction and was nearly flat as oil edged down towards $62 per barrel.

Egypt’s Sisi Meets New Saudi King To Discuss Middle East Crises

King Salman broke official protocol to meet Sisi at the airport.

Saudi Kayan Says President Resigns

The company said that the resignation will take effect from March 31.

Hilton Signs Up Three More Garden Inns

Hilton Garden Inn Dubai Al Jadaf becomes the brand’s fourth Dubai project

Saudi Aramco Senior VP Buainain Steps Down-Sources

Khalid al-Buainain took early retirement for personal reasons and his departure will take effect on Sunday.

UAE And Kuwait To Reopen Embassies In Yemen’s South, Backing Hadi

Yemen’s president Hadi, who was forced to resign by Houthis, fled to Aden where he has set up a new seat of power.

Rowan Says Expects Saudi Aramco To Keep Employing Its Rigs

Rowan said it was in talks with Saudi Aramco to extend contracts for four of its drillships and was looking to win contracts for three jack-up rigs.

Saudi Satisfaction With ‘Calm’ Oil Markets Signals $60 Anchor

In his first public comments since oil prices rebounded, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi signalled satisfaction with developments, saying he saw oil demand growing.

Middle East Funds Increasingly Bullish On Saudi Arabian Equities

Saudi Arabia plans to open its stock market to direct investment by foreign institutions in the first half of 2015.

Saudi To Hike April Crude OSPs For Asia, Arab Light

Higher OSPs would come as a vote of confidence by the OPEC kingpin in oil demand recovery.

Saudi Aramco Sees Jizan Refinery’s First Units Starting Up In 2017

The 400,000 barrels per day refinery is part of a $20 billion plan to develop an industrial city in Jizan.

Oil Rises To $59 As Saudis Say Demand Growing

Oil fell on Tuesday after a bigger-than-anticipated rise in U.S. crude oil stocks.