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Glowork And Mihnati.com Partner To Boost Saudi Employment

Strategic partnership aims to support Saudis looking to find work.

Saudi Electricity Proposes 2013 Cash Dividend Of $0.19 Per Share

In January, the monopoly said its annual profit for 2013 rose 19 per cent to 3.04 billion riyals from a year earlier.

Saudi Aujan Coca-Cola Plans $100m Fruit-Juice Factory In Egypt

The plant will be commissioned between 2016 and 2017, a senior official said.

Saudi Central Bank Expects Further Drop Of Inflation In Q1

Consumer price growth in the world’s top oil exporter has been easing gradually since hitting a peak of 4.0 per cent in April 2013.

Saudi Contractor Al Khodari Recommends $0.13 Per Share 2013 Dividend

The contractor reported a 69 per cent decline in fourth-quarter net profit last month.

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Saudi Kingdom Holding To Pay $0.03 Per Share Dividend For Q4

The company posted a 10.3 per cent rise in fourth-quarter profit in January, mainly due to a rise in the value of its investments.

Saudi Internet Monitors Turn Focus On Syria-Fuelled Radicalism

Syria’s civil war has led to a new, greater threat of Islamist radicalism in Saudi…

US Negotiator At Iran Talks Heads To Saudi Arabia, UAE

Under secretary for political affairs Wendy Sherman will travel to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Jerusalem next week for consultations with respective governments.

Saudi Airlines Secures $1.9bn Loan To Fund Planes

The loan will finance the delivery of the next 17 aircraft on order for the carrier.

Saudi Telecom To Screen First-Day Movie Releases For TV Customers

At present Saudis must wait six to nine months after films are released in cinemas to watch them on local pay-television.

Saudi Arabia Jails Seven Men For Demonstrating

The men had been also convicted of chanting slogans against the Kingdom.

Saudi Arabia, Malaysia Exchanges To Boost Islamic Finance Ties

An agreement will see the exchanges share expertise and develop human capital.

BAE Systems Agrees Pricing On Saudi Eurofighter Deal

The original contract had to be renegotiated after Saudi requested more advanced weaponry and equipment for the Typhoon fleet.

Emaar, Abdul Latif Jameel Create JV To Develop Projects In Saudi

The new entity, called Emaar Jameel, will focus on developing integrated real estate projects in the Kingdom.

Saudi Utility Starts Power Output From Ras Al Khair

Power production at Ras Al Khair was expected to start in late 2012 but was delayed by construction issues.

Saudi To Lend $57.8m To Pakistan For Hydro Power Project

The Kingdom will also provide Pakistan a credit facility of $125 million for the import of urea.

Saudi Arabia’s MERS Death Toll Reaches 60

The latest casualty to succumb to MERS virus in Saudi Arabia was a 22-year old man, according to health authorities.

Saudi Hardware Retailer Picks HSBC’s Saudi Arm As Listing Adviser

The firm will list 30 per cent of its shares on the Kingdom’s stock exchange.

Saudi’s Tallest Tower To Consume 80,000 Tonnes Of Steel

Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower, which is 173 metres taller than Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, is slated for completion in 2018.

Saudi Gets First Female Newspaper Editor

Somayya Jabarti has been appointed editor in chief of the English daily Saudi Gazette.

No Oil, But A Phosphate Future For Saudi Desert Outpost

Waad al-Shimal, a joint venture between Maaden, SABIC and US phosphate and potash producer Mosaic, is a massive new project coming up in the far north of Saudi.

REVEALED: Saudi Arabia’s Most Powerful Arabs

Aziza Al Yousef, the female driving ban opponent, makes the top five most powerful Saudi Arabs.

Yemen Hands 29 Qaeda Militants To Saudi Arabia

The Yemeni defence ministry website quoted sources as saying the militants had Saudi nationality.

Saudi Arabian Airlines Picks Adviser For Cargo Unit’s Share Sale

A stake in the maintenance subsidiary is expected to be sold to the public before June 2015.

Saudi Aramco Asks Firms To Bid Again For Jizan Power Plant

Aramco has re-tendered three of the four construction packages.

Family Blames Saudi Gender Segregation Rules For Student’s Death

Amena Bawazir, a student at the King Saud University in Riyadh, died of heart problems last week.

Saudi Hotel Fire Kills 15 Pilgrims

All 15 were Egyptians and the blaze was started by an electrical short circuit, said reports.

Saudi Arabia’s Mortgage Law To Boost Markets

Changes in Saudi’s mortgage law in 2013 are expected to boost banks in the GCC’s largest domestic market.

Saudi Arabia Fourth Largest Defence Spender In 2013

The report estimated Saudi Arabia was spending $59.6 billion, a rise of 8.6 per cent.

QNB Financial Services Expands Coverage To Saudi, Egypt, UAE

The brokerage is seeing increased interest in the three markets among Qatari investors.