Financial Institutions Saudi Monetary Agency loans may ease banks liquidity squeeze:Fitch aya salah Aug 4, 2016 0 The Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency's decision on 31 July to extend SAR15bn (USD4bn) of one-year loans to Saudi…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s Fast food chain Cook Door to open 75 branches in Saudi Arabia Noha Gad Aug 1, 2016 0 Egyptian fast food chain Cook Door is set to establish around 75 new branches in the Saudi Capital Riyadh within…
Financial Institutions IMF praises Saudi reform goals, resilient system Yomna Yasser Jul 30, 2016 0 Reforms have helped Saudi Arabia strengthen the financial system while the banking sector is well positioned to…
Banks 5 Egyptian banks make it onto The Banker’s top 1000 banks list Yomna Yasser Jul 28, 2016 0 The Banker magazine has included five Egyptian banks in its annual top 1,000 world banks, according to a statement…
Industry & Trade Saudi’s SABIC studies petchems JV with Exxon Mobil affiliate Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2016 0 Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), one of the world's largest petrochemicals groups, announced on Monday it is…
MENA News Israeli Knesset members to visit Saudi Arabia for the first time ever aya salah Jul 25, 2016 0 Arab-Israeli member of the Knesset Issawi Frej told Israeli state media on Sunday that preparations are ongoing…
Arab Gulf stocks retreat as oil’s fall outweighs Q2 earnings Yomna Yasser Jul 24, 2016 0 Gulf stock markets dropped Sunday as sharp falls in oil prices late last week outweighed a few positive corporate…
Arab Gulf bourses soft as oil’s decline outweighs Q2 earnings Yomna Yasser Jul 24, 2016 0 Gulf stock markets were soft in early trade Sunday as weaker oil prices at the end of last week outweighed a few…
MENA News Saudi official makes rare Jerusalem visit, meets Israelis aya salah Jul 24, 2016 0 Israel's Foreign Ministry says a senior official has met with a visiting former military general from Saudi…
Tech news Top Saudi clerical body renews fatwa against Pokemon Ghada Ismail Jul 21, 2016 0 Saudi Arabia's top clerical body has renewed a 15-year-old edict that the Pokemon game franchise is un-Islamic,…