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Saudi Arabia will allow foreigners to own stakes in its listed companies
December 30th, 2014
Saudi Arabian stocks rallied yesterday amid signs that that the world’s biggest oil exporter would allow foreigners to own stakes in its listed companies by April next year. The drop in oil prices, however, may deter investment in the ...
Investigation of Mobily accounting errors key test of Saudi Arabia’s governance resolve
November 24th, 2014
An investigation into accounting irregularities at Saudi Arabia’s No 2 phone operator is shaping up as a key test of governance as the kingdom’s markets open up to foreign investment Shares in the Saudi phone operator Etihad Etisalat, also ...
Dubai Islamic Bank signs $230 million aircraft financing deal with Air Arabia
November 19th, 2014
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) and Air Arabia announced today the signing of an aircraft financing deal to facilitate the delivery of six new Airbus A320 aircrafts in 2015.The signing ceremony was held in the DIB head office in the ...
Oil price slide threatens energy subsidies in Arabian Gulf states
November 10th, 2014
Low oil prices may lead Arabian Gulf states to issue additional debt and cut energy subsidies, according to the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s. “If there’s a prolonged oil price correction, corporate and government-related entities may have to change ...
At Trial, Arab Bank’s Lawyer Spars With Witness
September 5th, 2014
For three days, the former chief of the Israeli military’s Palestinian Affairs Department delivered important, if a bit dry, testimony in the terrorism financing trial of Arab Bank in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. The witness, Arieh Spitzen, had ...
Arab Bank Questions Hamas Links in Terror-Funding Trial
August 28th, 2014
Arab Bank Plc, accused in a U.S. trial of helping finance suicide bombings in and near Israel by processing transactions to benefit Hamas, sought to cast doubt on victims’ claims the attacks were caused by the Palestinian militant group. ...
Arab Bank Plc in trial in the U.S. for financing Hamas
August 8th, 2014
Arab Bank Plc ARBK.AM faces accusations that it provided material support to the Palestinian group Hamas. The bank will go under trial next week in New York making it the first financing case in the United States. The Jordan-based ...
Saudi Arabian stock market to open to foreign investors
July 22nd, 2014
Saudi Arabia’s stock market will open up to foreign investors for the first time, the country has announced. The move, which should happen in the first half of 2015, sparked a 3% rise in the Tadawul index in early ...
Arab Bank group profit rises by seven per cent
July 17th, 2014
Arab Bank Group net profit after tax and provisions during the first half of 2014 grew by seven per cent to $414.9 million from $387.3 million in the same period last year. Loans and advances also increased by four ...
Shale boom confounds forecasts as U.S. set to pass Russia, Saudi Arabia
July 9th, 2014
Four years into the shale revolution, the U.S. is on track to pass Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer of crude oil, most analysts agree. When that happens and by how much, though, has produced disparate ...
