Search Results for: Arab
Saudi Arabian stocks tumbled entering a so-called death cross
August 18th, 2015
Saudi Stocks Sink Into Death Cross as IMF Sees Growth Slowing Saudi Arabian stocks tumbled, entering a so-called death cross, after the International Monetary Fund said the drop in oil prices may force spending cuts and curtail the kingdom’s ...
OPEC leader Saudi Arabia is having to borrow money
August 7th, 2015
Saudi Arabia is not as rich as you thought. The oil kingdom is facing a big hole in its budget, caused by the slump in oil prices and a sharp rise in military spending. That’s forcing the government to ...
Russia Beats Saudi Arabia to Become China’s Top Oil Supplier
June 24th, 2015
Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia to become China‘s top oil supplier in May, news agency Bloomberg reported Tuesday, underlining the Kremlin’s efforts to boost ties with Beijing amid frosty relations with the West over the Ukraine crisis. Russian exports accounted for one-third of all China’s oil imports in May, ...
Lower Oil Revenues See Saudi-Arabia Open Up Stock Exchange
June 18th, 2015
Saudi Arabia may be rich enough to weather the current trend of low oil prices, but it’s losing money nonetheless and has found a way that it believes could help make up for the loss: opening its stock market ...
Saudi Arabia slips on lack of foreign inflows; Egypt flat
June 15th, 2015
Saudi Arabia‘s bourse gave up early gains and turned slightly negative on Monday after modest trading volumes indicated there were no significant fund inflows from abroad on the first day that the market opened to direct foreign investment. After ...
Top companies in the Arab World 2015
June 15th, 2015
The UAE features heavily in the Forbes Middle East study into the top-performing companies in the Arab World. Find out which firms made the top 10 1st: Sabic. The list was based on disclosed financial statements for 2014, collated ...
Volante Technologies signs strategic partnership with Access to Arabia
June 8th, 2015
Designed to address the migration of Jordanian payments to new ISO 20022-based message standards Volante Technologies, a global leader in the provision of financial message and data integration, validation and processing software, today announced a strategic partnership with Access ...
Saudi Arabia on Target to Open Tadawul to Foreign Investors with Issuance of Rules for Qfi’s
May 7th, 2015
The Saudi Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has finally formally issued its eagerly anticipated regulations for Qualified Foreign Investors (QFI’s) to invest in the Tadawul All Share Index. The new regulations take effect on 01 June 2015 and will mean ...
Saudi Arabia expected to retain popularity in private equity investment
May 5th, 2015
Saudi Arabia will remain a favoured destination for private equity investment in the coming years in spite of volatile oil prices and instability in neighbouring Yemen, investment professionals said yesterday. Lower oil prices in the past year are unlikely ...
Saudi Arabia’s move for larger global oil market share to adversely affect Russian economy
April 9th, 2015
The feedstock production growth in Saudi Arabia will adversely affect the Russian economy, Kuwait-based oil expert Kamel al-Harami says Saudi Arabia is seeking after the larger OPEC’s share on the global oil market by boosting the oil output and ...
