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Arab News
March 25, 2018
Lockheed Martin is a world-class aviation, defense, and information security company that focuses chiefly on researching, designing, developing, and ... The MoU aims to create a cybersecurity and programming partnership that focuses on improving and advancing Saudi Arabia's cybersecurity andÃâà...
Arab News
March 25, 2018
As a follow-up, a 21-member high-level Saudi business delegation visited Bangladesh, led by Moshabab Abdulla Alkahtani, president of International Marketing Investment Company Group, and including representatives from the construction, real estate, agriculture, tourism, and food and beverage sectors.
The Boston Globe
March 25, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A member of a foreign royal family visited one of the most prestigious universities in the nation. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia is touring the U.S. and visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday to promote an academic energyÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 24, 2018
As Saudi Arabia opens its airspace for the first time to a commercial flight to Israel, Israel's national carrier will take its own fight for access to Saudi airspace to the Supreme Court in Israel, according to officials. India's national carrier Air India is now reportedly offering three direct flights a week between NewÃâà...
CNBC
March 22, 2018
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in an interview with CNBC that Saudi Aramco is ready to make its public debut and Saudi Arabia is ready for the offering from a regulatory standpoint. He said, however, that while the company could issue stock this year, it may not as it is waiting for the optimalÃâà...
Arab News
March 19, 2018
Ammar Al-Nahdi, director general of marketing and communications at SAR, said that the company launched the awareness campaign targeting villages and cities alongside the line between Hail and Al-Jouf, mainly in areas where there are prairies and livestock where the railways are being damaged theÃâà...
The National Interest Online
March 19, 2018
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, is on timely visit to foreign capitals—Washington included—this month. The tour comes amidst rising doubts within Washington's business and policy making circles about the direction of the kingdom's reform trajectory, fueled by seemingly mixedÃâà...
Arab News
March 19, 2018
DUBAI: Mobile bookings for air travel rose a hefty 116 percent in Saudi Arabia in 2017, although desktop remained the dominant platform in the wider region for purchasing ... The report consolidated proprietary information from Cleartrip as well as data from the company's more than 400 partner airlines.
Construction.RU
March 19, 2018
The Saudi company received 13.04% of the company's capital stock while the entity of the RDIF (The Russian Direct Investment Fund) — 10.22%. The share of Lider, a Russian investment company, has reduced from 60% to 35%. LLC Transport Concession Company was created in January 2013. In mayÃâà...
CBC.ca
March 19, 2018
Canada's multi-billion dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia includes a substantial number of "heavy assault" armoured vehicles and a maintenance deal that would see the Ontario-based manufacturer embed teams at multiple locations throughout the kingdom. CBC News has obtained documents that — for theÃâà...
Arab News
March 19, 2018
Figures from the Washington DC-based US-Saudi Arabian Business Council (USSABC) showed total bilateral trade at $35.2 billion, with the Kingdom holding a slight balance advantage from its $18.9 billion of exports. Saudi Arabia is in the top 20 US trade partners, while America is the second biggestÃâà...
Variety
March 19, 2018
Chris Fenton, the former motion picture group president of DMG, is in advanced talks to head Saudi Arabia's nascent film initiative, Variety has learned. The exact job title has yet to be determined and no deal has been set, but the post would be a plum one, giving Fenton influence in a country with vastÃâà...
CNBC
March 19, 2018
Saudi Arabia is walking back plans for a massive public share offering for state oil giant Aramco, the world's biggest oil company, on a big international stock exchange. Aramco is now expected to move forward with a listing on the Saudi stock exchange, with plans for an international listing at leastÃâà...
CNBC
March 19, 2018
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives in the United States on Monday for a multicity trip. The powerful 32-year-old royal will focus on shoring up U.S.-Saudi ties and discussing investment opportunities between the two nations. Salman is expected to seek to ease investor concernsÃâà...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
Saudi Arabia has taken a major step in its bid to welcome more women into the workforce by hosting its first-ever business forum for women. The Women in Leadership Economic Forum, called "Let's Talk About Tomorrow," aims to showcase the Kingdom's foremost female business leaders andÃâà...
The Nation.
December 31, 1999
An early November story in The New York Times was headlined “Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It's Time to Ask Why.” It talked about all the tech companies like Uber, Lyft, and Twitter that have taken investments from the Saudi government and private Saudi businessmen allied with the government,Ãâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
In August, a petrochemical company with a plant in Saudi Arabia was hit by a new kind of cyberassault. The attack was not designed to simply destroy data or shut down the plant, investigators believe. It was meant to sabotage the firm's operations and trigger an explosion. The attack was a dangerousÃâà...
