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Saudi reassures on riyal peg, forwards market pressure eases

The kingdom is expected to achieve economic growth in 2015 of 3 per cent

Saudi Arabia records 49 MERS cases in one week

Riyadh saw 47 MERS cases over the last week while the cities of Najran and Abha recorded one infection each during this period

Mood sours among Saudi businessmen as oil slides

Oil has dropped to six-year lows, less than half mid-2014 levels

Saudi Aramco considers new industrial city project in east

The new city will be built around energy-related industries, a source said

Two pilots killed when helicopter comes down on Saudi-Yemen border-coalition

The coalition said it was investigating the cause of the crash, which took place in Saudi Arabia’s border province of Jizan

Fitch revises Saudi Arabia’s outlook to negative

Fitch said on Friday it expects the general government deficit to widen to 14.4 per cent of GDP in 2015

Saudi’s new airport opens up new horizons

The opening up of the $1.2bn international airport in Madinah – the kingdom’s first privatised airport – heralds new possibilities

Saudi-led alliance wins Yemen battles, but peace remains elusive

The advanced weapons deployed by the Gulf states have powered local fighters against Houthi rebels

Japan’s JGC wins Saudi Aramco’s shale gas contract

The project, known as System A, will involve building processing facilities, wellheads and pipelines for gas in Turaif

Egypt, Saudi Aramco sign $1.4bn oil products deal – minister

The deal stipulates that Egypt pay Aramco within a year

Saudi executes two Chadians for al Qaeda killings

Issa Saleh Hassan Barkaj and Ishaq Issa Ahmed Shakila were executed in Mecca on Thursday morning, the ministry said in a statement

Saudi stock market plunge not caused by govt selling shares

The main Saudi stock index has plunged 12 per cent this month

Surge in new MERS cases recorded in Riyadh

The kingdom has confirmed 58 new cases of MERS since the start of August

Saudi Aramco to appoint new CEO for trading arm

Yasser Mufti, head of mergers and acquisitions at Aramco, will replace Said al-Hadrami, sources said

Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen ‘aid port’ Hodeida

Hodeida is held by the Houthi rebels and allied army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh

Saudi confirms two soldiers killed on border with Yemen

The two soldiers were reportedly fighting with Yemeni Houthi rebels in Jazan province

Saudi Arabia finds 1,225 firms violating midday work ban

Firms violating the midday work ban will be fined SAR 10,000 ($2,665) while some could be forced to shut down, the ministry said

Saudi money market turmoil shows bank jitters over bond issues

The government sold $5.3bn of riyal bonds to banks last week to help to cover a huge deficit caused by low oil prices

Saudi’s ACWA Power says raises extra $295.7m of bank finance

It increased its 2013 revolving credit facility by SAR400m, with National Commercial Bank and Samba Financial Group contributing equally to the extra amount

Former Saudi official presses for change in managing oil wealth

Khalid Alsweilem argues that the current arrangement is dangerous because the finance ministry can draw freely on the reserves when it wants to cover budget deficits

Nearly half of Saudis are ‘uncomfortable’ with their debt – study

Many Saudis take bank loans to consolidate existing debts, according to a new report

Saudi Arabia arrests 34 suspects in Abha mosque bombing case

About 30 of those detained are Saudi nationals while the other suspects hailed from Syria, Bahrain, Yemen and Pakistan

Amanat invests SAR 200m in Saudi-based healthcare firm

The firm said that its board approved the acquisition of a 35 per cent stake in Sukoon

Saudi high-rise segment seeing significant supply growth – report

Iconic developments like the under construction Kingdom Tower, set to be the world’s tallest building, are leading the trend, Colliers said

Oil price unlikely to recover as Saudi refining hits market

Oil prices are already under pressure, in part from an oversupply of fuels produced by refiners enjoying healthy margins from cheap crude

Saudi July non-oil business growth recovers from record low – PMI

The seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Saudi Arabia Purchasing Managers’ Index climbed to 57.7 points last month from 56.1 in June

Saudi fiscal health may mean less resistance oil weakness

Rising spending and falling oil revenues have created a state budget deficit which the International Monetary Fund projects at 20 per cent of GDP this year

Saudi central bank curbs credit card cash withdrawals -source

Previously, customers could obtain cash advances equivalent to as much as 50 per cent of their monthly credit card spending limits

Saudi citizen killed in shelling from Yemen

A shell reportedly fell on a house around dawn in Najran province

Private equity investments into MENA reach Dhs 1.5bn in 2014

Private equity investments in the Middle East and North Africa rose 118 per cent last year, a new report shows