A source close to Qatar’s government said last week the dispute had more to do with issues in the wider Middle East such as the crises in Egypt and Syria.
The man, who has been in jail for three years, was charged and convicted under laws that criminalise internet abuse.
Alhokair completed the purchase of Spanish clothing brand Blanco last month for 11 million euros.
He also blamed both countries for launching Syria’s three-year civil war through al Qaeda-linked groups.
Saudi Arabia faced a militant insurgency from 2003 to 2006 in which al Qaeda targeted residential compounds for foreign workers and Saudi government facilities, killing dozens of people.
Jallal, who was senior vice-president of investment banking at Saudi Fransi Capital, the investment banking unit of BSF, resigned last month.
The 2014 Gulf Business Salary Survey reveals the best-paid jobs in the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE said on Wednesday they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Qatar.
They accused Doha of not implementing an agreement among GCC countries not to interfere in each others’ internal affairs.
The Kingdom’s stock market saw five IPOs in 2013 worth around $506 million, down in both volume and value from 2012.
Development of the Saudi petrochemical sector is part of Riyadh’s strategy for diversifying the economy away from its dependence on crude export revenues.
South Korea’s Daelim Industrial, France’s Technip, Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas and Taiwan’s CTCI have submitted bids for the two-plant project in Jubail.
Sarah Al-Suhaimi, currently head of asset management and chief investment officer at Jadwa Investment has reportedly been hired as CEO of National Commercial Bank.
Saudi Arabia is holding thousands of foreign workers who failed to correct irregularities in their work visas before an amnesty expired in November last year.
The enterprise solutions provider signed deals with STC and Etisalat at the Mobile World Congress.
Saadan joined Aramco in 1980 and has worked as vice-president of corporate planning and chief executive of the Aramco-Exxon Mobil refinery in Yanbu.
Changes to the legal system are seen as crucial for wider social reforms aimed at reconciling Saudi Arabia’s ultra-conservative traditions with the demands of a young population.
Ghana is one of Africa’s newest crude exporters after starting production from its offshore Jubilee field in late 2010.
Strategic partnership aims to support Saudis looking to find work.
In January, the monopoly said its annual profit for 2013 rose 19 per cent to 3.04 billion riyals from a year earlier.
The plant will be commissioned between 2016 and 2017, a senior official said.
Consumer price growth in the world’s top oil exporter has been easing gradually since hitting a peak of 4.0 per cent in April 2013.
The contractor reported a 69 per cent decline in fourth-quarter net profit last month.
The company posted a 10.3 per cent rise in fourth-quarter profit in January, mainly due to a rise in the value of its investments.
Syria’s civil war has led to a new, greater threat of Islamist radicalism in Saudi…
Under secretary for political affairs Wendy Sherman will travel to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Jerusalem next week for consultations with respective governments.
The loan will finance the delivery of the next 17 aircraft on order for the carrier.
At present Saudis must wait six to nine months after films are released in cinemas to watch them on local pay-television.
The men had been also convicted of chanting slogans against the Kingdom.
An agreement will see the exchanges share expertise and develop human capital.