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Saudi to open stock market index funds to foreigners

By Kipp • Mar 14th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Effort will see the Arab world’s biggest bourse open to outside investors by the end of the month.

Saudis deny pressuring China over Iran sanctions

By Ben Flanagan • Mar 13th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Reports that Riyadh will use influence in Beijing to support sanctions are untrue, says official.

Police question Saudi prince over London murder

By Kipp • Feb 17th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

‘Minor’ royal arrested after fellow KSA national is found strangled in upmarket hotel.

Can Saudi firms be brand savvy?

By Mohammed Abaalkheil • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, marketing

Going public is forcing many of Saudi Arabia’s traditional family firms to take a more modern approach to branding, says Mohammed Abaalkheil.

Australians keen to send camels to KSA

By Kipp • Jan 27th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Beasts could be shipped from Oz to Saudi, saving them from being culled.

“Save me. I don’t want him.”

By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Saudi Arabia, The Life, social

An 11-year-old girl has been forced to marry an octogenarian in Saudi Arabia, becoming the latest addition to the rising number of child brides in the kingdom.

Saudi economic growth to hit 3.7%

By Kipp • Jan 16th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Private sector growth will accelerate this year, says Riyadh-based economist

Mind the budget

By P.K. Abdul Ghafour • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Finance, Regional, Saudi Arabia

The General Auditing Bureau in Saudi Arabia has accused some government departments of mishandling their budgets, reports Arab News.

Bin Laden’s daughter to leave Iran

By Kipp • Dec 29th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Iman bin Laden, the daughter of Al Qaeda head Osama bin Laden, has been given…

Saudi inflation rises to 4pc in November

By Kipp • Dec 29th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Inflation in Saudi Arabia rose to 4 percent in November 2009, prompted by rising oil prices and…

Who’ll be hung out to dry?

By Muhammad Humaidan • Dec 28th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Crime, Saudi Arabia, society

Saudi detains 40 people in connection with the flood in Jeddah in November, reports Arab News.

Saudi GDP will grow by 4.1pc in 2010

By Kipp • Dec 27th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Saudi Arabia’s economy is expected to grow by 4.1 percent in real terms in 2010 as domestic…

Family visas for Saudi Arabia now linked with salary

By Kipp • Dec 26th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

The Foreign Ministry will issue permanent resident visas for wives and children of expatriate workers in the Kingdom without…

Saudi will prevail!

By Kipp • Dec 23rd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Opinion, Regional, Saudi Arabia

Arab News published an editorial on Saudi Arabia’s commitment to development, and why the nation’s predicted deficit for 2010 is no problem at all. It’s one of the most obvious displays of brownnosing Kipp’s seen in a long time (aside from articles published in Emirates Business 24/7, of course).