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January 22, 2012 11:56Kingdom Holding Co, the investment vehicle of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, posted a 19.9 percent decline in fourth-quarter net profit due to a decreased performance by associated hotels, it said on Saturday.
January 22, 2012 11:21Saudi Arabia hopes crude oil prices will not surge higher on tension between Western governments and Tehran over Iran's nuclear programme and that benchmark Brent prices remain near $100 a barrel, a Gulf industry source told Reuters.
January 19, 2012 2:39Saudi Telecom Co saw its fourth-quarter net profit edge down 0.3 percent as foreign currency losses hit its annual income, but the operator still beat forecasts.
January 19, 2012 2:37Zain Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday its fourth-quarter net loss narrowed to 461 million riyals ($122.9 million) from 521 million riyals a year earlier, beating an analyst's forecast.
January 19, 2012 2:33Below-forecast earnings from Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) and Al Rajhi Bank will dampen sentiment on an already downbeat Saudi Arabia bourse on Wednesday.
January 18, 2012 2:04Higher energy costs hit utility; Net loss wider than analysts' expectations
January 18, 2012 1:58Almarai margins affected by higher raw material costs; Dairy firm says has yet to book Zain Saudi impairment
January 17, 2012 2:46China's premier gave his government's most forthright endorsement yet to the changes sweeping the Arab world, in an unusual expression of support during a meeting with the head of an association of Muslim states.
January 16, 2012 12:51Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) is set to print a 15 billion riyals ($4 billion) ten-year sukuk, its debut Islamic bond offering, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.
January 16, 2012 12:41Saudi Arabia has agreed to cooperate with China on the civilian use of nuclear energy as part of a package of deals the world's most populous country signed over the weekend to strengthen ties with the top oil exporter, Saudi state news agency SPA reported.
January 16, 2012 12:34Saudi Arabia is expected to allow foreign investors to invest directly in its $340 billion stock market for the first time later this year, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
January 16, 2012 12:31Exits 40 pct stake in Saudi firm Hanco; Eyes IPO of Kilic Deniz in Turkey, hired Is Invest; Plans new fund targeting $300-350 mln
January 15, 2012 2:49Saudi Arabia signed a contract worth 30.8 billion riyals ($8.2 billion) on Saturday with a Spanish consortium to build a high-speed railway connecting Islam's holiest cities, Mecca and Medina, with the port city of Jeddah.
January 14, 2012 5:34Top oil producer Saudi Arabia is ready to meet any increase in consumer countries' demand for crude oil, oil minister Ali al-Naimi told reporters on Saturday.
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