WEEK OF: 3/14/11 – 3/19/11 Saudi King Offers Cash And Reforms In Rare Speech: AP 3/17/11 “Saudi Arabia’s monarch is promising money to residents of the kingdom in his first national address since unrest began sweeping the Arab world. King Abdullah spoke after midday Muslim prayers on Friday. He thanked residents and security forces for [...]
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WEEK OF 3/7/11 – 3/12/11 Saudi Stocks Climb on No Protests; Longest Streak in Two Months: BLOOMBERG Mourad Haroutunian | 3/12/11 “Saudi stocks rose for a sixth day as investors looked for bargains after the world’s biggest oil producer survived a so-called Day of Rage.” Energy Leads Wall Street After Saudi Protests Fizzle: REUTERS 3/11/11 “U.S. stocks [...]
Week in Review – Week of 2/28/11 – 3/4/11 The Challenge of Change in Saudi Arabia: A Conversation with Thomas Lippman: SURIS 3/2/11 SUSRIS conducts an interview with Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Thomas Lippman, covering Saudi stability in the midst of the current political turmoil that surrounds it and the [...]
Week of 2/14/11 – 2/18/11 U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum: A Conversation with Omar Bahlaiwa: SUSRIS 2/15/11 The Committee for International Trade (CIT), the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council and the Saudi-U.S. Trade Group (SUSTG) recently announced the 2011 U.S.-Business Opportunities Forum will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 23-25, 2011. Details about the three-day forum can [...]
Week in Review – Week of 2/7/11 – 2/11/11 Saudi Economy Chalks Up Slow, Respectable Growth: ARABIAN BUSINESS Karen Leigh | 2/7/11 “Saudi Arabia’s economic recovery is slowly continuing with the country’s Monetary Agency adding SR25bn ($6.66bn) to its foreign assets in December as oil prices rallied to $89 a barrel.” Saudi Economy Up 3.8% [...]
Week in Review – Week of 1/31 – 2/4 A “SME” Authority for Saudi Arabia: SUSRIS 2/2/11 Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are “considered the most efficient instrument to accelerate the pace of economic and social development,” according to Saudi Monetary Agency chief Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser. Speaking to a group of bankers in November he [...]
Week in Review – Week of 1/24/11 – 1/28/11 Saudi SMEs Most Confident Globally: ARAB NEWS 1/24/11 “Saudi Arabia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the most confident about the growth prospects of the economy. Major findings of a survey conducted by HSBC, SABB’s global partner involving more than 6,389 enterprises in 21 key markets [...]
Week in Review – Week of 1/17/11 – 1/21/11 Saudi Bank Lending To Accelerate In 2011: SAUDI GAZETTE 1/21/11 Mohammed Al Jasser said he “is optimistic regarding the growth of the banking sector’s activity in 2011,” adding that “bank lending is expected to accelerate this year.” BANKS ‘POISED FOR GROWTH’: “Saudi banks have taken enough [...]
Week in Review – Week of 1/10/11 – 1/15/11 Saudi-US Commercial Relationship is Solid: SUSRIS Elizabeth Pfiester | 1/9/11 “Trade and investment have been fundamental elements of the historic Saudi-U.S. relationship since the earliest days of American interest in the Arabian Peninsula…In 2005 the Committee for International Trade (CIT) brought a mission of business people [...]
The Week in Review – Week of 12/13/10 – 12/19/10 Global Competitiveness: The Saudi Giant Wakes Up: ARAB NEWS Mohamed Ramady | 12/13/10 “When Saudi Arabia announced a few years ago its “Vision 10 X 10″, indicating its determination to join the top ten nations of the world in terms of global competitiveness, there were [...]
WEEK OF 12/6/10 – 12/10/10 A Conversation with Prince Turki Al-Faisal: SUSRIS 12/5/10 In addition to sharing his insights on the decades of intelligence and security cooperation between the United States and Saudi Arabia when we sat down with Prince Turki we were also fortunate to talk about his perspective on current issues in the [...]