SAUDI ARABIA. CB Richard Ellis released today the latest MarketView for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
OVERVIEWKing Abdullah’s recent pledge to spend 30% of the Kingdom’s annual economic output (approximately US$130 billion) on mass housing, job creation and training, unemployment benefits and a raft of other social and economic measures has been welcomed with great enthusiasm.
However, as the supply and demand gap continues to widen in the housing sector, affordability remains the key deterrent for home ownership amongst Saudi nationals. Saudi Arabia has the largest re
INTERNATIONAL. North America will provide 40% of new supplies to 2018 through the development of light, tight oil and oil sands, while the contribution from OPEC will slip to 30%.
SAUDI ARABIA. The health ministry said one of the four new cases had been treated and the patient had been released from hospital, while the three other new cases were still being treated.
KUWAIT. OPEC held its forecast for growth in world demand unchanged at 0.80 million bpd, and repeated a warning that the rate of oil consumption could underperform.
UAE. Banking system is sound and has fully recovered from the spillovers of the global financial crisis; Gross foreign assets to exceed US$2.5 trillion by end-2013, reinforcing economic resilience if oil prices drop.
SAUDI ARABIA. "If oil discovery in one single Saudi well had changed the world map, then why can't modern-day technologies change the course of the oil industry in seven years to extract the shale oil?"
INTERNATIONAL. While Western companies struggle to develop and communicate their own ethical codes of conduct, Saudi companies are already working within a specific cultural and religious environment that permeates all of society, including business.
UAE. In a region where there is an acute deficit in terms of infrastructure, all eyes are back on governments and how they propose to manage their spending, says Deloitte Middle East's GCC Powers of Construction Report.
UAE. More and more KSA and UAE travellers using mobile and video for travel decisions; survey results indicate greater investment in online capabilities needed to develop opportunities and convert to bookings
SAUDI ARABIA. An international team of physicists, led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, has demonstrated that chaos can beat order - at least as far as light storage is concerned.
SAUDI ARABIA. Some analysts have expressed optimism that a unified Gulf currency will strengthen the region's bargaining power with its trading partners worldwide.
SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi Arabia raised crude output in April to the highest in five months while making little change in the total amount it supplied to foreign and local markets.
INTERNATIONAL. Oil exporters maintain healthy non-oil growth, oil importers see moderate recovery; Transition countries need resolute actions to maintain economic stability and promote inclusive growth.
INTERNATIONAL. A currency war is different from any other kind of conventional war in that the object is to kill oneself. The nation that succeeds in inflicting the most damage on its own citizens wins the war. The only real way to win is not to play.
UAE. Stock market indices racing ahead but GDP figures do not support the euphoria and commodity outflows fuel the rally; Is there too much liquidity in the banking system?
INTERNATIONAL. Oil exporters maintain healthy non-oil growth, oil importers see moderate recovery; Transition countries need resolute actions to maintain economic stability and promote inclusive growth.
INTERNATIONAL. Oil exporters maintain healthy non-oil growth, oil importers see moderate recovery; Transition countries need resolute actions to maintain economic stability and promote inclusive growth.
UAE. Over fifty marketing professors and professionals gathered at the University of Strathclyde Business School's Dubai campus for an enlightening exchange of ideas.
INTERNATIONAL. Nothing new is coming online anytime soon and movement on developing renewable energy resources has been sadly inadequate. The idea that shale reservoirs will lead the US to energy independence will soon enough be recognized as unrealistic hype.
UAE. "There is a substantial amount of debt that is coming due in the next few years, and it will be important to manage pro-actively that process. Information and communication with potential market participants will be a key part of this."
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