Tensions between PwC and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), escalated last year over the Big Four firm’s plans to hire a senior executive from Neom, one of
Saudi Arabia’s decision to boost oil output earlier this year, before Israel’s sudden attack on Iran, has drawn attention to the complex interplay between geopolitics and market strategy in the Middle East.
More Editor’s Note: The following column is based on excerpts from the author’s peer-reviewed paper published in the TEM Journal. In the past twelve years, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has undergone a
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Saudi Arabia will reassess its government spending and development priorities in response to a sharp drop in oil revenues, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan told the Financial Times in an exclusive interview. Despite
More Saudi Arabia is making a bold push to transform its modest golf landscape into a luxury-driven sporting destination, partnering with Canadian tech entrepreneur and BlackBerry co-founder Jim Balsillie in a $100 million
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President Donald Trump is already looming as a Colossus striding 21st century history. Acutely conscious that he’s left with less than four years to create his legacy Trump is undoubtedly a man
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Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has slashed its quarterly dividend by $10 billion after posting a drop in first-quarter profits — a move that could ripple across Saudi Arabia’s ambitious
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A leading climate scientist advising Saudi Arabia’s ambitious mega-project, Neom, has raised significant concerns that the construction of the futuristic city could have far-reaching impacts on local weather patterns. Donald Wuebbles, an
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Opec+ has stunned the oil market by announcing a second consecutive monthly increase in production, this time by 411,000 barrels per day (b/d) for June, even as oil prices continue to slide
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The acting chief executive of Saudi Arabia’s Neom, Aiman al-Mudaifer, has recently initiated a “comprehensive review” of the scope and priority of projects within the ambitious $500 billion mega-project, according to sources
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Saudi Arabia’s flagship housing developer, Roshn, has yet to respond to a multimillion-dollar settlement offer from its former chief executive David Grover, deepening a high-profile legal dispute that is being closely watched
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