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Foreign governments press Saudi Arabia on workers' delayed wages

Foreign governments are pressing authorities and executives in Saudi Arabia to ensure that local construction firms make delayed salary payments to thousands of workers,...

Trade minister replaced amid economic crisis – Syrian government

Syria’s economy has been ravaged by nine years of war and western sanctions. Syrian President Bashar Assad replaced Monday the internal trade minister as the...

Oil prices up in Asia ahead of OPEC meeting

Oil prices climbed in Asia Tuesday before a meeting of the OPEC oil cartel and a report on US commercial crude inventories which will...

China says it will keep 2016 economic growth in 'reasonable' range

Chinese leaders, meeting ahead of an agenda-setting conference, pledged on Monday to keep the country's economic growth in a "reasonable range" in 2016 by...

Germany, Europe’s largest economy, struggles

The Eurozone economy struggles against headwinds from the U.S-China trade dispute and Britain's departure from the European Union. The state statistics agency said Friday there...

Israel regulator seeks to ban bitcoin firms from stock exchange

Israel's markets regulator will propose regulation to ban companies based on bitcoin and other digital currencies from trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange,...

Oil prices tumble 7%: Tadawul edges down

Stock markets across the Middle East fell on Tuesday alongside steep drops in global stock prices because of renewed uncertainty about the state of China's...

Huge reserves, low public debt strong features of KSA economy

Some international rating agencies and institutions such as the IMF are being criticized for practicing a double standard when dealing with economic scenarios in...

Egypt stocks drop after Russia suspends flights to country

Egypt's EGX30 stocks index has plunged 4.3 percent after steadily declining since Russia suspended flights to Egypt following the Oct. 31 Russian plane crash...

Russia says coordinated oil output cuts with OPEC unlikely

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday coordinated oil production cuts with OPEC to support falling oil prices were unlikely and would be...

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