Aramco IPO gets Saudi regulator go ahead

(Bloomberg): Saudi Arabia has finally kicked off what could be the world’s biggest initial public offering. More than three years after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman first raised the idea – and just three weeks after a plan to launch the share sale was abruptly shelved – the Saudi Capital Market Authority approved Aramco’s offering. […]

Saudi Aramco: from ‘Well of Prosperity’ to energy behemoth

Dubai: From its beginnings in 1938 when it first struck oil with the aptly named “Well of Prosperity,” Saudi Arabia’s energy giant Aramco has delivered unimaginable riches to the kingdom. It has since grown into the world’s largest and most profitable company, generating 10 per cent of global crude supplies and trillions of dollars in […]

Sharjah records Dh4.2b real estate transactions in third quarter of 2019

Sharjah: Real estate sesctor in Sharjah has recorded Dh4.2billion worth of transactions in the thrid quarter of the 2019 showing an increase of 31.4 per cent compared to same peried in 2018. Abdulaziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director General – SRERD, said the Emirate recorded some 14,974 real estate transactions over July, August and September in […]

Google needs to find a new fit

Los Angeles: I hope Alphabet Inc. has a plan. The Google parent company announced that it would spend $2.1 billion (Dh7.7 billion) to buy Fitbit Inc., a pioneer in the fitness-tracking gadgets that haven’t proved to be a lasting category of consumer electronics. Google has now spent billions of dollars developing homegrown hardware such as its […]

Saudi Arabia kick-starts IPO of world’s largest oil company

Dubai: Saudi Arabia kick-started Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) on Sunday as its market regulator approved the oil giant’s application to list on the domestic bourse and create the world’s most valuable listed firm. A statement from the Capital Market Authority (CMA) did not give a time frame or say how much Aramco would sell, […]