News – Saudi Arabia – 2012-01-26

January 26, 2012

ARABIALINK Daily News – Excerpts from International Media Reports
/Provided as a service from the Saudi-US Trade Group, Washington, DC/

News – Saudi Arabia – 2012-01-19

January 19, 2012

ARABIALINK Daily News – Excerpts from International Media Reports
/Provided as a service from the Saudi-US Trade Group, Washington, DC/

SUSRIS Project Now on iPhone

January 17, 2012

Since 2003 the Saudi-US Relations Information Service (SUSRIS) project has provided thousands of articles, interviews, special reports, maps, photos, videos and other hard to find resources for your use in understanding the past, present and future of the relationship between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States. We have constantly sought to improve the delivery of these important on-line information ‘nuggets’ to make them more useful to you and your colleagues. Today we are very pleased to announced the launch of SUSRIS as an iPhone App available in iTunes. The App will deliver SUSRIS articles, interviews, special reports and much more from a variety of sources to the palm of your hand wherever you travel.

Business Forum: Delivery of Medical Services – Dr. Rabeeah

January 17, 2012

The recently concluded US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum (Dec 5-7, Atlanta) not only featured an extremely rich assembly of senior government officials, business people and more, but a broad representation of industries and sectors as well. Among those who participated from the Kingdom were three serving ministers in the Government plus the Governor of SAMA, the central bank and dozens of other senior officials — all who provided the most complete and authoritative reviews of their respective areas of responsibility in keynote remarks and panel discussions. Among the sectors represented at panels were: energy and renewables, information technology, petrochemical and plastics, infrastructure, agriculture, education, healthcare, transportation and logistics, and water and electricity. One area where tremendous commercial opportunities for cooperation between Saudi and American business people was apparent is the health and medical services sector. Leading the Saudi delegation in that area was Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, who opened the plenary session titled, “Health and Medical Services: Delivering Top Quality Care.”

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Saudi Arabia Not Just for Multinationals – Alexandrides

January 10, 2012

American companies should always be open to new global markets and new overseas business alliances. but many companies miss opportunities because they do not have access to decision makers in foreign markets. A rare chance to meet a large group of decision makers in person came at the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum. At the conclusion of the second annual forum, held in December 2011 in Atlanta, Omar Bahlaiwa, Secretary General of the Committee for International Trade (CIT) of the Saudi Chambers of Commerce, called the event a “great success.”

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Business Forum: A Stable Global Financial System – Al Jasser

January 10, 2012

The US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum (Dec 5-7, Atlanta) was an incomparable gathering of top level Saudi Arabian government and business leaders who shared their knowledge of myriad areas of interest bearing on commercial openings for American businessmen in the Kingdom. The Forum, sponsored by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, was organized by the Committee for International Trade (CIT); the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council; and the Saudi-US Trade Group (SUSTG). It featured an extremely rich assembly of senior government officials, business people and more and their American counterparts. Among those who participated form the Kingdom were three serving ministers in the Government plus the Governor of SAMA, the central bank and dozens of other senior officials — all who provided the most complete and authoritative reviews of their respective areas of responsibility in keynote remarks and panel discussions. The Saudi delegation included, among the leadership, the Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser. At the Forum he led a key panel titled, “Maintaining a Stable Global Financial System: Shared Responsibility,” and shared insights only possible from the vantage point of a Group of Twenty (G-20) member nation central bank chief.

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Saudi Economy: Jadwa January 2012 Chartbook

January 10, 2012

The Jadwa Investment firm in Riyadh produces the “Saudi Chartbook” as a quick, chart-based briefing on the key developments and trends in the Saudi economy and stock market for the previous month. SUSRIS is pleased to provide the January 2012 Saudi Chartbook and a link to the complete report which is rich with illuminating charts and graphs. We also commend to your attention the recently published “Saudi Economy in 2012″ by Jadwa which provides an excellent survey of the overall economic and financial picture in the Kingdom. Other reports are included among links below.

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Business Forum: Education – Investing in Human Capital: Prince Faisal

January 9, 2012

The recently concluded US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum (Dec 5-7, Atlanta) featured an extremely rich assembly of senior government officials, business people and more. Among those who participated form the Kingdom were three serving ministers in the Government plus the Governor of SAMA, the central bank and dozens of other senior officials — all who provided the most complete and authoritative reviews of their respective areas of responsibility in keynote remarks and panel discussions. The Saudi delegation also included among the leadership HH Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Al-Saud, Minister of Education who provided an overview of the Kingdom’s education efforts in the first plenary session. Saudi Arabia, as Commerce Minister Alireza told the Forum, is “a knowledge-based economy, [where] what you earn depends on what you learn. The real wealth of any nation is its people. And Saudi Arabia is proud to be investing in this asset.”

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Event: Gulf Competitiveness Forum 2012

January 2, 2012

The 6th Annual Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) organized by the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) is set to open in Riyadh later this month. This year’s Forum, titled “The Entrepreneurship Imperative,” will touch on all forms of entrepreneurship, according to the GCF Web site, “from social entrepreneurship to government; corporate and intrapreneruship to the importance of failure, the value of risk as well as the anatomy of an entrepreneur, amongst many more.” Among the speakers are Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, Minister of Education and Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. Today we bring you the Forum announcement provided by SAGIA.

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Change is the Only Constant – Prince Turki

January 2, 2012

The recent “Gulf and the Globe” conference in Riyadh featured top level Saudi and other GCC officials who addressed regional security issues in a global context. The forum which was held December 4-5, 2011, was jointly organized by the Institute of Diplomatic Studies (IDS) and the Gulf Research Center (GRC). Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies and a former ambassador to the U.S., made headlines with remarks at the conference regarding acquisition of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). Prince Turki is not a member of the government but his frequent speeches and comments on foreign affairs are often interpreted as reflecting inside thinking..

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