Cosmetics and perfume shops in the Kingdom will only be allowed to employ women staff from June 30.
UK defence firm BAE is close to signing a deal to sell up to 30 Hawk aircraft to Saudi Arabia, according to reports.
The capital raised in Q1 2012 was almost four times higher than Q1 2011, but 63 per cent lower than Q4 2011.
Compared to the rest of the world, GCC nationals on average spend 260 per cent more on airfares.
Saudi Arabia expects the project to be completed in 2015, the General Authority for Civil Aviation has said.
Two Arabs made it onto the Sunday Times Global 50 rich list, with a combined fortune of $39 billion.
Private companies in Saudi who hire expatriates in excess over the number of Saudi employees will have to start paying penalties.
The Kingdom will grant new airlines licences in September to operate both locally and internationally.
London’s Heathrow Airport found that Saudi visitors were the Middle East’s biggest spenders in 2011.
The new units are being developed by Saudi’s housing ministry as part of a larger affordable housing strategy.
Prince Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding Company said that net income during the first quarter of the year reached SR100.8 million.
While experts say the Kingdom is the best performing market in the region, they also warn investors to be patient while doing deals.
The bank reported a ten per cent year-on-year rise in first quarter profit earlier this year.
Saudi Basic Industries Corp recorded a five per cent year-on-year fall in net profit during the first quarter of the year.
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation will be distributing a dividend of SR5 per share to shareholders for 2011.
The travel firm had to cancel a similar sale two years ago due to a lack of demand.
The Kingdom stressed that it has not signed any deal with Sweden to help build a weapons factory in Saudi.
The Kingdom’s oil sector expanded 6.1 per cent during the fourth quarter of the year.
Al Rajhi Bank, SABB, Saudi Hollandi Bank and Banque Saudi Fransi recorded a rise in net profit during the first quarter of the year.
Around 77 per cent of Saudi firms are planning to hire more staff this year, according to a new survey.
Saudi Prince Alwaleed topped the list of regional billionaires released by Forbes with a fortune of $18 billion.
The Saudi-based dairy company said that net profits for the first quarter of the year rose 2.9 per cent year-on-year.
The Saudi-based chemical producer is planning to build a technology research and development in Shanghai.
The Kingdom also slashed its crude prices for Europe, as oil demand weakens.
The British defence contractor said that it had signed a contract to build 48 Typhoon aircraft for the Saudi Arabian air force.
The opening up of the Kingdom’s stock market to foreigners will be gradual, Saudi Arabia’s capital market regulator has said.
A majority of the Shoura Council members agreed that imposing an income tax on expatriate workers would be “untenable.”
Saudi Electricity Company will use the amount, loaned by a group of international banks, to build a power plant in Rabigh.
The oil supply from the OPEC nations in March this year increased to its highest level since October 2008.
The number of beneficiaries has risen by 170 per cent from December 2011.