Jeddah / TNS A total of 14,062 establishments have showed compliance to the directive that aims to employ Saudi males and females in the telecom sector, a recent statistic showed in the second month of ongoing inspection campaigns. As various ministries take part in implementing the 50-percent nationalization of the telecom sector, the Eastern Province registered the highest number …

  Bloomberg Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers Co. signed a deal with a majority of its creditor banks to restructure about $6 billion of debt, taking the Saudi conglomerate one step closer to ending a seven-year impasse over the Middle East’s biggest default. The agreement with a five-member committee representing about 80 banks, which include BNP Paribas SA and Standard …

  Emirates Business Egypt will “soon” receive the first tranche of a $1.5 billion loan from Saudi Arabia, an Egyptian minister said, a cash injection that could help to ease a dollar shortage that has weighed on economic growth. The first payment will be about $500 million, Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr said. The loan is one of …