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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Aramco Set to Pay Banks Only $64 Million for Record IPO]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-12/saudi-aramco-is-said-pay-banks-only-64-million-for-record-ipo</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Algethami]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:25:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia May Tap Debt Market in January to Cover Deficit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/saudi-arabia-may-tap-debt-market-in-january-to-help-fund-deficit</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivian Nereim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:39:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Attendees network during the gala evening at the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Heritage event at Al Diriyah in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. Saudi Arabia will drop its strict dress code for foreign women as it seeks for the first time to lure holidaymakers and the spending that could help develop the kingdom’s economy away from its reliance on oil.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Is Dropping Gender Rules for Restaurant Entrances]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Algethami]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 18:36:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Muslim pilgrims add food to their plates from the buffet of a restaurant at a luxury hotel overlooking the Kaaba, Islam&apos;s holiest shrine, and its encompassing Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia&apos;s holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage on August 8, 2019. - The Muslim hajj pilgrimage attracts a wealthy clientele that does not skimp on the means, making the holy city the &quot;El Dorado&quot; of luxury religious tourism. With sparkling marble, precious woods, and majestic chandeliers, all the standards of international luxury are respected in the upmarket hotels of the holiest Muslim city. Their main asset however is elsewhere: &quot;we have three prayer rooms overlooking the Kaaba&quot;, boasts a manager in one of these institutions. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP) (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Arqaam Shuts South African Office as Brokers Pare Back Research]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-03/arqaam-capital-is-closing-south-african-office-after-five-years</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antony Sguazzin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 07:19:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Considers Increase in Lending for Aramco IPO]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-31/saudis-are-said-to-consider-increase-in-lending-for-aramco-ipo</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archana Narayanan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:06:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gulf Wealth Funds to Consider Investing in Aramco IPO]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-29/kuwait-wealth-fund-may-consider-investing-in-aramco-ipo</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicolas Parasie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2019 06:20:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An employee visits the site of crude oil storage tanks at the Juaymah tank farm at Saudi Aramco&apos;s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Saudi Aramco aims to become a global refiner and chemical maker, seeking to profit from parts of the oil industry where demand is growing the fastest while also underpinning the kingdom’s economic diversification.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Wants to Lower Unemployment. It Needs Tourists To Help]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/saudi-job-revolution-needs-a-tourism-boom-that-s-hard-to-deliver</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Algethami]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:48:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Dubai Metro passengers pass a billboard for the Saudi tourist board on Oct. 18.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Wealth Fund Opens First Office Abroad in Saudi Arabia]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-09/russian-wealth-fund-opens-first-office-abroad-in-saudi-arabia</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Algethami]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 08:55:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Eyes $2.7 Billion in Contracts for Red Sea Project]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-27/saudi-arabia-eyes-2-7-billion-in-contracts-for-red-sea-project</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zainab Fattah]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:06:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Drops Dress Code for Foreign Women in Tourism Push]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-26/saudi-arabia-opens-to-foreign-tourists-and-their-foreign-ways</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zainab Fattah]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Freddie Mac Plans Islamic Bond Sale by Year End]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-19/saudi-arabia-s-freddie-mac-plans-islamic-bond-sale-by-year-end</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Algethami]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:47:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aramco Attacks May Take Time to Trickle to Banks, Moody’s Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-17/aramco-attacks-may-take-time-to-trickle-to-banks-moody-s-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Algethami]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 08:27:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Investors Uneasy About Aramco IPO as Gulf Risks Seen Dragging On]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-16/investors-uneasy-about-aramco-ipo-as-gulf-risks-seen-dragging-on</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Swetha Gopinath]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Attacks on Saudi Oil Plants Risk Lowering Aramco IPO Valuation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaji Mathew]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 05:17:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Salmon Farming Is Coming to Saudi Arabia ]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-11/salmon-farming-in-saudi-arabia-as-prince-targets-healthier-diets</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Algethami]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 06:03:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>King salmon are ready to be harvested at New Zealand King Salmon Company Ltd.&apos;s Clay Point Marine Farm in the Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand, on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. New Zealand King Salmon Company Ltd. saw a boom in business from Japan, Southeast Asia and the Middle East when airborne volcanic ash disrupted salmon supplies from Norway and other northern European nations. Photographer: Mark Coote</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Holiday in Saudi Arabia? Kingdom Mulls Launch of Tourist Visas]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-03/saudi-arabia-to-start-issuing-tourist-visas-in-weeks-okaz-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivian Nereim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Saudi visitors watch an aerial flying display over Mada&apos;in Saleh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Mada&apos;in Saleh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Investment in cultural heritage is underway with the government setting aside 5 billion riyals ($1.3 billion) and also encouraging private spending by companies like Jeddah-based Al Jazirah Safari, which is building the Shaden resort, a 100 million-riyal project.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Development Seeks to Raise $3.5 Billion]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-26/saudi-arabia-s-red-sea-development-seeks-to-raise-3-5-billion</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:00:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Disbelief, Joy and Resistance as Saudi Women Get First Passports]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-21/disbelief-joy-and-resistance-as-saudi-women-get-first-passports</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivian Nereim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:21:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Saudi women roll their suitcases at the departure hall of the Jeddah Airport on Aug. 6, 2019.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Wheat Gets Another Market as Saudi Eases Import Rules]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-08/russian-wheat-gets-another-market-as-saudi-relaxes-import-rules</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anatoly Medetsky]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:44:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Wheat harvest near Rostov, Russia in July. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Gives Women Travel Rights in Major Policy Shakeup]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivian Nereim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:22:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Female shoppers wearing traditional Saudi Arabian dress walk through the Kingdom Centre shopping mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg</media:description>
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