Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry - MarcoPolis Your local business media with a global reach Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:51:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Doing business in Saudi Arabia is harder as kingdom drops to 49th place in 2014 /doing-business-in-saudi-arabia-is-harder-as-kingdom-drops-to-49th-place-in-2014.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:51:41 +0000 /doing-business-in-saudi-arabia-is-harder-as-kingdom-drops-to-49th-place-in-2014.htm It seems doing business in Saudi Arabia is getting harder. In 2011, Saudi Arabia ranked 10th in the World Bank’s doing business survey. In 2012, it was on the 12th position, and now 2014, the latest one is 49th position—and that’s a significant drop.

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]]> Foreign direct investment reached $7.8bn in 4th quarter 2014 from $9.3bn in 2013 /foreign-direct-investment-reached-7-8bn-in-4th-quarter-2014-from-9-3bn-in-2013.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:51:41 +0000 /foreign-direct-investment-reached-7-8bn-in-4th-quarter-2014-from-9-3bn-in-2013.htm There is a decrease in inflow of foreign direct investment. It appears to be US$ 7.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014 as opposed to US$ 9.3 in 2013.

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]]> Jeddah growing 10% per year as massive investments flow in /jeddah-growing-10-per-year-as-massive-investments-flow-in.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:51:41 +0000 /jeddah-growing-10-per-year-as-massive-investments-flow-in.htm Mazen M. Batterjee, Vice President of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry talks about Jeddah as an economic hub as the city experiences 10% yoy growth.

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