Mohammed bin Salman

Global Economy

Global markets tumble as power hungry Saudi prince wages oil price war

The world’s largest oil exporter slashed prices for its crude by the most in more than 30 years, just a day after MBS rounded up the brother and a nephew of his father on accusations of treason.

IPO

Saudi consumer boom is hidden jewel in Aramco IPO

“The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone. The Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil.” — Ahmed Zaki Yamani, former Saudi oil minister
Crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi King names new crown prince, upending succession

(June 21): Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday appointed his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, placing him firmly as first-in-line to the throne and removing the country's counterterrorism czar a
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Crude Oil

OPEC to keep oil flowing as price recovers

VIENNA (June 3): OPEC was expected Thursday to keep the oil gushing as a modest recovery in the crude price eases pressure on a cartel riven by Iranian-Saudi rivalry to cut output.
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