Christine Burke

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Tesla’s Saudi Arabia Entry Puts ‘Funding Secured’ Feud to Rest

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Christine Burke

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Goldman Warns Oil Crash Could Push Saudi Arabia’s Budget Deficit to $67 Billion

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Christine Burke |Mirette Magdy

Crude oil storage tanks stand at the oil refinery operated by Saudi Aramco in Ras Tanura. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- The oil-price crash is set to have far-reaching consequences for Saudi Arabia’s finances and vast economic ambitions. The kingdom’s budget deficit may soar to $67 billion this year, according to projections shared by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economist Farouk Soussa in an interview.
Tesla’s Saudi Arabia Entry Puts ‘Funding Secured’ Feud to Rest

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Christine Burke

Tesla Inc. is opening up shop in Saudi Arabia in the latest sign Elon Musk has put to rest a once-bitter feud with one of the kingdom’s most powerful men. The company will showcase its model lineup, plus prototypes of its Cybercab and the humanoid robot Optimus, at a launch event Thursday in Riyadh. Tesla has offered little detail about its broader plans, but at least one showroom appears to be under development in the capital.
US seeks Ukraine concessions in bid for truce with Russia

1 month ago | americanmilitarynews.com | Henry Meyer |Christine Burke

Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials began talks in Saudi Arabia about the path to a possible peace deal with Moscow amid pressure from Washington on Kyiv to give ground. “The meeting started very constructively,” the Ukrainian president’s top aide, Andriy Yermak, said Tuesday on the X platform.
A Slowdown in Saudi Arabia Is Roiling the Consulting Market

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Omar El Chmouri |Alex Dooler |Dinesh Nair |Christine Burke

For years, Saudi Arabia has leaned on advisory firms to drive an expensive overhaul of its economy. But the kingdom’s once insatiable appetite for foreign consultants is dimming, adding pressure on an industry already buffeted by pressures worldwide. While the country remains one of the biggest markets for consultants in the world, the pace of contract awards has started to slow, according to people familiar with the matter.
A Slowdown in Saudi Arabia Is Roiling the Consulting Market

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Omar El Chmouri |Alex Dooler |Dinesh Nair |Christine Burke

Residential and commercial buildings in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Photographer: Jeremy Suyker/Bloomberg PrintEmailMarch 15, 2025, 5:29 AM UTCA Slowdown in Saudi Arabia Is Roiling the Consulting MarketFor years, Saudi Arabia has leaned on advisory firms to drive an expensive overhaul of its economy.
A Slowdown in Saudi Arabia Is Roiling the Consulting Market

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Omar El Chmouri |Alex Dooler |Dinesh Nair |Christine Burke

1 day ago Hundreds gather outside Tesla showrooms in backlash to Elon Musk’s role with DOGE Washington, DC CNN — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered nationwide outside Tesla showrooms Saturday amid heightened criticism against CEO Elon Musk’s federal cost-cutting role in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency and after Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed to crack down on vandalism … 1 hour ago NASA's stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station CAPE...
Ukraine-US accord on a ceasefire proposal puts the onus on Putin

1 month ago | kdhnews.com | Kateryna Chursina |Henry Meyer |Christine Burke

Less than two weeks after Donald Trump lambasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an Oval Office confrontation, the U.S. president put the pressure on Russia to accept a ceasefire agreement hammered out with Zelenskyy's advisers. The accord reached in Saudi Arabia by U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators for a 30-day halt in the conflict, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion three years ago, now hinges on Vladimir Putin, who may have little incentive to abide by it.
Ukraine accepts US-brokered ceasefire plan in deal for aid

1 month ago | murrayledger.com | Henry Meyer |Christine Burke |Alex Wickham |Daryna Krasnolutska

(TNS) Ukraine accepted a U.S. proposal for a 30-day truce with Russia as part of a deal with the Trump administration to lift its freeze on military aid and intelligence for Kyiv. The agreement laid out in a joint statement follows eight hours of talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that raised the possibility of a pause of hostilities in Russia’s three-year war that’s ravaged Ukraine. The U.S. will now take the proposal to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to seek his agreement.
Ukraine-US accord on a ceasefire proposal puts the onus on Putin

1 month ago | dailyitem.com | Kateryna Chursina |Henry Meyer |Christine Burke

Less than two weeks after Donald Trump lambasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an Oval Office confrontation, the U.S. president put the pressure on Russia to accept a ceasefire agreement hammered out with Zelenskyy’s advisers. The accord reached in Saudi Arabia by U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators for a 30-day halt in the conflict, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion three years ago, now hinges on Vladimir Putin, who may have little incentive to abide by it.