{"id":591434,"date":"2019-12-05T04:11:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T04:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T04:11:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T04:11:09","slug":"is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is the Saudi Aramco IPO, touted for years as the biggest of all time, actually a <\/strong>wise choice for investors?<\/strong> This Wall Street Journal video (watch, runtime 07:44<\/a>) concludes that long-term uncertainty around the company\u2019s future growth makes it a risky proposition, in spite of its current profitability. Aramco\u2019s reliance on a single source of income puts it in a vulnerable position at a time when oil markets are weak. While the Saudi government is seeking to diversify its economy away from oil, Aramco itself is bucking the trend of investing in renewables, and has acknowledged in its prospectus that it faces significant threats to its business model, including climate change and terrorist attacks. International investors seemingly agree with the WSJ\u2019s conclusions, having voiced concerns about the degree of state involvement in the company, and its environmental and social governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is the Saudi Aramco IPO, touted for years as the biggest of all time, actually a wise choice for investors? This Wall Street Journal video (watch, runtime 07:44) concludes that long-term uncertainty around the company\u2019s future growth makes it a risky proposition, in spite of its current profitability. Aramco\u2019s reliance on a single source of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":591435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9004],"tags":[394,72,78,219,2388],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-591434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worth-watching","tag-aramco","tag-enterpriseam","tag-ipo-watch","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-worth-watching","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"5fc72346-bc40-4d18-b2d5-870ab7f481f6","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[591414],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nIs the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors? - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO, touted for years as the biggest of all time, actually a wise choice for investors? This Wall Street Journal video (watch, runtime 07:44) concludes that long-term uncertainty around the company\u2019s future growth makes it a risky proposition, in spite of its current profitability. Aramco\u2019s reliance on a single source of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EnterpriseAM Egypt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-05T04:11:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors?\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-05T04:11:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Aramco\",\"EnterpriseAM\",\"IPO watch\",\"Saudi Arabia\",\"worth watching\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Worth watching\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/\",\"name\":\"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors? - EnterpriseAM Egypt\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-05T04:11:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"caption\":\"EnterpriseAM\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors? - EnterpriseAM Egypt","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors?","og_description":"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO, touted for years as the biggest of all time, actually a wise choice for investors? This Wall Street Journal video (watch, runtime 07:44) concludes that long-term uncertainty around the company\u2019s future growth makes it a risky proposition, in spite of its current profitability. Aramco\u2019s reliance on a single source of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/","og_site_name":"EnterpriseAM Egypt","article_published_time":"2019-12-05T04:11:09+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors?","datePublished":"2019-12-05T04:11:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/"},"wordCount":153,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","keywords":["Aramco","EnterpriseAM","IPO watch","Saudi Arabia","worth watching"],"articleSection":["Worth watching"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/","name":"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors? - EnterpriseAM Egypt","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","datePublished":"2019-12-05T04:11:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/05\/is-the-saudi-aramco-ipo-actually-a-wise-choice-for-investors\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is the Saudi Aramco IPO actually a wise choice for investors?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","name":"EnterpriseAM","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization","name":"EnterpriseAM","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","caption":"EnterpriseAM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/12\/2019.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":639036,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/19\/saudi-will-go-ahead-with-intl-and-domestic-portion-of-aramco-ipo\/","url_meta":{"origin":591434,"position":0},"title":"Saudi will go ahead with int\u2019l and domestic portion of Aramco IPO","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"19 October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Saudi Arabia still plans to go through with both the international and domesticofferings of shares in Aramco in 2018, Saudi Oil Minister Khalid Al Falih said on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. His statements follow heightened speculation that the Kingdom was considering delaying its IPO and was even entertaining a possible\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":591711,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/15\/how-have-saudis-social-reforms-affected-aramco-ipo\/","url_meta":{"origin":591434,"position":1},"title":"How have Saudi\u2019s social reforms affected Aramco IPO?","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"15 December 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Did MbS\u2019 approach to social reform harm the Aramco IPO? Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\u2019s struggle to achieve his target Aramco valuation IPO and the lack of appetite for its IPO among foreign investors has led to increased scrutiny of his much-vaunted social reforms. While some positives have been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Worth reading"","block_context":{"text":"Worth reading","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/lifestyle\/worth-reading\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2021\/10\/462.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":638792,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/15\/saudi-considers-delaying-inl-offering-of-aramco-ipo\/","url_meta":{"origin":591434,"position":2},"title":"Saudi considers delaying in\u2019l offering of Aramco IPO","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"15 October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Saudi Arabia is considering delaying the international tranche of its IPO of Aramco until at least 2019, according to people familiar with the situation. The sources added that the share sale in Riyadh could still happen next year, Bloomberg reports. A two-stage Saudi Aramco IPO is one of several options\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":592681,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/11\/04\/its-official-saudi-aramcos-ipo-is-now-underway\/","url_meta":{"origin":591434,"position":3},"title":"It\u2019s official: Saudi Aramco\u2019s IPO is now underway","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"4 November 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s official: Saudi Aramco\u2019s IPO is now underway, with the Saudi Capital Market Authority officially approving the share sale yesterday. Aramco Chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan said at a presser yesterday that Aramco\u2019s valuation would be determined during the investor roadshow and bookbuilding process, Bloomberg reports \u2014 par for the course. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":647208,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/04\/mbs-discusses-the-future-of-saudi-arabias-economy\/","url_meta":{"origin":591434,"position":4},"title":"MbS discusses the future of Saudi Arabia\u2019s economy","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"4 May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Crown prince in rare interview on Saudi Arabia\u2019s future: Saudi Arabia\u2019s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) sat down for a rare television interview on Tuesday night, a year after launching the Vision 2030 program to overhaul the kingdom\u2019s government and economy. Bloomberg rounded up the main points of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Worth watching"","block_context":{"text":"Worth watching","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/lifestyle\/worth-watching\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2017\/5\/1464.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":638908,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/17\/china-is-offering-to-buy-a-5-stake-in-aramco\/","url_meta":{"origin":591434,"position":5},"title":"China is offering to buy a 5% stake in Aramco","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"17 October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Chinese state-owned oil companies PetroChina and Sinopec are offering to buyup to 5% of Saudi Aramco directly, Reuters reports in an exclusive. The companies have been corresponding with Aramco over the past weeks to express interest in a direct sale of a stake to a consortium made up of both\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591434\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/591414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591434"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=591434"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=591434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}