<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Christine Burke - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christine Burke - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQsv6QuSPQQ/christine-burke</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Christine Burke - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQsv6QuSPQQ/christine-burke</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:55:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQsv6QuSPQQ/christine-burke.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi’s Humain to Open Data Centers With US Chips in 2026]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/saudi-s-humain-to-open-data-centers-with-us-chips-in-early-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/saudi-s-humain-to-open-data-centers-with-us-chips-in-early-2026</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:27:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iej1RgormX0E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iej1RgormX0E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Tareq Amin</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia, Olympic Council Weigh Moving Asian Winter Games]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/saudi-arabia-olympic-committee-weigh-moving-asian-winter-games-out-of-neom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/saudi-arabia-olympic-committee-weigh-moving-asian-winter-games-out-of-neom</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:15:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neom’s Desert Ski Resort Strains Saudi Prince’s $1.5 Trillion Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trojena is designated to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games. But set in a region with little snowfall, it’s emerging as a great challenge to MBS’s flagship project]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-18/saudi-arabia-s-neom-ski-project-strains-crown-prince-mbs-s-vision-2030-ambitions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-18/saudi-arabia-s-neom-ski-project-strains-crown-prince-mbs-s-vision-2030-ambitions</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:00:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itzqMDn0WGc4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itzqMDn0WGc4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An artist’s impression from an October 2022 NEOM press release that highlighted plans for Trojena, its sprawling futuristic ski resort in the desert.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheap Stocks and Market Reforms Draw Foreigners to Saudi]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/cheap-stocks-and-market-reforms-draw-investors-to-saudi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/cheap-stocks-and-market-reforms-draw-investors-to-saudi</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 04:16:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRzUFkmVuGRc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRzUFkmVuGRc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Saudi Stock Exchange in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s New Tourism Play Trades Skyscrapers for Nature]]></title><description><![CDATA[A mountainous province the size of Austria is luring luxury hoteliers and intrepid travelers with its dramatic peaks and culture-packed valleys—a boon for the country’s ambitious tourism goals.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-05/saudi-arabia-s-new-tourism-play-aseer-trades-skyscrapers-for-nature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-05/saudi-arabia-s-new-tourism-play-aseer-trades-skyscrapers-for-nature</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 04:15:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4xHxoop3Qdo/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4xHxoop3Qdo/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Locals sit among the mountain tops in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern province of Aseer. The region is known for its misty skies, with the nearby Red Sea generating moist air that pushes into the Sarawat Mountain range, and includes 20 of the highest peaks in the kingdom.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brookfield Taps $320 Billion Fund’s Ex-CEO as Saudi Chairman]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/brookfield-taps-320-billion-fund-s-ex-ceo-as-saudi-chairman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/brookfield-taps-320-billion-fund-s-ex-ceo-as-saudi-chairman</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:06:36 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihvPuPoLbYAc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihvPuPoLbYAc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Brookfield Asset Management website on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Brookfield Asset Management raised $26 billion in the third quarter and said it&apos;s on track to bring in close to $150 billion in fresh capital this year, despite a tough fundraising environment.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia and MBS are Far From Breaking Their Reliance on Oil]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/saudi-arabia-and-mbs-are-far-from-breaking-their-reliance-on-oil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/saudi-arabia-and-mbs-are-far-from-breaking-their-reliance-on-oil</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Abeer Abu Omar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Al Futtaim to Buy $666 Million Stake in Cenomi Retail]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-20/al-futtaim-retail-to-buy-666-million-stake-in-cenomi-retail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-20/al-futtaim-retail-to-buy-666-million-stake-in-cenomi-retail</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 05:38:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Taps Consultants to Review Neom’s ‘Line’ Project]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/saudi-arabia-reviews-gigantic-city-at-neom-called-the-line</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/saudi-arabia-reviews-gigantic-city-at-neom-called-the-line</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zainab Fattah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:42:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i09BxlMT6Ed4/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i09BxlMT6Ed4/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trillion-Dollar Pools of Capital Mask Middle East VC Paradox]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/uae-saudi-arabia-trillion-dollar-pools-of-capital-mask-gulf-vc-paradox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/uae-saudi-arabia-trillion-dollar-pools-of-capital-mask-gulf-vc-paradox</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:34:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Wealth Fund Gets Boost From Investment Activities]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/saudi-arabia-s-wealth-fund-gets-boost-from-investment-activities</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/saudi-arabia-s-wealth-fund-gets-boost-from-investment-activities</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:43:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i5Lm0AoviyJc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i5Lm0AoviyJc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Banks Fuel More Than $2 Billion Loan Boom in Mideast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-29/asian-banks-fuel-more-than-2-billion-loan-boom-in-middle-east</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-29/asian-banks-fuel-more-than-2-billion-loan-boom-in-middle-east</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kari Soo Lindberg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ix7hXv_Z9_2Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ix7hXv_Z9_2Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The offices of Banque Saudi Fransi stand in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Electricity and Banque Saudi Fransi, the lender part-owned by Credit Agricole SA, raised $1.75 billion and $750 million, respectively, from bond sales this year, representing less than a third of total sales by Saudi entities.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Tech Firm Ejada to Reapply for IPO After Approval Expires]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/saudi-tech-firm-ejada-to-reapply-for-ipo-after-approval-expires</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/saudi-tech-firm-ejada-to-reapply-for-ipo-after-approval-expires</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:34:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyPwG6LJrj4I/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyPwG6LJrj4I/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Saudi Stock Exchange in Riyadh. Photographer: Mohammed Almuaalemi/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Airline Flynas Declines On Debut Amid Iran-Israel Conflict]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/saudi-arabia-s-flynas-falls-in-ipo-debut-amid-conflict-jitters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/saudi-arabia-s-flynas-falls-in-ipo-debut-amid-conflict-jitters</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:06:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idPqeeFNDBeY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idPqeeFNDBeY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Flynas aircraft at Cairo International Airport. Photographer: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi SNB Taps Debt Market as Lenders Binge on Bonds]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-17/saudi-national-bank-taps-debt-market-as-lenders-binge-on-bonds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-17/saudi-national-bank-taps-debt-market-as-lenders-binge-on-bonds</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:26:36 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7plfdAPeG_4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7plfdAPeG_4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Saudi National Bank headquarters in Riyadh.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Seeks New IPOs to Attract Foreign Investors]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-29/saudi-arabia-seeks-new-ipos-to-attract-foreign-investors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-29/saudi-arabia-seeks-new-ipos-to-attract-foreign-investors</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 05:41:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iS.63qtnulPU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iS.63qtnulPU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Saudi Exchange CEO Mohammed Al-Rumaih on May 29. Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle East Funding Gaps Risk Delaying Startups’ IPO Ambitions]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/middle-east-funding-gaps-risk-delaying-startups-ipo-ambitions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/middle-east-funding-gaps-risk-delaying-startups-ipo-ambitions</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 09:23:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4b._04P4By4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4b._04P4By4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Noor Sweid</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s PIF to Shun Swiss Financial Markets After Credit Suisse]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/saudi-arabia-s-pif-to-shun-swiss-financial-markets-after-credit-suisse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/saudi-arabia-s-pif-to-shun-swiss-financial-markets-after-credit-suisse</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adveith Nair]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 13:27:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQelGe2fCPZ0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQelGe2fCPZ0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Yasir Al-Rumayyan Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi PIF Opens Paris Office, Aims to Double Europe Investments]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/saudi-pif-opens-paris-office-aims-to-double-europe-investments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/saudi-pif-opens-paris-office-aims-to-double-europe-investments</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 14:01:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDRnPVenvMlE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDRnPVenvMlE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Yasir al-Rumayyan, left, and Emmanuel Macron, at the Future Investment Initiative Priority Europe Summit in Tirana, Albania, on May 17.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lucid Would Welcome Saudi Tariffs to Support Carmaking Ambitions]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-14/lucid-would-welcome-saudi-tariffs-to-support-carmaking-ambitions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-14/lucid-would-welcome-saudi-tariffs-to-support-carmaking-ambitions</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 11:46:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iq0JoKIfInuQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iq0JoKIfInuQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Lucid Air EV in the US. 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