Al Eqtisadiah
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Owner(s) | Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG)] |
| Founder(s) |
Hisham Hafiz Mohammad Hafiz |
| Publisher | Al Madina Publishing and Printing Company |
| Editor-in-chief | Salman bin Yousuf Al Dossary |
| Associate editor | Abdul Rahman Al Mansour |
| Managing editors | Eid Al Thaqil |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Riyadh; Dahran |
| Circulation | 60,000 (2007) |
| Sister newspapers |
Arab News Asharq al Awsat |
| OCLC number | 264791347 |
| Website | Al Eqtisadiah |
Al Eqtisadiah (Arabic: الاقتصادية, 'The Economy') is a Saudi daily newspaper, published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company. It is published in Arabic.
Al Eqtisadiah was first launched as an economic daily in 1962. The founders of the paper were Hisham Hafiz and his brother Mohammad Hafiz. Later, it began to be published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Research and Marketing Group, on 12 January 1992.
The paper has a Gulf edition.
Al Eqtisadiah is often called "The Financial Times of Saudi Arabia". Therefore, its target population is primarily businesspeople as well as academics, and senior government employees in the Kingdom and the GCC.
Al Eqtisadiah is reported to rapidly secure a loyal readership of Saudi executives and government officials. The paper is also read by educated Saudi women and female students.
Al Eqtisadiah is one of the daily newspapers published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company (SRPC), one of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) companies. The other daily newspapers published by SRPC are Arab News and Al Sharq Al Awsat. The chairman of SRMG is Turki bin Salman Al Saud.
Al Eqtisadiah is the only specialized business and financial newspaper in the Kingdom. The paper provides both news coverage and research, analysis and commentary on economic and business-related events at domestic, regional and international levels. It also provides the translated articles and news from major international business publications, including the Financial Times, the Harvard Business Review, INSEAD, and Frankfurter regarding major economic events and developments.
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