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Roche to buy Poseida Therapeutics

The $1.5 billion deal is due to close in early 2025.

BP announces $7bn gas project

The project aims to unlock 3 trillion cu ft of gas resources in Indonesia.

Lulu Retail Q3 profit $35m

For the nine-month period, net profit increased by 73.3%.

Talabat IPO offer price range announced

The subscription will close on 27 Nov for UAE retail investors.

Salik 9M net profit $223m

The company's third-quarter profit increased by 8.8 percent.

$196m deposited in July into Saudi home loans fund

    • Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 reform plan aims to raise the proportion of residential ownership to 70 percent

    • REDF provided more than 43 electronic services for citizens online without the need to visit branches

    Close to $200 million has been deposited during July into accounts of Saudi citizens, benefiting from the Sakani program, by the Real Estate Development Fund (REDF).

    Sakani is run by the Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing and the REDF, offering Saudis access to land and residential housing through financing solutions with the aim of enabling families to own their first home.

    The Kingdom’s Vision 2030 reform plan aims to raise the proportion of residential ownership to 70 percent.

    Mansour bin Madi, the REDF’s general supervisor, said that the total amount deposited in accounts since the program’s launch in June 2017 exceeded SR29.6 billion.

    REDF provided more than 43 electronic services for citizens online without the need to visit branches, in addition to a real-estate adviser application that facilitates the procedure.

    It has also deployed an online team working around the clock to provide support to help beneficiaries get access to the subsidized funding.