SA ARAMCO connected to Q's pic of Apple?
The oil company, which made profits of $33.8bn (£25bn) in the first half of 2017 – $5bn more than second-placed Apple – said on Sunday it had recruited the American oil executive Lynn Laverty Elsenhans to its 11-member board.
ARAMCO IPO Saudi Stock Exchange May 2nd
‘Unique’ Aramco IPO changes the dynamics of Saudi Arabia’s economy, stock market CEO says "The Saudi Stock Exchange is as excited as everybody else with the listing of Aramco," Khalid Abdullah Al Hussan, CEO of the Saudi Stock Exchange, told CNBC's Hadley Gamble in Riyadh on Wednesday.
Saudi Aramco is looking to become the world's most valuable company when it lists a 5 percent stake in an IPO either later this year or in early 2019.
The listing is expected to dramatically change the face of the Tadawul exchange, with Saudi Aramco poised to dominate roughly one-third of the index.
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/29/saudi-aramco-appoints-first-woman-to-board
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/02/aramco-ipo-changes-the-dynamics-of-saudi-arabia-economy.html