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Saudi Arabia's Almarai, the Gulf's biggest dairy firm by market value, acquired Fondomonte which owns and operates farms in Argentina for $83 million.

Fondomonte is comprised of three farms totaling 12,306 hectares and is dedicated to the production of corn and soybean.

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Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, and Kingdom Holding Company announced investment of $300 million in Twitter.

Dow Jones is reporting that this $300 million represents a 3 percent stake in the company. Kingdom Holding already holds roughly 7 percent stake in News Corp as well. As DubaiBeat reported back in 2010, they had also acquired stake in GM for $500 million.

Kingdom Holding Company is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code BFD84.

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A year after being granted with the license by the Saudi Arabian Capital Market Authority, SEDCO Capital has formally launched as a wealth management company focusing on super and ultra high net worth individuals, sophisticated institutional investors and family offices.

SEDCO Capital is owned by the Bin Mahfouz family, one of the prominent banking families in Saudi Arabia. It is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code ORP18.

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Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding, and the firm have placed an order for $400 million but received $60 million in Glencore IPO.

This represents 3.6 percent of the value of Glencore’s IPO and the offering was substantially oversubscribed.

Kingdom Holding Company is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code BFD84.

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A Saudi Arabian trust is interested in purchasing the Wilhelmshaven oil refinery in Germany put up for sale by US group ConocoPhillips, broadcaster NDR reported on its website this month.

The prospective buyer, who has links to the Saudi king, is keen to process Saudi crude at the site and is pushing for talks with ConocoPhillips - Bloomgerg is reporting.

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