Author: Thu, 2019-11-14 00:09LONDON: Oil prices reversed early losses on Wednesday after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said it saw no signs of global recession and rival US shale oil production could grow by much le…
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Wed, 2019-11-13 22:57Major automakers think US President Donald Trump will again this week push back a self-imposed deadline on whether to put up to 25 percent tariffs on national security grounds on imported cars and parts from the EU and Japan am…
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Author: Wed, 2019-11-13 22:54WASHINGTON: US consumer prices jumped by the most in seven months in October, which together with abating fears of a recession, support the Federal Reserve’s signal for no further interest rate cuts in the near term.…
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Author: Wed, 2019-11-13 22:44LISBON: Portugal’s minority Socialist government presented on Wednesday a proposal to raise the monthly minimum wage by nearly 6 percent to 635 euros ($700) next year, remaining the lowest in western Europe.Prime…
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Author: Wed, 2019-11-13 22:34LONDON: A Chinese buyout marks a new chapter in the tumultuous history of steelmaking in the UK, which has been characterized by nationalization, privatizations and recurring crises.Despite having an economy dominat…
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Author: Wed, 2019-11-13 22:32HONG KONG, BEIJING: Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer XPeng, backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., said on Wednesday it has raised $400 million from investors including Xiaomi Corp. to fund its growth.Sourc…
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Author: Zaynab KhojjiID: 1573659565047435500Wed, 2019-11-13 18:36DUBAI: Due to the increasing amount of purchases from the region, the Chinese e-commerce AliExpress has started offering several new services.The growing demand came specifically…
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Wed, 2019-11-13 18:23RIYADH: US-based Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to in a project to develop the Kingdom’s transport sec…
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Wed, 2019-11-13 17:17KHARTOUM: In the small basement of a two-story building next to Khartoum’s central bus station, around 40 smartly dressed men and women gather around terminals for an hour a day with one eye on the future of Sudan’s fledgli…
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Author: ReutersID: 1573653439375948800Wed, 2019-11-13 13:37SAN JOSE, California: Alphabet Inc’s Google will offer personal checking accounts from sometime next year in partnership with Citigroup Inc. and a small credit union at Stanford Universit…
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The number of foreign companies investing in Lagos increased in 2018 after four years of decline.
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Continued African development could hinge on public finance reforms 
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Lebanon could see foreign investment flowing into its power grid and telecoms industries if it carries out necessary economic reforms
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Dubai outstrips other Middle East cities as top destination for office openings.
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Stevens Mokgalapa talks about foreign investment opportunities and challenges in South Africa’s administrative capital, and the balancing act of development and environmental needs in the developing world.
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Vice president Yemi Osinbajo believes Nigeria’s business reforms and recent signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement will diversify investments. 
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Pilot schemes to offer refugees in Jordan and Ethiopia permits to work in special economic zones have been enthusiastically received, but take up has been disappointing.
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While change is usually necessary to keep countries moving forward, investors should have the opportunity to adapt to reforms without having their businesses or banking disrupted.
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The chief executive officer of Bahrain's FinTech Bay explains how the country’s focus on encouraging collaboration and innovation is driving its development as a regional fintech hub.
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Bahrain’s ‘small but nimble’ approach – and its innovative regulatory sandbox – has set in motion a flourishing fintech scene.
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Diplomat says staff member overheard president pressing for Ukrainian probe into Bidens
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New figures reveal acceleration in office openings that led to cash crunch
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WT.Social uses subscription-funded model to try and combat ‘clickbait’
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Wall Street analyst calls early results for Disney+ video service ‘jaw-dropping’
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Parting shot from European Council president who also warns Macron on Russia rapprochement
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Group’s interest comes after steps by Apple and Facebook into financial services
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Parka maker says earlier winter shipments will pull sales from the holiday quarter
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Fed chair warns Congress that US deficit ‘unsustainable’ in case of any downturn
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Reduction is part of Kremlin plan to shift towards euro and renminbi
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Millions of Russian tourists will no longer be soaking up the sun in Turkey and supermarkets across Russia will soon stop carrying Turkish produce after economic relations between the two countries further deteriorated on Monday. Russia prevented 1,2…
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Russia continued to ratchet up sanctions against Turkey Monday, announcing a ban on the import of Turkish fruits and vegetables, the Wall Street Journal reported. As sharp words are exchanged between the two trading partners, other countries are alre…
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World leaders convene in France on Monday for the latest global conference on climate change, called COP21, in an attempt to forge the first legally binding climate agreement amid increasing urgency. Yet officials from some countries are worried that…
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Turkey on Saturday issued a travel warning to its citizens, asking them to avoid all non-urgent travel to Russia, as diplomatic tension between the two countries escalates over the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey earlier this week.The Turkish…
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UPDATED 9:45 a.m. EST: Russia will suspend visa-free travel agreement with Turkey, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. The action takes effect Jan. 1, the BBC reported.
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Russia threatened economic retaliation against Turkey on Thursday and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but Turkey dismissed the threats as "emotional" and "unfitting".In an escalating war of…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) -- Speculation that Saudi Arabia could devalue its currency may owe more to a poor public-relations effort by Saudi authorities than to the economic pressures on the kingdom. Riyadh has the tools available to pro…
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One particular sentence spoken by the Russian foreign minister Tuesday has Turkish officials feeling particularly uneasy: “We do not recommend that our citizens travel to Turkey for tourism or any other reason,” Sergey Lavrov said. He was in So…
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Saudi Arabia and Angola both beat out Russia as the largest crude oil suppliers to China in October, Bloomberg reported Monday. The huge China market is one arena where the world’s suppliers continue to compete for share amid a global oil glut, a…
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European leaders are planning to crack down on the use of bitcoin, prepaid credit cards and other methods of anonymous payment in response to the Paris attacks last week, Reuters reported Thursday. It's part of a crisis plan that aims to dismantle…
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THE FORDOW nuclear plant in northern Iran would make an ideal lair for a Bond villain. Russian-made surface-to-air missiles guard the skies around it. The facility itself is buried under a mountain. Several hundred feet down, in two cavernous halls,…
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WALKING THROUGH the Minharot Olam (Perpetual Tunnels) project in Jerusalem is like navigating a massive honeycomb. The developers have cut a mile (1.6km) of tunnels through the earth that are over 50ft (16 metres) high. Some are 18 storeys below grou…
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INSIDE AN ORNATE conference hall the boss of a $100bn tech fund spoke to rows of empty chairs. Then he briefly fell asleep. Outside the hall Anthony Scaramucci, the colourful financier who lasted ten days as Donald Trump’s communications director,…
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ON A PLANTATION in Tiko, in south-west Cameroon, Adeline rubs the gap in her right hand where her index finger used to be. She arrived in the town in July 2018, having fled Ekona, 15 miles away. In that village soldiers terrified civilians by burning…
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NEAR THE port of Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, one of Africa’s smallest states, is a neglected monument to past rebellion. A giant fist of black steel commemorates striking dockers gunned down by Portuguese soldiers in 1959. The strike—an…
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AS ITS SO-CALLED caliphate expanded across Syria and Iraq, Islamic State (IS) promised its followers an apocalyptic battle to come. Eager jihadist propagandists predicted that a final victory over the “crusader armies” would usher in the day of j…
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EVERY WINDOW of the factory on the outskirts of Adama is smashed. On the side of the road are the scorched remains of a bus and lorries torched by angry young men last week. This scene of mob violence, just 75km from Addis Ababa, the capital, is one…
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IF IT WERE not for the flags being waved, it would be difficult to tell the difference between the protests in Lebanon and those in Iraq. In Baghdad, as in Beirut, masses of people have taken to the streets, angry over corruption, poor governance an…
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AFTER NEARLY two weeks of nationwide protests, the demonstrators in Lebanon claimed their first scalp. On October 29th the prime minister, Saad Hariri, said he had reached a “dead end” trying to deal with their demands over corruption and the st…
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IN SOUTH AFRICAN politics it is a feat to make the African National Congress (ANC) look harmonious. Yet over the past week the Democratic Alliance (DA), the country’s main opposition party, has done just that. On October 20th Helen Zille, its outsp…
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Being suspected of whistleblowing may be enough to get fired by broadcast networks.
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Rarely has so much been demanded of so many by so few unidentified sources.
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My client’s call with the Ukrainian president was innocent, and the House inquiry is a travesty.
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Reneging on the promise to ‘take care’ of blameless DACA recipients would be a moral outrage.
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Following Chirac’s Bosnia example, Macron should assume the responsibility Trump’s U.S. abdicated.
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Democrats in Congress want to raise the top individual rate to 47%.
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Can a company be required to do business with a minority firm?
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The new district attorney will ignore quality-of-life offenses.
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Democrats dominate the Old Dominion, where Dukakis didn’t crack 40% in 1988.
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Mayor Mike won’t be president, and neither will he do any favors for Trump or Warren.
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