Author: AFPWed, 2018-04-25 11:41ID: 1524656999414228700LONDON: Latte king Costa Coffee is to go it alone following pressure from activist shareholders on Whitbread, the global coffee chain’s parent company, a statement said Wednesday.UK compa…
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Author: APWed, 2018-04-25 (All day)ID: 1524654613603957200NICOSIA, Cyprus: Eni will proceed with more exploratory drilling south of Cyprus over the next 20 months, affirming a “strong engagement and commitment” in a hydrocarbons search off th…
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Author: ReutersWed, 2018-04-25 09:26ID: 1524648802563396600LONDON: British online fast-fashion retailer Boohoo beat forecasts with a 40 percent jump in annual profit and an almost doubling of revenue as its mainly younger customers snapped up its…
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Author: ReutersWed, 2018-04-25 08:46ID: 1524647423683306100PARIS/RIYADH: French oil and gas major Total said on Wednesday it was interested in Saudi Arabia’s petrol station market and had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state en…
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Wed, 2018-04-25 10:19DUBAI: Oman’s Ministry of Manpower has pledged to continue in its push to recruit locals over expats even after its target was reached, the Times of Oman has reported.The government set itself a deadline of May, but it wa…
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Author: APWed, 2018-04-25 (All day)ID: 1524639135682884100BAGHDAD: Iraq is opening more of its untapped oil and gas resources to foreign developers, hoping to boost revenues after its costly war with the Daesh group, but analysts say the rushed b…
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Author: ReutersWed, 2018-04-25 06:30ID: 1524638011822842700LONDON: Global wind energy capacity could increase by more than half over the next five years, as costs continue to fall and the market returns to growth at the end of this decade, a repo…
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Author: AFPWed, 2018-04-25 04:39ID: 1524631320572584500BEIJING: Global carmakers touted their latest electric and SUV models in Beijing on Wednesday, as China promises a more level playing field in the world’s largest auto market where domestic…
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Author: ReutersWed, 2018-04-25 04:11ID: 1524629852532490200BENGALURU: India’s Bharti Airtel approved the merger of Indus Towers Ltd. with its mobile masts operator unit Bharti Infrate, creating the largest tower company outside China by number…
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Wed, 2018-04-25 00:32LONDON: SoftBank’s Vision Fund, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the UAE’s Mubadala, invest in China’s ‘Uber for Trucks.’ Saudi Arabia’s appetite for investment in technology shows no sign…
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Fearing long-term dependence on the price of crude oil, a new wave of entrepreneurs is helping Nigeria’s small farmers reclaim their place as the engine room of the country’s economy. Ima Jackson-Obot reports.
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The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bruno Tshibala, tells Adrienne Klasa that the country's new mining code will correct an imbalance in favour of its citizens, who, he adds, will get the chance to go to the polls later in…
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A recovery in the prices of gold and copper has done little for investment levels in the mining sector in Africa. However, writes Adrienne Klasa, having learnt from their mistakes during the crash, many in the industry accept that a slower, more sens…
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The World Bank released its latest Global Investment Competitiveness report at the Annual Investment Meeting in the UAE, which stressed how integral developing economies have become to global FDI flows. Sebastian Shehadi reports.
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As a country, Israel is synonymous with headlines reporting conflict and civil unrest. However, thanks to its start-up culture, it is also a hotbed for FDI. Zosia Wąsik examines why investors see the country as a safe bet.
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A long awaited FDI wave has yet to materialise in Iran as Tehran and Washington continue to lock horns and throw the future of the nuclear deal into question. Jacopo Dettoni reports. 
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Cryptocurrencies and blockchain have been making inroads across Africa, promising to fix some of its most deeply rooted problems, from economic segregation to the transparency of public governance and poor intra-regional trade. But results have yet t…
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The Israeli government's $275m digital health project will reenforce the country's status as a leader in the healthtech space, writes Olivia Azadegan.
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Saudi Arabia has authorised foreign investment in domestic workers’ recruitment agencies, though some say the system needs further reform. Sebastian Shehadi reports.
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North Africa has experienced a lot of political and social unrest in recent years, meaning that the relatively stable Morocco has emerged as a regional FDI hub. The country's minister of economy and finance, Mohamed Boussaid, tells Sebastian Shehadi…
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Ten-year Treasury back over 3% as Caterpillar points to growth worries while euro slides
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The outlook for US industrial companies is improving on strong global demand
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Social media company had been expected to return to a net loss
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Offer from US owner of NBC Universal sets up clash with Murdoch’s Fox empire
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Wednesday’s results may reveal the impact of privacy scandal and news feed overhaul
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President held talks with Macron ahead of US deadline to ‘fix’ the nuclear accord
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Japanese company makes its biggest bet to join the top ranks of global pharma groups
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Beijing withholds key approval of transaction as Trump pumps up rhetoric
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Chief executive Tidjane Thiam hails results, as he looks to spur on restructure
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Mark Read has a lot on his plate as ad group reels from exit of Martin Sorrell
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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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FOR the second time in as many months, Iran’s “dollar patrol” is on the streets. The country’s currency, the rial, has lost a third of its value on the black market since September. On April 9th it sank to a record low of 61,000 to the dol…
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IT IS difficult to escape the grip of religion in Lebanon. The rules that govern marriage, property rights and inheritance are administered by religious courts. Well-to-do secular Lebanese can fly to Cyprus to marry in civil ceremonies. But once b…
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AN HOUR east of Johannesburg, on the rolling highveld plains, six massive cooling towers sit around two belching smokestacks. The Kendal power station (pictured) is among the world’s largest, producing 4.1 gigawatts (GW) from burning coal. A few…
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You have the right to remain silentIN THE West, when celebrities post revealing videos on Instagram, they may find themselves mocked by tabloids and gossip websites. In Tanzania they can be arrested. On April 16th Diamond Platnumz, a Swahili rapp…
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IF THE cruise missiles that slammed into Syria on April 14th rattled President Bashar al-Assad, he did his best not to show it. Hours after America, Britain and France struck three facilities connected to Mr Assad’s chemical-weapons programme, h…
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Vlad, I’m disappointed in youIN THE early hours of April 9th Israeli fighter jets crossed into Lebanese airspace and fired a salvo of cruise missiles eastward. Their target was the T-4 military airbase in central Syria (see map on previous page…
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That’s not the way out“IT’S what our forefathers used to eat,” says Kennedy Kapami, a Zambian phone salesman, rolling a ball of stiff maize porridge in his fingers. Maize is the staple food in eastern and southern Africa, where in some co…
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THE ancient port town of Berbera in Somaliland, a breakaway state in northern Somalia, is generally a sleepy place. The heat, which can reach 50 degrees Celsius in the summer, stifles even the dogs. Yet visitors will find it buzzing at the moment.…
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BASHAR AL-ASSAD’S chemical attack on the town of Douma on April 7th has been widely condemned. But punishing Syria’s dictator is simpler than devising a coherent Syria policy. If Donald Trump orders a limited bombing campaign on Mr Assad’s p…
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JULIUS MAADA BIO wasted no time before being sworn in as president of Sierra Leone. Just an hour and a half after his narrow election victory was announced on April 4th, Mr Bio took the oath of office, forgoing the state house for a dimly lit room…
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Aid agencies are seeking billions of dollars to help Syrian civilians cope with the devastation caused by a conflict that could worsen as rival foreign powers compete over diverging strategic interests in the war-ravaged country.
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An international team was allowed into the Syrian town to investigate. Dozens of people were killed two weeks ago in the area.
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A group of some of the world’s biggest crude producers said they would keep a tight grip on output for the rest of the year, and perhaps into next, spurring President Donald Trump to call oil prices “artificially very high.”
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Palestinian protesters clashed with the Israeli military at the fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel, calling for the right of refugees to return to what is now Israel a day after Israelis celebrated the 70th birthday of their nation.
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Saudi Arabia opens its first new cinema in 35 years this week, ushering in a historic change in a country where movie theaters were until recently widely seen as immoral and un-Islamic.
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