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MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-Saudi regulations target stock market speculators
Reuters* Biggest Arab market dominated by retail traders * Makes prices volatile, distorts money flows * CMA mounts biggest drive in years to cut speculation * Appears to have backing of top officials * Some small-cap shares tumble By Nadia Saleem DUBAI,...Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, Economy, Business and Finance, Arab Spring, Stock Market, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
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Tired of economic crisis, Sudanese pack up to try their luck abroad
ReutersKHARTOUM (Reuters) - In a cramped government office in Khartoum, engineer Ahmed Taha and dozens of other Sudanese, lured by local newspaper adverts for jobs in the Gulf, sit waiting to get a permit to leave the country and work abroad. "I've had enough...Tags: Collective Contract, Technology, Sudan, Healthcare Contract Issues, Science and Technology
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MIDEAST MONEY-Turkish central bank finally wins respect for offbeat policy
Reuters* Turkey's monetary policy mix is unusually intricate * Criticised for failing to address inflation, loan growth * But gradually winning respect in financial markets * Achieves currency stability, weathers European crisis * Potential model for other...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Productivity, Emerging Market, Inflation and Deflation, CNBC (tv network)
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Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn arrives in Juba to open bank
Sudan TribuneDisgraced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in South Sudan on Monday to open a new bank, marking a rare return to the financial world since his career was derailed by a lurid sex scandal two years ago....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, National Government, France
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Narrow base cools economic impact of hot Ghana bourse
Reuters* SME's seen wary of increased scrutiny if they list * Govt seen reluctant to release stake in key firms * Ghana bourse in middle of African pack By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA, May 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's bourse is up more than 50 percent...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry, Stock Market, Ghana, National Government
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In Bangladesh rubble, the prices of profit
Reuters* Orders found in rubble reveal price of retail profits * Clothes sold in West for up to 10 times factory cost * Industry under pressure to tighten safety controls By Sarah Morris MADRID, May 14 (Reuters) - Order dockets found in the rubble of a Dhaka...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Health and Safety at Work, Bangladesh, Madrid (Spain), Consumers
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PRESS DIGEST - British Business- May 13
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - The Guardian PARTS OF UK COAL MAY BE NATIONALISED AFTER COLLIERY FIRE CLOSES PIT Troubled parts of UK Coal, Britain's largest coal mining business, could return to public ownership under plans being discussed by ministers that would...Tags: Bloomberg L.P., Steve Ballmer, Layoffs and Downsizing, Deutsche Bank AG, Vietnam
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Public-private partnerships: the new model for infrastructure
There's a P3 in your future. Maryland is poised to join 34 states and key federal agencies in transforming the way government works. The new mantra, "P3," is shorthand for public-private partnerships. Maryland's P3 legislation, championed by Lt. Gov....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Rentals, Barack Obama, Company Privatization, FBI
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-Africa's emerging middle class drives growth and democracy
ReutersBy Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG, May 10 (Reuters) - After years of headlines about Africa's poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool of consumers for market-hungry retailers....Tags: Democracy, Nigeria, Productivity, Services and Shopping, Kenya
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Africa's "lift-off" held back by illicit finance drain - AfDB
Reuters* AfDB says resource drain "holding back Africa's lift-off" * Illicit transfers behind most of $1.4 trillion outflow * Urges strengthening of tax, regulation, customs systems By Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG, May 10 (Reuters) - Africa's economic...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Africa, Finance, Economic Indicator
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Africa's "lift-off" held back by illicit finance drain: AfDB
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's economic development is being held back by a "hemorrhage" of illicit financial flows, which may be getting worse, the African Development Bank said on Friday, calling for reforms to stem the losses. A draft report to...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Africa, Finance, Economic Indicator
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World Bank resumes support for hydropower in Laos
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The Lao government has gained a new partner to back its hydropower development policy after the World Bank resumed its support for the construction of dams. According to a report published in the Washington Post this...Tags: International Organizations, Media Industry, Laos, Vientiane (Laos), Global Warming
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