Economy
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Mariam Almheiri urges G20 to back ‘Global Framework on Agriculture, Food Systems’
Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and G20 Ministers of Agriculture met in Hyderabad, India,…
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Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy launches report on Dubai’s venture capital ecosystem
Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, one of the three chambers operating under Dubai Chambers, has launched its third report on…
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Argentina faces crunch IMF talks to defuse looming debt bomb
Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have a $44 billion dilemma, with the two sides set to meet for…
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Melinda French Gates says growing world debt woes need bold action now
Melinda French Gates is urging world leaders gathering in Paris this week to take bolder action to reform the global…
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Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play investor plans $100 mln Saudi Arabia VC fund
Silicon Valley-based tech investor Plug and Play Tech Center, an early backer of firms including Dropbox Inc. and PayPal Holdings…
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Bank wants Africans buying from each other, with their own money
A pan-African payment system that would allow African nations to trade among themselves, using their own currencies, is gaining momentum.…
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Fashion retailers in Europe, US resilient despite consumer fears
A strong start to June for the world’s second-biggest fashion rtailer H&M, an optimistic outlook from Hugo Boss and a…
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Brisk trading of Middle East oil may move more US flows to Asia
A surge in activity in a key Middle Eastern oil trading window is affecting the cost of the region’s crude…
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Schneider Electric opens facility to manufacture ‘Made in Saudi Arabia’ products
Schneider Electric, a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has opened a new production line…
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China says AIIB operates with ‘openness, meritocracy, and transparency’
Beijing said on Thursday the China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank operated with “openness, meritocracy and transparency”, after a former executive…
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