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Euro Area Inflation Rises to 3.3 Percent in August as Energy Inflation Hits 14.3 Percent
Euro area annual inflation rose to 3.3 percent in August 2026, up from 2.9 percent in July, according to a flash estimate…
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Jordan Customs Firms Process 656,000 Declarations Since January; Zarqa Exports Reach 43.84 Million Dinars in August
Companies operating at Jordan's customs and border centres organized and completed procedures for 656,000 customs declarations between the start of this year…
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Humain and DataVolt Begin Building First 100 Megawatts of Planned 1.5 Gigawatt AI Campus at Oxagon
Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain and data centre developer DataVolt have started construction on the first 100 megawatts of a planned 1.5…
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Asia Market Wrap 1 September: Taiex jumps 1.78 percent on the Nvidia MediaTek deal as 6 of 8 headline benchmarks fall
Taiwan's Taiex rose 1.78 percent to close at 46,948.72, its highest finish since 1 July and the day's high, as investors chased…
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Report: Gold — The Fall Began Before the War: What Actually Moved Gold, and Where It Goes Next
Gold's 2026 round trip is usually blamed on the Middle East conflict that began on 28 February, but the timing does not…
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Kuwait Qualifies 41 Firms for Housing PPP Scheme as Power Tenders Advance in South Saad Al-Abdullah
Kuwait's Public Authority for Housing Welfare, known as PAHW, has qualified 41 Kuwaiti and international companies, grouped into 22 consortia, to compete…
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6 Development Banks Pledge Joint Roadmap on Fertilizer Supply Chains
Six multilateral development banks and international financial institutions, the African Development Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction…
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China’s Manufacturing PMI Rises to 49.8 in August, Stays Below 50 for Second Month
China's manufacturing sector contracted for a second straight month in August even as the pace of contraction eased sharply from July, the…
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Germany’s Inflation Rate Rises to 2.9 Percent in August
Germany's annual inflation rate climbed to 2.9 percent in August 2026, up from 2.8 percent in July, according to preliminary figures published…
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Egypt’s Exports to China Surge 199.8 Percent in First Half of 2026
Egypt's exports to China rose 199.8 percent year on year to 840.8 million dollars in the first half of 2026, up from…
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US Market Wrap 31 August: Dow Falls 0.70 Percent as Energy Jumps 2.10 Percent, PG&E and Edison Plunge After California Lawmakers Block Liability Proposal
US stocks fell Monday as crude extended its weekend jump following the strike on Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island and Iran's…
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Commodities Wrap 31 August: Palladium Falls 4.64 Percent as Energy Remains Broadly Higher After the Larak Island Strike
Palladium fell 4.64 percent to lead a broad decline across precious metals on Monday, even as the US dollar eased, while energy…
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