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Markets Wrap: Wall Street and Asia Rally as Gulf and Egypt Close Lower on Monday
Gulf and Egyptian markets closed lower on Monday even as Wall Street and Asian equities staged a broad rally, a divergence driven…
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QatarEnergy’s Golden Pass LNG Wins US Approval to Commission Its Second Train
QatarEnergy's flagship US gas venture has moved a step closer to higher output after the Golden Pass LNG terminal in Texas received…
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Saudi Services Exports Rise 7.9 Percent in the First Quarter as Travel Strengthens Non-Oil Earnings
Saudi Arabia's services exports rose 7.9 percent quarter on quarter to 71.3 billion riyals in the first quarter of 2026, supported by…
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Euro-Area Money Supply Growth Picks Up in May as Company Lending Hits a Three-Year High
Euro-area money and credit growth strengthened in May, adding to evidence that liquidity conditions are gradually firming across the bloc. The broad…
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Britain’s Next Prime Minister Faces a Narrow Corridor: Low Growth, High Debt, Fragile Inflation
Britain's next prime minister will inherit an economy that is no longer in acute crisis, but remains boxed in by weak trend…
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Jordan Launches a 35 Million Euro Programme to Support 370 Industrial SMEs and Lift Competitiveness
Jordan has launched a 35 million euro programme to strengthen its industrial sector and support small businesses, in a fresh push to…
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China’s Central Bank Adds an Overnight Lending Tool as It Moves Toward a Fed-Style Rate Framework
China's central bank is adding an overnight tenor to its open-market operations, a technical but significant step in a multi-year effort to…
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Gulf and Egyptian markets opened the week on a mixed note on Sunday, with gains in Oman, Bahrain and Qatar offset by…
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Egypt Pushes Its State-Asset Sales Forward as the EGX Lists More Companies and an IMF Tranche Comes Into View
Egypt is accelerating its state-asset sale programme, listing more government-owned companies on the Egyptian Exchange and moving closer to unlocking about 1.6…
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Egypt’s Wage and Pension Increases Take Effect on 1 July as the New Budget Lifts Household Incomes
Egypt's package of wage and pension increases takes effect on 1 July, raising incomes for state employees and retirees as the new…
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Nassef Sawiris Moves to Take OCI Global Private at EUR 4.10 a Share as the Orascom Deadlock Drags On
Nassef Sawiris has moved to take OCI Global private, offering shareholders a cash exit that could resolve a months-long governance and strategic…
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BIS Warns That High Public Debt Has Created a New Fiscal-Financial Stability Nexus
The Bank for International Settlements has warned, in its Annual Economic Report 2026, that record-high public debt has created a new fiscal-financial…
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