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e& Agrees to Sell Its Entire Vodafone Stake for 5.95 Billion Dollars, Unlocking a 1.3 Billion Dollar Net Cash Return
UAE technology and telecommunications group e& has signed a binding agreement to sell its entire shareholding in Vodafone Group for approximately 21.8…
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Jordan’s Housing Bank Issues the Kingdom’s First Blue Bond With 100 Million Dollars From the EBRD
The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance issued Jordan's first blue bond on Wednesday, a 100 million dollar loan note subscribed by…
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QNB Profit Rises 3.2% as Abu Dhabi’s FAB Keeps Its Lead by Assets
QNB Group, the Qatari lender locked in a long-running contest with First Abu Dhabi Bank to be the Middle East's biggest bank,…
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Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd Return a Container Service to the Suez Canal as the Red Sea Corridor Steadies
Two of the world's largest container lines, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, are returning one of their main Asia to Europe services to the…
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ADNOC Launches a Global LNG Platform Targeting 47 Million Tonnes a Year as It Builds Trading Scale
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on 6 July launched an integrated global platform for marketing and trading liquefied natural gas, bringing…
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Kuwait Completes the KIPIC and KNPC Merger in a Milestone for Its Oil Sector Overhaul
Kuwait has completed the merger of Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company into Kuwait National Petroleum Company, consolidating the country's refining and petrochemicals…
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ADNOC Distribution, the listed retail arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, is nearing an agreement to buy Shell's network of fuel…
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Zain Wins a 25-Year License to Operate Syria’s Mobile Network With a US$747 Million Bid
Kuwait's Zain Group has been awarded a 25-year license to operate a mobile telecom network in Syria after winning a competitive government…
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- Europe Market Wrap 19 October: All Nine Indices Fall as France’s Fiscal Worries Spread
- Europe Market Wrap 9 October: All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent
- US Market Wrap 12 October: The Dow Alone Rises 0.38 Percent as the Nasdaq 100 Falls 0.71 Percent
- Europe Market Wrap 16 October: All Nine Indices Rise to Cap the Stoxx 600’s Best Week Since June
- Asia Market Wrap 7 October: All Eight Indices Fall as Seoul Drops 1.98 Percent