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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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US Services Sector Keeps Growing in June as Price Pressures Ease and Hiring Returns
The US services sector, which accounts for the largest share of the world's biggest economy, expanded again in June, with the closely…
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Saudi Aramco Cuts August Crude Prices to Asia by the Most in Decades as Oversupply Weighs on the Market
Saudi Aramco has cut the official selling price of its flagship Arab Light crude to Asia for August loadings by about 11…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 6 July: Egypt Jumps as Hong Kong Leads Asia and the Gulf Firms
MENA and Asian equity markets ended Monday mostly higher, led by a sharp rally in Egypt, a rebound in Hong Kong and…
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Goldman Sees the Yen Staying Weak Even If Tokyo Intervenes as Its Dollar Yen Forecast Moves Toward 165
Goldman Sachs has turned more bearish on the Japanese yen, arguing that any fresh intervention by Japanese authorities would probably slow the…
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Sky’s Up to £1.6 Billion ITV Deal Creates a New UK Media Giant in the Streaming Era
Comcast-owned Sky has agreed to buy ITV's Media and Entertainment business in a deal worth up to £1.6 billion, creating what is…
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Oil Forecasts Spread Wide Toward Year End as the Regional Risk Premium Fades and Gulf Break-Even Prices Come Into Focus
Oil has given back most of the premium it built up during the spring's regional tensions, and forecasters are now split over…
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Qatar Ties Gas Feedstock to New Downstream Industry in a Push to Widen Its Non-Energy Base
Qatar has moved to channel its abundant gas into a new wave of downstream industry, with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry…
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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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German Factory Orders Rise 1.9 Percent in May but a Single Aircraft-Led Surge Flatters the Trend
New orders in German manufacturing rose 1.9 percent in May from the previous month, seasonally and calendar adjusted, the Federal Statistical Office…
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Saudi Licensed Hospitality Facilities Rise 22.7 Percent in the First Quarter as Hotel Pricing Softens
Saudi Arabia's licensed tourism hospitality facilities rose 22.7 percent year on year to 6,122 in the first quarter of 2026, according to…
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Oman’s Economy Grows 2.6 Percent in the First Quarter as Oil Volumes Recover but Nominal GDP Falls
Oman's economy expanded by 2.6 percent in real terms at market prices in the first quarter of 2026, with gross domestic product…
Read more →Markets Wrap MENA 5 July: Egypt Leads Sunday Gains as Kuwait and Qatar Rise While Saudi Slips After OPEC Plus Move
MENA equity markets ended Sunday mixed to higher across the active regional sessions, with Egypt leading gains and Kuwait and Qatar closing…
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Eurozone Private Sector Stabilises in June as the PMI Returns to the 50 Threshold
The euro area's private sector stopped shrinking in June, as growth in manufacturing offset a still weak services sector and pulled overall…
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Saudi Non-Oil Activity Hits a Four-Month High in June While Kuwait and Qatar Stay in Contraction
The Gulf's non-oil economies ended June on sharply different tracks, according to the latest S&P Global purchasing managers' surveys released on 5…
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OPEC Plus Raises August Output by 188,000 Barrels a Day as Saudi Arabia and Russia Lead
A group of seven producers within the OPEC Plus alliance, including Kuwait, agreed on Sunday to raise their combined oil output by…
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Egypt’s Post-IMF Economic Program: Stabilization Is Improving but Inflation and Debt Remain the Tests
Egypt is preparing for a new phase of economic policy after the completion of its current programme with the International Monetary Fund.…
Read more →US Jobless Claims Fall to 215,000 as Layoffs Stay Low but Hiring Cools Sharply
Filings for US unemployment benefits fell to 215,000 in the week ended 27 June, the Labor Department reported on 2 July, a…
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Gulf Energy Ministers Move to Strengthen the Region’s Energy Supply Chains
Energy ministers from the six Gulf Cooperation Council states met on 2 July to draw up recommendations for strengthening the region's energy…
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UK Firms’ Inflation Expectations Hold at 3.7 Percent in the Bank of England’s June Survey
British firms' expectations for inflation a year ahead held steady at 3.7 percent in June, according to the Bank of England's Decision…
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Egypt Pushes for Bigger UAE Investment in Its Gas Sector as Foreign Interest Builds
Egypt is pressing to draw more investment from the United Arab Emirates into its natural-gas sector, as Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi used…
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FAO Food Price Index Eases in June but Relief Is Uneven Across the Basket
Global food prices fell for a second consecutive month in June, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, as ample…
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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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Gold Posts Its First Weekly Gain in Five Weeks as the Dollar Slides on Soft US Jobs Data
Gold recorded its first weekly gain in five weeks and the US dollar headed for its biggest weekly loss since April, after…
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