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Economy
1/2/2012 6:25:07 PM
Rial falls to 17,800 to the dollar as US enacts new measures targeting country's financial sector and central bank
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Economy
12/29/2011 11:15:56 AM
Deterioration of the US dollar and loss of oil revenue since the South's secession spurs Sudan to seek dealing in sovereign currencies with China, a major investor in the country
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Economy
12/28/2011 5:04:34 PM
The move comes ahead of the Dec. 31 deadline, imposed by the Qatar central bank, for conventional banks to stop offering sharia-compliant banking services amid worries of overlaps between the two
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Business
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Economy
12/28/2011 1:47:28 PM
Arab Banking Corporation appoints the Libyan central bank chief as chairman
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Business
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Economy
12/27/2011 8:36:42 PM
Despite government promises to contrary, public-sector maximum wage will most likely not be implemented next month
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Business
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Economy
12/26/2011 2:29:30 PM
Trade in short-term Qatari Treasury bills will begin on the Qatar Exchange on Thursday
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Business
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Economy
12/26/2011 1:45:06 PM
The central bank will offer LE3 billion of three-year bonds, which mature on Jan 3, 2015, and LE2 billion of five-year bonds which mature on Jan 3, 2017
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Business
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Economy
12/22/2011 10:43:28 AM
Egyptian government bond ratings downgraded one notch to B2
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Business
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Economy
12/21/2011 2:10:46 PM
EU said the decision to unfreeze the Libyan funds was taken to support the recovery of the Libyan economy and assist the new government
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Business
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Economy
12/21/2011 11:22:14 AM
The plunge in FDI augmented $2.36 billion deficit in the balance of payments versus a surplus of $14.7 million a year earlier
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Business
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Economy
12/20/2011 8:39:29 PM
Egypt's current account deficit widened to $2.2 billion in the July-September quarter from a deficit of $1.31 billion a year earlier, the central bank said on Tuesday
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Business
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Economy
12/20/2011 12:25:24 PM
Despite commodity subsidies costing the government over $2 billion a year, country's parliament last week rejected a central bank plan to gradually remove fuel subsidies
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Business
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Economy
12/19/2011 3:37:41 PM
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Business
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Economy
12/19/2011 3:28:47 PM
Ministry of Finance to apply wage cap in public and government sectors from January 2012; exemptions for banks and petroleum sector
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Business
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Economy
12/17/2011 11:05:11 AM
The Central Bank of Libya and the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) were taken off the council's sanctions list p
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Business
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Economy
12/15/2011 1:01:47 PM
The Central Bank of Libya and the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB), an offshore institution wholly owned by the central bank, will be taken off the UN Security Council's sanctions list, barring objections from council members
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Business
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Economy
12/14/2011 6:02:14 PM
The newly appointed private-sector, market-focused Saudi Central Bank governor is expected hasten the opening of the Saudi market
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Business
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Economy
12/14/2011 1:58:29 PM
Central bank to auction $1 billion in one-year, dollar-denominated t-bills next week in effort to finance mounting budget deficit
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World
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Region
12/13/2011 7:40:56 PM
Saudi Arabia named a new central bank head and shuffled cabinet ministers
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Business
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Economy
12/11/2011 12:40:44 PM
Official figures show a slight fall in consumer prices over the last month
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