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Saudi privatisation drive to list 100 entities, predicts HSBC

  DUBAI / Reuters Saudi Arabia’s privatisation drive is likely to result in around 100 new stock market listings in sectors including mining, healthcare and retail, a top HSBC executive said on Monday. Georges Elhedery, HSBC’s chief executive for the Middle East and North Africa, did not give a time frame for the listings but said they were part of ...

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Citigroup to name Carmen Haddad as head for Saudi Arabia

  Bloomberg Citigroup Inc. named Carmen Haddad as the head of its Saudi Arabia business as the US bank seeks to return to the kingdom after a more than 10-year absence, according to people familiar with the matter. Haddad is currently leading Citigroup’s strategy and business development for the kingdom, which the bank designates as a non-presence country, said the ...

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Wells Fargo falls as revenue misses estimates

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. fell after reporting first-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ estimates as the lender’s troubled community bank weighed on results. Wells Fargo shares slid 3 percent to $51.53 in New York, the lowest since Nov. 29 and the worst performance in the 65-company S&P 500 Financials Index. The stock has dropped 6.4 percent this year. The ...

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