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Target tries to lure budget shoppers with $2 toiletries

Bloomberg Watch out dollar stores, Target Corp. wants to steal your shoppers. The Minneapolis-based retailer is introducing Smartly, a line of essentials and personal-care products mainly priced under $2, for budget-conscious consumers who don’t want to buy in bulk. It’s in step with Target’s strategy to offer new brands to get customers excited. It has added a dozen over the …

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ERC aid benefits 600 families in Hadramaut

ASH SHAHAR / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) distributed food aid to 600 families, or about 3,000 persons, at Al Hami, Ash Shahar District in Hadramaut. This is in the framework of the ERC’s humanitarian project to restore normalcy to the lives of families facing dire humanitarian conditions. The assistance included basic humanitarian needs and foodstuff. The beneficiaries extended …

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Saudi crown prince says Aramco IPO by 2021

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s crown prince insisted the plan to sell shares in oil giant Aramco will go ahead, promising an initial public offering (IPO) by 2021 and sticking to his ambitious view the state-run company is worth $2 trillion or more. “I believe late 2020, early 2021,” he said, discussing the timing of the IPO in an interview at the …

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