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Global economy’s future is electric, but still dirty: IEA

Bloomberg More of the world will run on electricity in the future, but most of the power won’t be clean. That’s the key message from the International Energy Agency’s latest report on investment trends released on Tuesday. The Paris-based organisation said that electricity generation attracted more capital than oil and natural gas for the second ye-ar in a row, but …

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Mideast’s biggest petchem plant a step closer to financing

Bloomberg Carbon Holdings hopes to finalise financing for its $10.9 billion petrochemical plant by the end of the year, and expects to begin construction of what would be the Middle East’s largest such facility in the third quarter of 2019. The Tahrir Petrochemical Complex, which will be built in Suez Canal Economic Zone, will be finan-ced by equity and a …

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Kuwait bank seeks talks to create $92bn Islamic lender

Bloomberg Kuwait Finance House KSCP wants to hold renewed talks with Bahrain’s Ahli United Bank BSC about a takeover, a potential boost to the island kingdom as it seeks financial support from richer neighbours. Shares in Ahli United Bank, or AUB, rose 6.8 percent on Tuesday to the highest levels since April last year, valuing the Manama, Bahrain-based lender at …

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