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Ghana delays locking in oil to review cedi impact on prices

Bloomberg Ghana is postponing plans to protect itself from higher oil prices as the country reviews how its currency is affecting what consumers pay at the pump. Foreign exchange movements are probably having a bigger impact on volatile fuel costs than changes in the international price of crude, Deputy Minister of Finance Charles Adu Boahen said in an interview in ...

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India economy holds shaky crown as risks factors build

Bloomberg India’s world-beating economic growth is running up against some big risks: high oil prices, emerging market stress as the era of easy money draws to a close, and policy paralysis in the run-up to next year’s federal election. Those factors may push the rupee, Asia’s worst performer this year, even lower, as well as dampen some of the optimism ...

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Varde, Birla Group create $1bn venture for stressed assets

Bloomberg US-based investment firm Varde Partners Inc. and Indian financial services provider Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. are creating a joint venture to invest in “stressed and distressed” assets in India. Birla Capital’s shares rose. Minneapolis-based Varde will take a 50 percent stake in Birla Capital’s asset reconstruction business for 980 million rupees ($13.9 million), the Indian firm said in a ...

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