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‘Brexit a game changer for UK nuclear industry’

Bloomberg To understand the implications of Brexit, it helps to go nuclear. Of all the international regulatory challenges created by the UK’s impending departure from the European Union, the atomic-energy industry may best encapsulate the decision’s bottom-line effect: more bureaucracy and costs for a country that has long fought to curb both within the EU. Untwining the UK from decades ...

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Saudi mulls delay to foreign part of Aramco IPO

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia is considering delaying the international portion of the giant initial public offering of its state oil company until at least 2019, according to people familiar with the situation, who said a domestic share sale in Riyadh could still happen next year. A two-stage Saudi Aramco IPO is one of several options being considered, the people said, asking ...

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Riyadh Metro invites firms to bid on branding stations

RIYADH / Reuters The $23 billion Riyadh Metro launched an auction on Sunday for private companies to name and advertise in select metro stops when the system opens in 2019, an initiative that could generate millions of dollars to help cover operational costs. Construction on the 176-kilometre (110 miles) metro began in 2014 after contracts were awarded to consortiums headed ...

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