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Qatar falls sharply, Etisalat drags on Abu Dhabi; Saudi flat

  DUBAI / Reuters Most stock markets in the Gulf fell on Tuesday with Qatar’s index hit particularly hard, but Saudi Arabia ended almost flat as petrochemical shares rebounded. Qatar’s stock index dropped 2.2 percent; all banking shares fell with Qatar National Bank retreating 2.9 percent. A monthly Reuters poll, published on Tuesday, found 62 percent of Middle Eastern fund ...

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All’s not calm under stock market surface with Donald Trump on tap

  Bloomberg Behind the scenes of a stock market on a tear since Election Day are signs that investors have begun to worry about a rupture. They’re anxious before Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday, after a run-up that lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average every day since the president promised a “ phenomenal” plan to cut taxes. One ...

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VP, Seychelles prez discuss bilateral ties

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received on Tuesday at Zabeel Palace, President of Seychelles Danny Faure. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and ...

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