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Qatari construction firm IHG to list shares in $138mn offer

  Doha / Reuters Qatari construction firm Investment Holding Group (IHG) will launch an initial public offer of its shares next week in a boost for the country’s stock market, which has seen only two new listings since 2010. The contracting and trading business will offer 49.8 million shares, or 60 percent of its capital, at a price of 10.1 ...

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Libya’s oil production rises to 685,000 bpd

  Bloomberg Libya was producing 685,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), up from around 600,000 a day last month, an official from the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said. Output has risen after a two-year blockade was lifted two weeks ago on major pipelines leading from the western fields of Sharara and El Feel. Production has been resuming gradually at ...

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‘Gasolinazo’ infuriates Mexico, taints flagship energy reform

  Bloomberg Mexico is bracing for a series of protests as the opposition threatens a “peaceful revolution,” after the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto announced plans to raise gasoline prices by the most in two decades. Gasoline will soar as much as 20 percent in January as the nation moves away from subsidies that have burnt a hole in ...

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