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Mongolia pegs $1bn from India for oil refinery, pipelines

  Emirates Business Mongolia will seek approval from the Import-Export Bank of India to build an oil refinery and pipelines with $1 billion in infrastructure funding negotiated last year, a project that could boost the nation’s gross domestic product by 10 percent. The government intends to use $700 million of the loan for an oil refinery and $264 million for ...

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Looming elections sidetrack Pakistan’s privatization drive

  Bloomberg Pakistan’s drive to sell stakes in its loss-making state-owned entities has been all but abandoned, as the government bows to threats of widespread protests over potential job losses. Former IBM executive Mohammad Zubair, the minister of state for privatization, has found his work increasingly sidelined, even as annual losses from state companies rack up at 600 billion rupees ...

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Nintendo tumbles after Super Mario Run draws tepid reviews

  Bloomberg Nintendo Co. plummeted in Tokyo after the debut of Super Mario Run was met by lukewarm reviews. The stock slid 7.1 percent on Monday, bringing its losses since the game’s debut last week to more than 11 percent. Nintendo’s partner DeNA Co., which helped with the game’s development, dropped 14 percent in the same period. Super Mario Run ...

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