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Tunisia wins billion-dollar pledges for ailing economy

  Tunis / AFP Qatar and France promised more than a billion dollars in financial support for Tunisia at an investment conference on Tuesday aimed at reviving the country’s struggling economy. Nearly six years after its Arab Spring revolution, Tunisia hopes the meeting will help it confront challenges including high unemployment, low growth and a tourism sector hammered by jihadist ...

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Shell, BP warn Japan over price of its freedom

  Bloomberg The world’s biggest liquefied natural gas suppliers have a warning for Japan: flexibility will likely cost you. Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc say that if Japan moves to ease restrictions that prevent its importers from reselling the gas, the Asian nation may have to purchase the fuel at a higher price in return. Suppliers could also ...

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Qatar Navigation, Qatar Ports to start JV for Hamad Port

  DOHA / Reuters Qatar Navigation (Milaha) and Qatar Ports will start a joint venture to operate Qatar’s Hamad Port in Doha, Milaha’s Chairman Sheikh Ali bin Jassim bin Mohammad al-Thani said on Tuesday. The venture, QTerminals, will have a proposed 100 million riyals ($27.5 million) in capital, Qatar’s transport minister told reporters on the sidelines of a signing ceremony ...

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