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Thailand suspends seahorse trade

  Bangkok / AP Thailand, the world’s biggest exporter of seahorses, is suspending trade in the animal because of concern about threats to its wild population. The decision was announced at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. Dr. Amanda Vincent, a seahorse expert at The University of British ...

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Vietnam’s growth eases off in Q3

  Hanoi / AFP Vietnam’s economy dipped slightly in the third quarter year-on-year, data showed Thursday, but analysts say the communist country will remain one of Southeast Asia’s star performers. GDP growth in the three months to September hit 6.4 percent, down from 6.81 percent in the same period in 2015, the Government Statistics Office said in a statement. Vietnam ...

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Ambani’s son gets Reliance Capital nod

  Bloomberg Shareholders at Reliance Capital Ltd. approved the appointment of Jai Anmol Ambani as an executive director, grooming a prospective heir to his billionaire father at parent Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group Anmol, the older son of 57-year-old Reliance Chairman Anil Ambani, was appointed as an additional director by the board in August. A majority of institutional investors, which ...

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