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Brexit opposed by Japan Inc. as $59 billion rides on ballot

  Bloomberg Japan Inc. has $59 billion at stake on the June 23 referendum in the U.K., when Britons vote to either leave or stay in the European Union. That’s the amount Japanese companies have invested in the U.K., which benefits more from the Asian nation than any other country outside Europe apart from the U.S., according to figures compiled ...

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Saudi to cut public sector wage bill in post-oil plan

Bloomberg   Saudi Arabia plans to cut the public-sector wage bill as well as subsidies by 2020, scaling back the state largess that helped ensure political loyalty in the largest Arab economy. The reductions are a pillar of the National Transformation Program the Saudi cabinet approved on Monday. A major component of the Vision 2030 plan unveiled by Deputy Crown ...

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Riyadh renewable goals favour gas

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia is scaling back renewable power targets as the world’s biggest oil exporter plans to use more natural gas, backing away from goals set when crude prices were triple their current level, according to Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih. The kingdom aims to have power generation from renewable resources like the sun make up 10 percent of the ...

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