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British voters are still worrying about Brexit

The best thing to do with mistakes is learn from them. So as part of her vacation reading, UK Prime Minister Theresa May might want to glance at the just-released British Election Study showing what was foremost on voters’ minds as they cast ballots in the 2017 general election: Brexit The election was supposed to be a walk in Hyde …

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Government spending hits AED8.92bn

ABU DHABI / WAM The actual spending of federal departments amounted to AED8.92 billion during Q1 2017, with a 100 percent budget execution rate, according to a Ministry of Finance report. The Service Sector spending hit AED3.207 billion, which accounts for 36.96 percent of Q1 total spending, while AED2.384 billion went to the Public Order and Safety Affairs Sector- 26.73 …

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Stock markets maintain gains

ABU DHABI / WAM Blue-chips again gave a last-minute boost to the UAE stocks on Wednesday, with Emaar breaking a new high of AED8.49 despite a profit-booking spree during the first half of today’session. Accordingly, decent gains were held by the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange General Index which was up 1.02 percent, closing at 4608 points, with the Dubai Financial …

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