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Argentina studies sale of $5bn in assets

  Bloomberg Argentina is considering submitting a bill to congress that would allow the state pension manager to sell as much as 70.6 billion pesos ($5 billion) of shares in publicly traded companies, according to a person familiar with the government’s plans. President Mauricio Macri’s government may submit the proposal before July or issue a decree to modify the pension ...

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Putin badly needs a workable domestic plan

  The Russian government has approved a sober, and sobering, economic forecast for the next three years. The country’s prospects look so joyless that President Vladimir Putin may finally start listening to the mainstream economists who have stuck with him despite his unconcealed preference for a huge public sector tempered with a dose of crony capitalism. Today’s Russian leaders appear ...

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The South China Sea: Vietnam’s limited diplomatic options

  Du Nhat Dang SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS For Vietnam, 2016 seems fated to be a crucial year. Hanoi’s sovereignty disputes and related diplomatic efforts will be impacted by ongoing changes in Russia, China, and Japan and, yes, the results of the United States’ presidential election. The role of Russia is of particular interest for Vietnam. On April 14, Vietnamese ...

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