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African central banks likely to hold interest rates

  Bloomberg Central banks in five of eight major African nations will likely hold interest rates in the next two weeks to shore up their sickly economies, even as the inflation pressures build. Surging food and fuel prices from the war in Ukraine, renewed virus lockdowns in China and the US unwinding coronavirus stimulus have clouded the outlook for the ...

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Sheikh Khalifa: A vision for sustainable development

Abu Dhabi / WAM Since its founding in 1971, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has received special attention from the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who carried the legacy of the Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed, in promoting the UAE globally as a unique model of tolerance and giving. His unlimited support had a considerable ...

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Saudi Aramco’s net profit rises 82% to $39.5b in Q1

  Bloomberg Saudi Aramco posted its highest profit since its record stock-market listing, after oil prices surged in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Aramco, which last week surpassed Apple to become world’s most valuable company, followed Big Oil rivals such as Shell Plc and BP Plc in reporting bumper earnings for the first quarter. Like them, the Saudi ...

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