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US Growth Hits 3-Year Low At 0.7% In Trump’s 1st Quarter

US growth slowed to its lowest level in three years in the first quarter as consumer spending and government...

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GE Profitable Again In Q1; Oil Earnings Fall

Higher power and aviation earnings helped General Electric return to profitability in the first quarter as it announced...

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GE Profitable Again In Q1; Oil Business Still Weak

General Electric swung back to profitability in the first quarter Friday as its aviation and power businesses scored...

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Philippine President Tells Unemployed To Kill Drug Addicts

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has some career advice for the almost 40 million Filipinos currently...

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Who Is To Blame, the Lame Horse Or the Horse Rider?

NDC defeat: Who is to blame, the Lame Horse or the Horse Rider? “Of course as the general who led us into battle, I...

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Oil Producers ‘might Have To’ Extend Output Cuts

Saudi Arabia's energy minister said on Thursday that oil-producing countries might have to extend output cuts agreed...

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Oil Producers ‘might Have To’ Extend Output Cuts

Saudi Arabia's energy minister said on Thursday that oil-producing countries might have to extend output cuts agreed...

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Chinese Investors Launch Oman Industrial Project

Chinese investors in Oman on Wednesday laid the first stone of an industrial zone in the sultanate's southern port town...

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OPEC ‘optimistic’ Oil Output Cuts Leading To Price Recovery

Oil-exporting cartel OPEC is confident that production cuts agreed with non-members to prop up prices will lead to a...

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Tax Cuts, Cedi Stability Fetters Inflation

The stability of the local currency and the abolishing of ‘nuisance’ taxes by government are the main causes of the...

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JPMorgan Chase Reports Higher Profits On Strong Trading

JPMorgan Chase reported higher first-quarter profits Thursday, driven by a strong performance in its corporate and...

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Philippines Says Saudi Arabia Still Needs Its Workers

Saudi Arabia will still need even more Filipino workers despite its "Saudization" policy, Manila's labour secretary...

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Nigeria Sees ‘massive Spike’ In Death Sentences

Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what...

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Philippine’s Duterte Starts Gulf Tour

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrived Monday night in Saudi Arabia, where economic troubles forced the...

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Kuwait, Oman Agree To Build Oil Refinery

Oman Oil Company and Kuwait Petroleum International signed Monday an agreement to build a refinery worth around $7...

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FNB Forecasts 4.5% Economic Growth Lower Than Government’s Projection

First National Bank has said the Ghanaian economy is not likely to expand as much as the government expects, pegging...

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Britain To Help Reform Saudi Economy

Britain said Wednesday it would help Saudi Arabia to diversify its oil-dependent economy as British Prime Minister...

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Nigeria’s Central Bank Moves On Forex To Boost Economy

Nigeria's central bank has made moves to strengthen the naira currency to boost domestic manufacturing and lift the...

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Asian Traders Tread Carefully As Quarter Draws To A Close

Asian investors moved cautiously Friday following a Wall Street rally inspired by better-than-expected US economic...