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Qatar banks seek Asian, European funding as diplomatic crisis bites

QataribanksareturningtoAsiaandEuropeforfundingafterclientsfromotherArabstatespulledbillionsofdollarsfromtheiraccountsfollowingaregionaldiplomaticrift.WhiletheQa

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China Unicom resumes trading after private placement cleared

ChinaUnicomonMondayresumedtradingandopenedhigherinShanghaiandHongKong,afterChina'ssecuritiesregulatorcleareditsprivateplacementdeal,removingthemarketuncertainti

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Cuban entrepreneurs fear new US travel, business restrictions

When US President Donald Trump recently announced he was placing new restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba, he said that this would help investments go directly to the people and boost private enterprises there

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NASA gives private sector further access to its software

NASA has further opened up its software vault. The U.S. space agency will allow the private sector more access to some of its programming in an effort to tap often underutilized resources for the development of new businesses outside the space industry.

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NASA gives private sector further access to its software

NASAhasfurtheropenedupitssoftwarevault.TheU.S.spaceagencywillallowtheprivatesectormoreaccesstosomeofitsprogramminginanefforttotapoftenunderutilizedresourcesfort

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Belt and Road Initiative opens window of opportunity for Nepal

NepalistakeholdershavesaidthatNepal'sparticipationinChina-proposedBeltandRoadInitiativehasopenedwindowofmanyopportunitiesintheareasoftradeandinvestment.Nepaland

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China encourages insurance funds to invest in PPP projects

The central government will encourage insurance funds to invest in public-private-partnership (PPP) projects to boost the economy, the country's top insurance watchdog announced Friday.

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China levels the property rights playing field

Compared with the state sector, China's private businesses are vulnerable in terms of property rights, but that may change as new policy expands the safety net.

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Supreme court vows better protection for private investment

​China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) has issued a circular on proper handling of civil and commercial cases to boost healthy development of private investment.

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New measures to raise standards of private education in Singapore

The private education sector is set for a major shake-up with new measures to better protect students and make information more transparent for them.

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Rio mayor assures Olympics final cost will reduce by 30 pct

The final cost of the Olympic Games that Rio de Janeiro will host from Friday until Aug. 21 will be 30 percent lower than initial estimates, thanks to many investments from private initiatives, informed Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Eduardo Paes on Thursday.

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Indian banking operation badly affected by strike over gov't policy

​Banking operations in India were badly affected Friday as around one million bank employees of 40 private and public banks staged a one-day strike to protest against the policy for banking sector of the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Why do so many young S.Koreans give up on enterprise?

A quarter of a million young Koreans are studying to become civil servants in safe, boring, lifelong jobs while only 140,000 want to work in private enterprise.

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China detains over 1,900 in privacy-related cyber crimes

More than 1,900 suspects have been detained in a crackdown by Chinese authorities against crimes involving illegal obtainment of citizens' private information.

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Chinese premier demands efforts to boost social investment

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged efforts to boost social (private and mixed-owned) investment by "removing obstacles, improving the environment and expanding room for development."

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China's A-share markets opened for foreign companies' investments

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has said that the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, held in Beijing in June, confirmed that qualified foreign and joint-venture enterprises can be registered as private securities firms with the Asset Management Association of China.

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More private investment will put China's recovery on firmer ground

​While China's economy recovery has its foundation in government spending on infrastructure, falling private investment is breeding concern that ground for the resurgence may not be firm enough.