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Saudi Arabia wants mortgage market to grow to $134 billion by 2020

SaudiArabia’shousingministryhassetatargetforthemortgagemarkettoreachatotalvalueof502billionriyals($134billion)by2020fromacurrent290billionriyals,thekingdom’shou

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Warming could threaten half of species in 33 key areas: report

Globalwarmingcouldplace25to50percentofspeciesintheAmazon,Madagascarandotherbiodiverseareasatriskoflocalisedextinctionwithindecades,areportsaidWednesday.Thelower

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Noble Group clinches key restructuring deal with group of creditors

CommoditiestraderNobleGrouphasfinalizedarestructuringagreementwithagroupofseniorcreditorsholding46percentofitsdebt,andisintalkswithothers,asitracestolaunchadeal

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China retail sales up 9.7% in first two months of 2018

China'sretailsalesofconsumergoodsgrew9.7percentyear-on-yearinthefirsttwomonthsof2018,datafromtheNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)showedonWednesday.TheNBScombinesJ

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Asia stocks edge up on tech shares, U.S. inflation data awaited

AsianstocksedgeduponTuesdaywithtechnologysharesbuoyedbygainsintheirWallStreetpeers,butgainswerelimitedaheadofU.S.inflationdatalaterinthedaywhichcouldofferclueso

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Asia shares rally as U.S. job data revive risk appetite

AreliefrallysweptacrossAsiansharemarketsonMondayafterthelatestU.S.jobsreportmanagedtoimpresswithitsstrengthwhilealsoeasingfearsofinflationandfasterratehikes,ane

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China’s new rules on stock pledged repo take effect

Thenewstock-pledgedrepomeasurespublishedbyChina’stwomainbourseswiththeaimofcurbingrecklessborrowingbymajorstockholderstookeffectonMondayafteratwo-monthgraceperi

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7 civilians killed in Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan

Sevencivilians,includingtwowomenandthreechildren,werekilledwhenTalibanstrucktheirvehiclewitharocketineasternAfghanprovinceofNangarhar,theprovincialgovernmentsai

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Chinese banks become sixth-largest global creditor group: BIS

Chinesebankshavesignificantlysteppeduptheirlendingactivitiesinrecentyearstoranknowasthesixth-largestinternationalcreditorgroup,theBankforInternationalSettlement

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War, conflict fuel arms imports to Middle East, Asia: study

WeaponsimportstotheMiddleEastandAsiahaveboomedoverthepastfiveyears,fuelledbywarandtensionsinthoseregions,anewstudyshowedonMonday.Intheperiodbetween2013and2017,a

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Majority of China's young women prefer a career over motherhood, survey

Chinesewomen,especiallythosebornafter1995,arenowfocusingmoreandmoreontheircareerdevelopment,accordingtonewsurvey.JointlyreleasedbyLinkedInChinaandL'OREALChinaon

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Asian shares advance, Europe mixed after Trump tariff move

WorldsharebenchmarksweremixedonFriday,withAsiamostlyadvancingwhileseveralEuropeanmarketslostgroundafterPresidentDonaldTrumpannouncednewtariffsonsteelandaluminum

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Japan's central bank keeps aggressive monetary policy unchanged

TheBankofJapan(BOJ)onFridayoptedtomaintainitsaggressivemonetaryeasingprogramasitcontinuestoworktowardshittingitslofty2percentinflationtarget.Thecentralbank'spol

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Amazon closes in on Apple in race to $1 trillion market cap

Apple,theworld’smostvaluablepubliclylistedcompany,isindangerofbeingbeatenbyAmazon.comtothe$1trillionmark.WallStreet’soptimismaboutlastyear’s10thanniversaryiPhon

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China's CPI up 2.9%, PPI 3.7% in February

China'sconsumerpriceindex(CPI)roseby2.9percentyear-on-yearinFebruary,datafromtheNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)showedFriday.Theincreasewasupfrom1.5percentforJan

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U.S. dollar jumps amid Trump's tariff announcement

TheU.S.dollarindexroseagainstmostothercurrenciesinlatetradingonThursday,asinvestorswereawaitingformoredetailsaboutU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'stariffplan.TheU.S.do

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Poll: Chinese young women less focused on partners' pay

ChangingattitudesmeanyoungChinesewomennolongerexpectorevenprefertheirhusbands'incometobehigherthantheirs,andinsteadareeagerforcareeradvancementandfinancialindep