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Abu Dhabi's ADNOC Cutting Thousands of Jobs

Abu Dhabi's oil giant ADNOC is cutting thousands of jobs as it vies to cut costs to cope with a sharp drop in oil revenues, industry sources said Sunday.

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Greece to Adopt More Cuts, Tax Hikes for Bailout Cash

Greece on Sunday was set to adopt fresh cuts and tax hikes ahead of a Eurogroup meeting that is expected to unlock desperately-needed bailout funds for the debt-ridden nation.

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G7 Warns Against Manipulating Currencies, amid Policy Split

G7 ministers warned Saturday against members manipulating their currencies, coming down against host Japan whose plans to tame the resurgent yen ignited a policy split in the club of rich nations.

The Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors also warned of the risks from a "shock" to the world economy if Britain votes to leave the European Union next month.

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U.S. Presses Japan on Forex Market Intervention Threat

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew kept up the pressure on Japan Saturday not to devalue its currency after repeated threats by Tokyo to intervene in forex markets to tame a resurgent yen.

The warning came in talks on the sidelines of a G7 meeting where Japan's actions have set it on a collision course with its counterparts, including the United States and Germany, which have ruled out such moves.

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Brazil Deficit much Worse than Thought, Says Minister

Brazil's projected budget deficit for this year will be nearly twice as big as forecast when Dilma Rousseff was president, the new finance minister said Friday.

Rousseff's government vastly overestimated tax revenues from an economy in deep recession, minister Henrique Meirelles told a press conference.

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Paris Luxury Shops to Open on Sunday

Tourists flocking to the French capital will now be able shop at luxury shops that line the Champs Elysees and the Place Vendome on Sundays as a key government reform comes into effect.

An agreement between luxury shops and employee unions on Sunday hours has come into force, said Sylvie Zawadzki, who heads up tax and social issues at the French Fashion Federation.

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Plane Crash Prolongs Egypt's Economic Misery

Egypt's latest air disaster is another crushing blow to a country whose tourism-dependent economy is struggling to recover from years of jihadist attacks and political turmoil, analysts said.

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Brazilian Leader Names New CEO of Scandal-Tainted Petrobras

Brazil's acting president Michel Temer on Thursday named a new chairman for the scandal-tainted state oil company Petrobras.

The new boss is Pedro Parente, a former government minister and until now chairman of Bunge, a big agribusiness and food company.

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Oil Search to Buy Rival InterOil for $2.2 bn in PNG Deal

Papua New Guinea explorer Oil Search Friday said it had bought rival InterOil in a multi-billion-dollar deal, but will sell off some of the assets to French energy giant Total to fund part of the takeover.

Oil Search is to pay US$40.25 per share for the US-listed company for a total value of approximately $2.2 billion, as it looks to boost its interests in a key liquefied natural gas (LNG) project under development in resource-rich Papua New Guinea.

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World Bank Restarts Cambodia Loans after Five-year Freeze

The World Bank has approved $130 million worth of new loans for Cambodia, ending a five-year freeze in new lending to the country following a spate of controversial forced evictions by the government.

The decision will be welcome news to strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen whose government has clashed with the World Bank over the eviction of thousands of families from the shores of a lake in the capital Phnom Penh.

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