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...Mr Bongo was elected for a first term in a disputed 2009 vote following the death of his father Omar Bongo Ondimba, who had steered Gabon from 1967....
...“There is a lot going on that doesn’t always get the attention it deserves,” says Omar Mohout, a professor at Antwerp Management School. Duncan Robinson...
...After travelling to Syria in 2014 — and taking the name of Abou Omar el-Belgiki, meaning “the Belgian” — Mr Abaaoud has been linked with a string of attacks in Belgium....
...The IFC cites the 19th century Church of Scotland minister Henry Duncan, inventor of the trustee savings bank, as an example of how Scotland could lead the way....
...The others that have been identified in the attack are Omar Ismael Mostefai, 29, of Algerian extraction, from Chartres, south-west of Paris, and Ibrahim Abdeslam, a 31-year-old French national....
...(FT) Robots and economic pain Political context matters in the face of rapid technological change, writes Duncan Weldon....
...Omar Keenan, analyst at Nomura, said: “While we expect that Commerzbank will fall short on earnings targets, we expect good development on capital ratios.”...
...Omar Keenan, analyst at Nomura, said: “The earnings beat was high quality, in our view. Net interest income was 5 per cent higher than consensus....
...“We see these results as backward- looking,” wrote Omar Fall, analyst at UBS. BNP’s better than expected results provided some relief for French lenders....
...“Frankly, there aren’t many banks that can do a long-term strategic investor day – everyone else is firefighting,” said Omar Fall, analyst at UBS....
...Omar Lye Fook, soul singer and songwriter. Patricia Foreman, chief executive, Food Northwest, the industry body. Thomas Gilpin, managing director, Gilfresh Produce, vegetable company....
...No, they don’t, because normal responsible banks should not be lending central bank money into the ‘real’ economy,” said Omar Fall, analyst at UBS....
...“The key risk to our bearish position comes from any potential bail-out from the German government, although we see this as politically difficult, but not impossible,” said Omar Keenan, analyst at Nomura...
...“[The move by central banks] is marginally positive in the short term – with an emphasis on marginally,” said Omar Fall, analyst at UBS....
...Asset quality at the French banks, excluding sovereign debt of course, is pretty strong, unlike the Spanish banking sector,” said Omar Fall, an analyst at UBS....
...Omar Khan, a 30-year-old employment paralegal, said: “While cuts are going on, the least companies can do is pay their due share. I will take this into account the next time I get a phone contract.”...
...The country’s political future, says Duncan Okello, executive director of the Society for International Development, an economic rights non-governmental organisation, is predicated on whether Mr Kibaki can...
...In 2005, after three years of intense negotiations and international pressure, the war ended with a peace deal between the SPLA and the Khartoum regime of president Omar al-Bashir....
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