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...Energy minister Khalid al-Falih says the energy-rich state will reveal audited oil reserves in conjunction with the flotation of a stake in Saudi Aramco....
...Official guidance is required on whether Gareth Bale et al were expressing confidence in the UK’s future as a free trader, or were just better at kicking a ball around....
...Sensible sentences from Citi’s Buiter et al on China’s valuation shock (with our emphasis): This decision by the PBOC is a significant event, even if its implications and motivations are not yet fully clear...
...But that limit was lifted from US$20,000 in 2007, and it is also not that hard for the more savvy to get around it. Indeed....
...(Reuters) - The escalating role of central banks in EM currency. (Wall Street Journal) - Goldman et al should be forced to incur losses on mistaken trades, says Myron Scholes....
...(Bloomberg) - How Goldman (et al)’s aluminium warehousing cost American consumers $5bn in three years. (New York Times) - The commodities supercycle is still ending....
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...http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/23/us-iran-usa-carrier-idUSTRE80L0YH20120123 Croatians set to back EU membership Croatians voted on Sunday in a referendum on joining the European Union, with opinion...
...feared that Islamabad would have warned Osama bin Laden of the US operation that killed the al-Qaeda leader, the FT reports....
...that killed the al-Qaeda leader, the FT reports....
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