A decade ago, Bulgarians flooded the streets in celebration of their ex-communist nation joining the European Union. There was a light show in the skies above the capital. Then-Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev called it a “dream come true.” The euphoria wasn't just about shaking off the country's
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The newest way to bet on bitcoin, the cyptocurrency that has taken Wall Street by storm with its stratospheric price rise and wild daily gyrations, will arrive on Sunday when bitcoin futures start trading.
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Saudi authorities are changing market regulations to attract foreign investors to the country's stock market. Those changes haven't enticed local individuals to buy shares. Net sales of Saudi stocks by retail, high-net-worth and individual professional investors stretched to 80 consecutive weeks at the end
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(Bloomberg) — Pilot production at Egypt's Eni SpA-operated Zohr natural gas field will begin “in the coming few days,” the oil ministry said, as the country nears its goal of commercial output from the biggest gas discovery in the Mediterranean Sea by the end of this year. Gas is being pumped from the
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“As negotiations continue in the background, Brexit fatigue may set in among investors, with more emphasis placed on the day-to-day data,” said Karen Ward, chief market strategist for Europe and the U.K. at JP Morgan Asset Management. With all 55 economists surveyed by Bloomberg seeing the BOE
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