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Pay zero VAT on these goods, services in the UAE
The 5 per cent tax is set to be imposed on the import and s
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Saudi to open health, education sectors to full foreign ownership
Saudi Arabia will allow foreign investors to take 100 per ce
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Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong faces verdict in his bribery trial
A court in Seoul is set to decide whether the billionaire he
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Johnson & Johnson faces $417m payout in latest talc case
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $417m (£
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Japan second-quarter GDP beats expectations
Japan's economy grew faster than expected in the second-
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India achieving high end of 6.75-7.5% growth difficult: Economic Survey
Achieving the high end of the 6.75-7.5 per cent growth projected previously will be difficult due
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Libya’s Sharara oil field gradually shutting down
Libya's Sharara oilfield, which has been producing 270,000 barrels a d
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Belgium says it knew about contaminated eggs in June
Belgium has admitted it knew in June that eggs from Dutch farms might be contaminated wit
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US economy creates 209,000 jobs in July
The US economy saw strong jobs growth in July, helped by a wave of hiring in the hospitality indu
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Eurozone economic growth gathering pace
The eurozone notched up growth of 0.6% in the second quarter of the year, official Eurostat figur
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British Gas to raise electricity prices
British Gas will increase electricity prices by 12.5% from 15 September, its owner Centri
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Eurozone unemployment rate falls to 9.1%
The unemployment rate in the eurozone has fallen to its lowest since February 2009, according to
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China factory growth eases in July as export demand slips
Chinese factory activity eased in July as export demand weakened while momentum in service indust
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Air France-KLM is buying 31% of Virgin Atlantic
Air France-KLM is taking a 31% stake, worth £220m, in Virgin Atlantic as part of a four-way
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Airbus cuts superjumbo A380 production again
Deliveries of the double-decker will now fall from 15 this year to 12 in 2018 and eight in 2019,
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