Business / Finance
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IMF Cuts France 2026 Growth Forecast to 0.7%
France is under pressure to reduce a budget deficit that stood at 5.1 percent of GDP last year — well above the three-percent limit set for members of the eurozone.
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Musk to Spend $55 bn on SpaceX AI Chip Project in Texas: Notice
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to invest at least $55 billion to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Texas, according to a public notice Wednesday, producing chips for artificial intelligence, robotics and data centers in space.
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UAE pulls out of OPEC oil cartels citing ‘national interests’
The UAE has been an OPEC member through the emirate of Abu Dhabi since 1967, four years before the former British protectorate became a country.
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UK Unemployment Unexpectedly Fell Ahead of Mideast War
The unemployment rate dropped to 4.9 percent in the three months to February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.
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Orca Energy To Exit Tanzania Amid Heavy Investment Costs
Orca underscored that its withdrawal is part of a long-term strategy to preserve capital for shareholder dividends and to realize value from its Tanzanian assets.
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Kampuni Ya Nishati Ya Orca Kuondoka Tanzania Kufuatia Gharama Kubwa Za Uwekezaji
Orca imesisitiza kuwa kujiondoa kwake kunalenga kulinda fedha kwa ajili ya mgao wa wanahisa na kutimiza mkakati wa muda mrefu wa kupata thamani kutoka kwa mali zake za Tanzania.
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Kenya Ranked As East Africa’s Largest Economy And Gateway To Global Markets
Kenya’s GDP stood at about $125 billion in 2024 and is projected to surpass $130 billion in 2025
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Kenya, Uganda double down on rail extension burdened by Chinese debt
The presidents of Kenya and Uganda met near their shared border Saturday to mark the multi-billion-dollar, long-delayed extension of a Chinese-built railway that has left Kenya heavily in debt.









