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Sharjah debut Islamic bond 10 times oversubscribed
Sharjah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Gulf emirate Sharjah launched its first sovereign sukuk on Wednesday, a 10-year, 750-million-US-dollar Islamic bond with a 3.764 percent yield that has been more than 10 times oversubscribed, in what was the emirate’s debut debt issue on...Caption:
An Egyptian demonstrator holds bread in a protest earlier this month against the International Monetary Fund. The Egyptian government is trying to chart a delicate course between economic reform to appease lenders, without alienating its own people. (AFP)
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