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Myanmar parliament approves foreign investment bill
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s parliament approved a foreign investment bill on Thursday and lawmakers expect it to be signed into law quickly by the president since his office had come up with wording that helped end a dispute over certain clauses. The bill had passed back and forth between the legislative and executive branches since March in a tussle involving a government eager to attract foreign investment, tycoons determined to protect their monopolies, and small businesses keen not to be shut out. …
Strong Tanzania economy still blighted by poverty: World Bank
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s economy is well placed to extend a run of strong growth, but the government should do more to ensure the extra wealth reaches its people, most of whom are mired in poverty, the World Bank said. Given careful budgeting, gross domestic product should rise 6.5-7.0 percent this year as well as in 2013 and 2014, supported by the country’s mining, telecommunications and banking sectors, the World Bank said on Thursday in a report. The benefits of a rapidly developing natural gas industry should also kick in over the next seven to 10 years. …
Barrick profit falls on lower sales volumes
(Reuters) – Barrick Gold Corp , the world’s top gold miner, reported a huge drop in third-quarter profit due to lower sales volumes and lower realized gold prices. Net profit fell to $618 million, or 62 cents per share, from $1.37 billion, or $1.37 per share, a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, it earned 85 cents per share, down from $1.38 per share, a year earlier. (Reporting by Julie Gordon in Toronto and Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay in Bangalore; Editing by Roshni Menon)
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