KHARTOUM: It takes a special kind of investor to dabble in the stock market in Sudan, a country with an insurgency in the west, a secession in the south and US sanctions everywhere else.
That has not dampened the enthusiasm among officials at the (...)
MILAN/ROME: Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and national policies to protect domestic markets could drive up global food prices and threaten long-term food security, the United Nations said.
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ROME: Italy's No.3 mobile phone operator Wind is open to making acquisitions to grow in the competitive Italian telecoms market and would be interested in BT's Italian unit if it is put on the block, a top executive said.
Wind, owned by Egyptian (...)
