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Business briefing: 17 Sept 2013

New Lebanese stimulus planned, plus other news

by Executive Staff

Economics and Policy

Lebanon’s central bank plans a further boost next year to an economy hit by war in neighboring Syria and domestic turmoil, but the package will be smaller than this year’s $1.46 billion, its governor said Monday.

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Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati signed a decree Monday to authorize the advance payment of $800 million to pay the salaries of public sector employees.

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Oman's plans for a national railway project will be fast-tracked and completed in a single phase instead of three as proposed earlier.

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Iraq’s oil exports were cut sharply by a pipeline leak and work at southern ports, industry sources said, raising concern among buyers of prolonged outages despite Iraqi assurances.

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Companies and Business

Dubai real estate developer DAMAC Properties has handed Saudi Binladin Group a $96m to construct a luxury housing project in Riyadh.

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Barclays has been branded reckless by a British watchdog for failing to disclose payments of $511 million in advisory fees to Qatari investors who helped bail it out during the financial crisis.

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