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Exclusive: Saudi Arabia to auction detained tycoon's real estate assets - sources

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RIYADH Saudi Arabia will auction real estate owned by indebted billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company starting next month to help repay billions of riyals due to creditors, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Islamic banks face outdated property rules: industry body

Regulators overseeing Islamic banking must revise guidance on real estate exposures to align with the post-financial crisis capital rules of Basel III, a global industry body said on Sunday.

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Growth in Chinese home prices accelerates to two-year high

BEIJING China's home prices accelerated in August at the fastest pace in nearly two years, a sign that Beijing's efforts to boost a slowing economy may once again be heating up frothy real estate markets.

Sep 14 2018

Australia's new treasurer to get tough on financial regulator

MELBOURNE Australia's new federal treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, criticized the conduct of the corporate regulator and promised it powers to speed up compensation for mistreated customers.

Sep 14 2018

Nexa says to invest $1.17 billion in Peru, Brazil in five years

LIMA Brazilian mining company Nexa Resources plans to invest some $1.17 billion in copper and zinc projects in Peru and Brazil over the next five years, the company's general manager Ricardo Porta said on Friday.

Sep 14 2018

Millions of Americans still trapped in debt-logged homes ten years after crisis

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa., 2018 School bus driver Michael Payne was renting an apartment on the 30th floor of a New York City high-rise, where the landlord's idea of fixing broken windows was to cover them with boards. | Video

Sep 14 2018

Kinder Morgan hires TD to sell Canadian business: sources

TORONTO/NEW YORK Kinder Morgan Inc has hired investment bank TD Securities to facilitate a potential sale of its Canadian business, which could fetch as much as C$2.4 billion ($1.8 billion), people familiar with the situation told Reuters this week.

Sep 14 2018

Land conservation steps into limelight as key climate change fix

SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From U.S. states to retail giant Walmart, governments and businesses pledged to protect natural lands that help brake global warming at an international climate summit this week.

Sep 14 2018

Energy firms, Nasdaq to prop up power market after trader default

OSLO Nordic energy firms pledged on Friday to help replenish a contingency fund after a private Norwegian trader defaulted and exchange operator Nasdaq said it would provide additional capital to maintain trust in the market.

Sep 14 2018

Britain and EU 'closing in' on a Brexit agreement, Raab says

LONDON Britain and the European Union are "closing in" on a withdrawal agreement, Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Friday, before a meeting of European leaders in Salzburg next week. | Video

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