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(Adds details, context) CAIRO, May 19 (Reuters) - Egypt's biggest listed bank, Commercial International Bank COMI.CA , said in a statement on Monday that private equity firm Actis had sold its remaining 6.5 percent stake in the bank to Fairfax...

Suntory Holdings Limited SUNTH.UL (Suntory Holdings) For the full text of this story please click the following link: http://www.moodys.com/page/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PR_299524&WT.mc_id=NLTITLE_YYYYMMDD_PR_299524 ((Bangalore Ratings Team,...

May 19 (Reuters) - South Africa's No.3 private hospital group Netcare Ltd NTCJ.J reported a 20 percent rise in first-half profit on Monday, thanks to a weaker rand currency and strong local demand. Netcare, which also runs one of Britain's...

MOSCOW, May 19 (Reuters) - The Russian finance ministry plans to cut its domestic borrowing for this year by nearly a half to 435 billion roubles ($12.5 billion), Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday. Last week, the ministry said it would...

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK, May 19 (Reuters) - Labour unions representing workers in Thai state firms have called for a strike this week to force the government out, siding with street protesters who have been trying for six months to get a new...

* Q1 GDP -2.1 pct q/q and -0.6 pct y/y, worse than forecast * Political turmoil hits demand, tourism; exports still weak * Some economists see central bank reluctantly cutting rates again * Political events this week may determine if crisis near end...