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* Parliament may seek exceptional session
(Adds comments from union leader, banker)
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DUBAI, June 4 (Reuters) - Bank Sohar, Oman’s
fourth largest bank by assets, is seeking to raise $250 million
through a syndicated loan after recently completing a $300
million debt facility, banking sources said.
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* U.S. summer driving season raises demand, could cut
inventories
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MOSCOW, June 4 (Reuters) - The Russian central bank had to
spend 1.5 trillion roubles ($24.2 billion) on rescuing troubled
lenders and is now looking forward to selling stakes in these
banks as soon as possible, Governor Elvira Nabiullina said on
Monday.
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PARIS, June 4 (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale
said on Monday it had reached agreements in principle
with U.S. and French authorities to settle probes on its
transactions in Libya and on its handling of the 'IBOR' money
market rates.
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MOSCOW, June 4 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin
on Monday signed into law counter-sanctions legislation that
was drawn up by lawmakers in response to U.S. sanctions imposed
on Russia in April.
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LONDON/MOSCOW, June 4 (Reuters) - In a bid to free Rusal
from U.S. sanctions, the independent directors of the company
controlling Russia's biggest aluminium producer have hired
Rothschild to advise on the sale of billionaire Oleg Deripaska's
stake, a source said.
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NEW YORK/SAO PAULO, June 4 (Reuters) - Walmart Inc
said on Monday that private equity firm Advent International
will pick up an 80 percent stake in Walmart Brazil and the
retailer will retain the remaining 20 percent, without
disclosing the value of the transaction.
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LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) - Former U.S. federal prosecutor
Lisa Osofsky was named the head of Britain's Serious Fraud
Office (SFO) on Monday and said she wanted to embolden an agency
whose future has been in doubt.