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A handful of international stories worth a look <\/strong>on a slow news morning:<\/p>\n

Incumbent UK Prime Minister Theresa May is <\/strong>running neck and neck<\/strong><\/a> with Labour\u2019s<\/strong>Jeremy Corbyn <\/strong>ahead of Thursday\u2019s snap parliamentary election, which May had called to win a stronger mandate<\/a> as she begins negotiating Britain\u2019s exit from the European Union. One pollster is even suggesting a hung parliament is a possibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n

News of a tightening UK race comes as the Daeshbags have claimed responsibility for the<\/strong>Saturday night terror attack in London<\/strong> that left seven dead. Read more on Reuters<\/a>, in the Guardian<\/a> or the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dana Gas has appointed advisors to help it restructure about USD 700 mn in Islamic debt<\/strong>due in October. <\/strong>Houlihan Lokey<\/a> will be financial adviser and Squire Patton Boggs<\/a> will provide legal counsel, Bloomberg reports<\/a>, adding that the UAE-based driller is owed about USD 1 bn by Egypt.<\/p>\n

NMC Healthcare is eyeing opportunities in Saudi Arabia.<\/strong> The biggest private sector health-care company in the UAE is looking to buy hospitals and other medical facilities in KSA amid early indications the kingdom will privatize services there. \u201cI\u2019m interested,\u201d BR Shetty, the USD 6 bn company\u2019s Indian-born founder, tells Bloomberg<\/a>. \u201cWhenever there is a chance, I\u2019ll go. We have surplus funding, no problem.\u201d Shetty was said last September<\/a> to be interest in bidding for a piece of the planned USD 1.6 bn Alexandria Medical City here in Egypt, where he faces competition from the Batterjee family\u2019s Saudi German Hospitals Group.<\/p>\n

KSA warned against NYSE as IPO venue: <\/strong>\u201cSaudi Arabia is nearing a long-awaited decision on the main international stock exchange for the initial public offering of its state energy company, with lawyers advising the kingdom that a New York listing poses the greatest litigation risk of any jurisdiction.\u201d (Financial Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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