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Kenya secures $1.5 bln IMF standby facilities in case of shocks

Tue Mar 15, 2016/Reuters The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved two-year standby facilities for Kenya worth about $1.5 billion, which can be drawn on if the East African nation faces unforeseen shocks. “The Kenyan authorities have indicated that they will continue to treat both arrangements as precautionary,” the IMF […]

Wall St. ends flat as investors brace for Fed

Mon Mar 14, 2016/Reuters Wall Street closed little changed on Monday as consumer discretionary gains countered losses in energy shares and investors laid low ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 15.69 points, or 0.09 percent, to 17,229, the S&P 500 .SPX lost […]