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Abid Ali
Abid Ali has two decades of experience covering global business and economics. Before joining Al Jazeera as business editor in 2008, he edited and co... pyedited business news at CNN - both on air and online. He has also covered markets and big industry as a reporter for Bloomberg News.
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