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Qatar opens investment arm to shareholders

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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A senior official with Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund says it will create a new investment company open to shareholders in the energy-rich Gulf nation.

The move appears part of a wider strategy to spread the country’s vast wealth among Qatar’s citizens at a time when Gulf leaders are increasingly nervous about Arab Spring-inspired unrest.

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