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Empresas y finanzas

Saudi king reshuffles cabinet but keeps oil, finance posts


    RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's new King Salman ordered a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday but kept in place veteran Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf and Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal.

    He merged the Education Ministry and Higher Education Ministry and replaced Justice Minister Mohammed al-Issa, according to the text of a royal decree read out on state television.

    (Reporting By Angus McDowall, Editing by William Maclean)