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		<loc>https://blackeconomicdevelopment.com/nigeria-ima-gas-field-amni-60-percent-ownership/</loc>
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				<news:name>Black Economic Development.com</news:name>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-24T23:11:42+00:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Nigeria Ima Gas Field: AMNI Owns 60% After 53 Years</news:title>
			<news:keywords>Nigeria Ima gas field, Ima gas field, AMNI International, AMNI TotalEnergies partnership, Ima gas field ownership, Nigeria gas field 1973, Ima gas project 2026, TotalEnergies Nigeria, Nigeria offshore gas development, Nigerian energy investment, African energy ownership, Nigeria LNG Train 7, Nigerian banks infrastructure financing, Nigerian owned oil and gas companies, Nigeria gas production 2028, African natural resource ownership</news:keywords>
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			<image:title>Nigeria’s Ima Gas Field (842 x 474 px)</image:title>
			<image:caption>A conceptual image of an offshore gas platform at sunset, paired with technical plans and an ownership graphic. It illustrates the majority Nigerian ownership stake in the Ima gas development.</image:caption>
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		<loc>https://blackeconomicdevelopment.com/royal-caribbean-sandals-3-billion-deal/</loc>
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				<news:name>Black Economic Development.com</news:name>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-24T04:57:57+00:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Royal Caribbean Buys 50% of Sandals in $3 Billion Deal</news:title>
			<news:keywords>Royal Caribbean Sandals $3 billion deal,Royal Caribbean Sandals acquisition, Royal Caribbean $3 billion deal, Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, Sandals ownership, Stewart family, Adam Stewart, Gordon Butch Stewart, Sandals $6 billion valuation, Royal Caribbean investment, Caribbean tourism, Caribbean hotel ownership, Jamaica tourism, Caribbean economic development, Caribbean business ownership, tourism investment, hospitality industry, tourism wealth, foreign investment Caribbean, Black economic development</news:keywords>
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			<image:title>Royal Caribbean and Sandals Ownership Deal</image:title>
			<image:caption>A cinematic editorial composite explores ownership and capital in the reported Royal Caribbean–Sandals transaction. A Caribbean resort and cruise ship sit behind a 50–50 ownership graphic and the question, “Who owns Caribbean tourism?”</image:caption>
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			<video:title>Royal Caribbean Buys 50% of Sandals in $3 Billion Deal</video:title>
			<video:description>Royal Caribbean is buying 50% of Sandals for $3 billion. Explore the deal, Stewart family ownership and what it means for Caribbean tourism.</video:description>
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		<loc>https://blackeconomicdevelopment.com/cdfi-funding-lawsuit-300-million/</loc>
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				<news:name>Black Economic Development.com</news:name>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-23T04:52:19+00:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>CDFI Funding Lawsuit: Nearly $300M at Risk</news:title>
			<news:keywords>CDFI funding lawsuit, CDFI funding 2026, $300 million CDFI funding, Treasury CDFI lawsuit, CDFI funding deadline September 30,Black business funding, Black-owned business financing, Black economic development, access to capital for Black businesses, community lenders for Black businesses,community development financial institutions, CDFI small business loans, community lending, affordable housing financing, underserved communities financing</news:keywords>
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			<image:title>Community Lenders Face Federal Funding Risk</image:title>
			<image:caption>Editorial image illustrating the connection between federal capital, community lending institutions, and neighborhood business ownership as nearly $300 million in funding faces a legal challenge.</image:caption>
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