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Performance dividend. Live now to our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. Samir, Rhe Saudi State remains overwhelmingly aramco s biggest shareholder, so they remain the big winner in the aramco story. Well, thats right. They own around 90 of the company and the payout, the bulk of it, will go to the saudi government. If you look at aramco, every quarter they have been paying about 19. 8 billion of dividend. This time they have added another amount to that amount, because they said the cash flows are healthy and thatis said the cash flows are healthy and that is why they have decided to increase that overall dividend, which will be beneficial for the saudi government because it relies heavily on the Aramco Generating revenues for it, and that will help them in their Oil Diversification programme. They are these mega infrastructure projects, new tourist destinations. All this is being done keeping in that oil demand will decrease in years to come and they will have to come
Just beatenjamaica i o. Later in the hour on the bbc news channel, well round up the latest action, hear key interviews and discuss the days biggest Talking Points from here at the bbc sport centre. Good morning. 140,000 pupils across scotland have been getting their exam results this morning for their nationals, highers, and advanced highers. The Scottish Qualifications Authority has warned that teaching and learning still havent fully recovered from the covid pandemic. It says its taken a sensitive approach to awarding results this year. Pupils are finding out how theyve done by a combination of text messages, email and post. 0ur scotland correspondent, james shaw reports. Its The Moment Of Truth for thousands of pupils across scotland. Holly. Yeah, thats me. Thank you. 0k, and chloe. And the end of an educational experience hit hard by covid. But these pupils at Hamilton Grammar School have shown resilience in the face of difficulties that previous generations did not have to endure
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