Kazakhs urged to channel money from oil fund to aid businesses

    By Svetlana Antoncheva     A Kazakh business lobby group is asking the government to channel resources from the country’s $45.5 billion National Oil Fund, which is managed by the central bank, to help finance small and medium-sized businesses.     Companies outside the energy industry need about $5 billion from the fund, Ablay Myrzakhmetov, the...