Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive The Boston Globe | ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates-Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday called censorship counterproductive and urged Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creativity. | The chairman and chief executive, whose conglomerate has been increasing its presence in the Middle East, made the...
Dubai's Emirates to hire 2,000 staff in 2010 DNA India | Dubai: Dubai government-owned airline Emirates [EMIRA.UL] said on Tuesday it planned to recruit 2,000 cabin crew in 2010 as it expands its fleet and routes. | The Arab world's largest airline has hired around 660 cabin crew and more than 60 pilots since March 2009, a statement said. The airlin...
Hassan: Lebanon closes 10-year $1.2 billion Eurobond Daily Star Lebanon | Finance Ministry undecided on proposing higher taxes | By The Daily Star | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Lebanon successfully closed a $1.2 billion Eurobond issue with a 10-year maturity and a yield of 6.375 percent, Finance Mi...
Lebanon has 11th widest spread in emerging markets on Credit Default Swaps Daily Star Lebanon | By The Daily Star | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The spread on five-year Credit Default Swaps (CDS) for Lebanon reached 257 basis points at the end of February, compared to spreads of 270 bps for emerging markets and to 234 bp...
Murdoch says Middle East must reject censorship The Times | The Middle East must open up its markets to foreigners and renounce media censorship if it wants to harness a "powerful wind" of creative energy blowing through the region, Rupert Murdoch said yesterday. | Speaking at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Media ...
China defends growing links with Africa Business Report | China rejected foreign concerns over its growing energy links with Africa on Sunday, saying it benefits African nations by bringing badly needed trade and infrastructure developm...
Egypt to wait for sugar price to fall to resume buying The Guardian CAIRO, March 7 (Reuters) - Egypt wants to see a further fall in global sugar prices before resuming its raw sugar purchases, an official at the state-owned Sugar and Integrated Ind...
New Iran Sanctions Draft Circulated The New York Times | UNITED NATIONS — The United States is circulating a draft resolution of new, tougher sanctions against Iran that concentrate on the banking, shipping and insurance sectors ...
`Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer The State | SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer. | While at Xerox...
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive Lexington Herald-Leader | AP Photo - In this image taken Thursday, March 4, 2010 an Emirati technician and his colleague talk at a TV studio in the TwoFour54 media complex in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. With an economy based on pumping oil and landmarks that include on...
`Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer The Boston Globe | SAN JOSE, Calif.-A researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer. | While at famed Palo Alto Research...
Iran MPs back Ahmadinejad budget, despite harsh criticism Daily Star Lebanon | By A.F. Al Hajj | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 | - Powered by | Reza Derakhshi | Reuters | TEHRAN: Iran’s Parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the plan, saying planned cuts in subsidies could spark runaway inflation. | “It was approved,” ...
