Saudi Sipchem says no China methanol duty imposed The Guardian RIYADH, July 6 (Reuters) - Saudi International Petrochemical Co (Sipchem) on Monday corrected a statement it made in late June that said China had imposed an import duty on methanol imports. Last month China said it had begun an anti-dumping investigation into methanol imported from Saudi Arabia and...
Dubai's Emaar Properties shuts Algeria office The Star | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Shares of the Dubai developer building the world's tallest skyscraper extended their slide Sunday after the company shut an office overseeing US$20 billion worth of real estate projects in Algeria. | Emaar Properties, the Middle East's biggest publicly traded real esta...
Saudi Sipchem says no China methanol duty imposed The Guardian RIYADH, July 6 (Reuters) - Saudi International Petrochemical Co (Sipchem) on Monday corrected a statement it made in late June that said China had imposed an import duty on methanol imports. Last month China said it had begun an anti-dumping investig...
Blackberry subscribers won't be charged for use outside UAE: etisalat official Gulf News | Dubai: Blackberry subscribers will not be charged for using their phones overseas, clafirfied a a senior official from etisalat. | Calling the email that alleged the company of charging its subscribers upon using their Blackberry overseas as a hoax...
Dubai's Emaar Properties shuts Algeria office The Star | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Shares of the Dubai developer building the world's tallest skyscraper extended their slide Sunday after the company shut an office overseeing US$20 billion worth of real estate projects in Algeria. | Emaar Properties, t...
Three more bidders in the ring as battle for Porsche intensifies The Times Of India | Text: FRANKFURT: Three more bidders are interested in taking a stake in German sports car maker Porsche, rivaling investment plans by Qatar, according to a report by German magazine Focus. | In ...
International agencies say economic crisis increases need for trade aid Daily Star Lebanon | Monday, July 06, 2009 | - Powered by | GENEVA: International agencies are set to urge an increase in assistance for trade by developing countries at a conference beginning on Monday, amid fears that aid will be eroded by the economic crisis. "Aid f...
Giant oil chasers turn their sights on South America after striking deal in Iraq Hong Kong Standard China National Petroleum Corporation is switching the focus of its overseas acquisitions program to Venezuela following its successful bid for assets in Iraq last week. | //--> Natallie Cai | Monday, July 06, 2009 | China National Petroleum Corporati...
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The trainspotter now arriving in the UAE is the late golden boy The Independent | Richard Branson's right-hand man. One of Tony Blair's favourite mandarins. Saviour of Britain's crumbling 3,500 secondary-schools estate. FTSE 100 chief executive. Coveted by Bor...
Madoff's wife kicked out of Manhattan penthouse Daily Star Lebanon | Saturday, July 04, 2009 | - Powered by | Larry Neumeister | Associated Press | NEW YORK: Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthou...
Japan's Nomura opens offices in Saudi Arabia Gulf News | Dubai: Nomura, the global investment bank headquartered in Japan, has announced the launch of its Saudi Arabia operation following the receipt of its commencement letter from Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority (CMA), to undertake a range of se...
Mubadala fires up Algerian power plant Gulf News | Dubai: Abu Dhabi state investment agency Mubadala Development said on Sunday it had started operating its 1,227 megawatt gas-fired thermal power plant in Algeria. | The plant, in Tipaza, a coastal province west of Algiers, aims to add close to 20 p...
Value of Saudi shares falls nearly 40% Gulf News | Riyadh: The kingdom's total value of shares traded at the end of the first half of this year dropped by 39.38 per cent to 780.05 billion Saudi riyals (Dh764 billion) against 1.087 trillion riyals during the same period last year, according to...
Biden predicts more jobs because of stimulus money Kansas City Star Khalid Mohammed, Pool U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, is seen with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Beau Biden, left, at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be ...