Power & Oil

Iran hits back at EU with own oil embargo threat

Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 10:33, Reuters, Tehran

Fighting sanctions with sanctions in a test of strength with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran warned on Friday it may halt oil exports to Europe next week in a move calculated to hurt ailing

South Sudan sees oil shutdown complete by Saturday

Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 10:06

Oman says willing to sell crude oil to Sri Lanka

Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 09:52

Property

UAE's Al Habtoor eyes Paris, London hotel buys

Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 13:50, Reuters, Dubai

United Arab Emirates conglomerate Al Habtoor Group is eyeing hotel acquisitions in London and Paris but will steer clear of investments in the Arab world outside the Gulf region, its chairman said.

Goldman Sachs London HQ nears $468m Chinese sale

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 at 15:53

Abu Dhabi bureau says museums ready from 2015-2017

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 at 12:33

Opinions

The Business of Governance

Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 04:00

At a recent conference in the British Virgin Islands, I was asked to imagine that the country was one of my new companies: What would...

Obama Turns his Attention to Where the Money is

Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 04:00

Of all the realisations Barack Obama has made in three years in the White House, this may be the most crucial: The US is a...

Carts in the City

Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 04:00

A few weeks ago I decided to test the recently opened green line of Dubai Metro....

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Telecoms & Technology

Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers

Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 12:49, Reuters, California

Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee's job, according to

Nokia shares drop as analysts cut estimates

Friday, 27 January 2012 at 14:57

Travel & Tourism

Northrop's Global Hawk lags U-2: US Air Force

Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 12:23, Reuters, Washington

The most widely deployed version of Northrop Grumman Corp's Global Hawk long-range reconnaissance drone lags the Cold War-vintage U-2 in terms of certain key capabilities, the Air Force's top general

Spanair ceases operations, cites financial woes

Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 10:06

Container lines steam slower to restore profit

Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 15:07

Etihad Airways buys two more A330-200 freighters

Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 12:58

Auto

California sets landmark rules to cut auto emissions

Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 12:17, Reuters, Los Angeles

California approved aggressive new rules on Friday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring automakers to put many more electric and hybrid vehicles on the Golden State's roads by 2025.

Peugeot sets 550,000 output target for 208 model

Friday, 27 January 2012 at 15:09

US automakers seen losing market share

Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 16:48

Ford may post biggest annual profit since 1998

Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 10:50

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