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Pearson buys learning firm Schoolnet for $230m

Tuesday, 26 April 2011 at 13:11, Reuters, London

Publishing group Pearson said it had agreed to buy US education technology firm Schoolnet for $230 million in cash to expand further its digital learning footprint.

Ashridge Business School opens Middle East office

Wednesday, 30 March 2011 at 16:32, Alrroya.com, Abu Dhabi

Having worked actively for the past 10 years with public and private sector organisations in the Middle East, Ashridge Business School has now strengthened its on-ground presence in the region with th

Ajman University to hold ICTITA 2010

Thursday, 09 December 2010 at 16:18, Alrroya.com, Dubai

The College of Information Technology at Ajman University of Science and Technology (Aust) is organising the International Conference on Trends in Information Technology and Applications (ICTITA 2010)

ConocoPhillips has 'unit upset' at Westlake oil refinery

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 at 12:02, Bloomberg

ConocoPhillips has a “unit upset” leading to the flaring of gases at its refinery in Westlake, Louisiana, according to a filing to the National Response Center.

Turbine maker Vestas plans 3,000 job cuts

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 at 11:55, Reuters, Copenhagen

Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer, said on Tuesday it would axe 3,000 jobs and shut some plants to adjust to weaker demand, after it posted a smaller-than-expected drop in third-qu

US, China online education firms to merge

Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 15:58, Reuters, Hong Kong

Online education companies Eleutian Technology and Idapted Ltd said on Wednesday that they will merge, bringing together the US and Chinese companies in the fast-growing $100 billion market for online

Facebook CEO to give Newark’s schools $100m

Thursday, 23 September 2010 at 09:40, Bloomberg

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GDF Suez’s Oman power projects gets $1.3bn financing

Monday, 20 September 2010 at 12:58, Bloomberg

GDF Suez SA and its partners including Shikoku Electric Power Co. and Sojitz Corp. completed $1.3 billion in financing for the Barka 3 and Sohar 2 independent power projects in Oman.

Exxon, Santos plan to stop two separate Indonesia oil projects

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 at 15:42, Bloomberg

Exxon Mobil Corp, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, and Australian energy company Santos Ltd plan to stop developing two separate oil projects in Indonesia, government and company off

Brightoil to buy new supertankers for $537.5m

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 at 15:28, Reuters, Singapore

Hong Kong-listed Brightoil Petroleum plans to buy five very large crude carriers for $537.5 million, the company said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.


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