Reuters reported that the new trading arm of state run Saudi Aramco has finalized a January to June 2013 term contract to sell jet fuel with at least one buyer. Traders said that Saudi Aramco Products Trading Company has agreed to sell ...
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There were 123 heads of state and governments using Twitter to communicate with citizens and the rest of the world as of December 2012, a think tank said Tuesday. The number is up 78 percent on 2011, according to a study released on ...
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Saudi Aramco has decided not to allow the usual 10% tolerance on the plus side for its January term butane exports, while there will be a 10-day loading delay in LPG shipments to Asian buyers, term lifters said Tuesday. But in its ...
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Internet and mobile communications were shut down on Thursday morning in war-torn Syria. Renesys Corp., a global Internet monitoring firm, earlier today reported a "major outage" in Syria, and added that a kill switch had been thrown ...
Computerworld - Two security organizations have released online tools that let Windows users check for possible infections by Gauss, the newly-revealed cyber surveillance malware thought to have been built by one or more governments. ...
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A sophisticated cyber surveillance tool that monitors financial transactions with Middle Eastern banks was probably built by or under the auspices of a government, security researchers said today. Early Thursday, Moscow-based Kaspersky ...
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A piece of malware called Mahdi or Madi has been used to spy on hundreds of targets from Iran, Israel and a few other Middle Eastern countries during the past eight months, according to researchers from security vendors Seculert and ...
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Kaspersky Lab today appealed for help from top-notch cryptographers to help it break the encryption of a still-mysterious warhead delivered by the Gauss cyber-surveillance malware. "We are asking anyone interested in cryptology and ...
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Middle Eastern petrochemical producers will continue to enjoy considerable cost advantage compared with their counterparts in Southeast Asia even as a scarcity of gas forces them to shift to other feedstocks, Jaap Kalkman, a partner at ...
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Cigna Global Health Benefits has signed a joint-venture (JV) agreement with Saudi Arabian Insurance Company (SAICO) to further expand its partnership and product offerings across the Middle Eastern region. Subject to regulatory approvals ...
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Speech by the Governor Doing Business in Henan Provinces of China introduces comprehensive condition of Henan Province. Henan, located in the hinterland of China, has a long history, abundant resources, complete infrastructure and ...
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Construction Week reported that Croatian companies have secured a project worth in excess of USD 130 million to build an indoor sports stadium that will host the World Handball Championships in Qatar in 2015. The award was secured after a ...
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Hydraulic fracturing,or"fracking",is the process by which sand,water,and chemicals are injected into shale rocks at deep levels underground.This pressurization forces the extraction of oil and natural gas via a well located above the ...
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Leading liquefied natural gas terminal experts will be in Bahrain to attend a crucial summit from January 20 to 23 where they will discuss the upcoming import terminal projects in the Middle East region. The Mena LNG Regasification Summit ...
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Turkey's exports of steel and steel products including such specific materials as pipe amounted to USD 14.32 billion in the first 11 months of this year an increase of 3.09% over the same period a year ago suggesting an end of 2012 target ...
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