Friends Provident International said that UAE investors are increasingly turning to real estate as a preferred asset class. Almost half of respondents said that they expect the property market to perform strongly over the next 5 years.A ...
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Associated Press reported that aluminum producer Alcoa Inc launches the fourth quarter earnings season on Tuesday after the markets close. The sluggish global economy, including slower growth in China and the debt crisis in Europe, has ...
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Despite Christmas holidays fully underway, the Indian market still found the time to conclude a few deals at some impressive numbers The USA owned container vessel MADURA (7,381 LDT) was concluded for a very firm USD 44S.LT LDT (the ...
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According to experts interviewed by Gulf News, the UAE economy is expected to grow at a rate between 3.25% to 5% in 2013 in a world still grappling with economic and financial challenges. And much of that growth is a result of government ...
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China's competition officials are still weighing Dole Food Co's deal to sell its global packaged food and Asian fresh businesses to Japan's Itochu Corp, forcing the two firms to delay completion of the sale. Dole had hoped to sign-off ...
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Business Line reported that GAIL Ltd is set to receive LNG cargo from Russia’s Gazprom on December 28th 2012 Friday to commission the Dabhol LNG terminal in Maharashtra. The cargo carrying 0.138 million cubic meter of LNG equivalent ...
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IDG News Service - AT&T has reversed its decision to allow Apple iPhone and iPad owners to use Apple's FaceTime videoconferencing application only on the carrier's most expensive data plans or if they are connected to Wi-Fi. AT&T on ...
Computerworld - WASHINGTON -- IT employment increased last month, and there may be signs in the latest data of high demand for people to fill jobs in specific IT occupations. Groups that study U.S. Labor Department jobs data mix and match ...
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The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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Taipei, Dec. 28, 2012 (CENS)--Tong Lo, president of Taiwan Bicycle Exporters` Association (TBEA) and CEO of Taiwan`s largest bicycle manufacturer Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd., recently warned that the island’s bike exports may be ...
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Juniper Networks and Riverbed Technologies are partnering to utilise their network and application capabilities. The two firms announced the tie-up claiming the application and the network were converging. They said there was a need for ...
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Mr SK Tripathi CDM of MSTC spoke to Excerpts of Business Line about how the high dividend paying company is reengineering its strategies to adapt to changing economic realities and improve profitability. Q-How has the economic slowdown ...
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Businesses are reining in their spending on hardware and software amid continued uncertainty in the global economy. Analyst group Gartner has revised down its forecast for spending on hardware and software,despite overall growth in IT ...
THE Australian dollar is lower, trading on thin volumes, as investors remain cautious about the US budget negotiations. THE Australian dollar is lower, trading on thin volumes, as investors remain cautious about the US budget ...
Google's new Samsung Chromebook sells for $249. Google today announced a new low-priced clamshell-style Samsung Chromebook computer for $249 that runs the Chrome OS. With an 11.6-in. display, a full-sized Chrome keyboard, overall weight ...
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