House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's"Plan B"to limit income-tax increases to the wealthiest sliver of the population appeared likely to pass the House on Thursday evening after it narrowly cleared a procedural hurdle in the ...
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South Korea's oil refiners are likely to face tougher challenges in coming years as President-elect Park Geun-Hye vows consumer-focused policies and tighter business regulations under her economic democratization platform. Park, from ...
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M Rajkumar N Dhoot President of ASSOCHAM said that as the inflation is at its 10 month low, it is time the Reserve Bank of India took measures to ensure that the interest rates are reduced irrespective of tools it may choose to use. Mr ...
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Hills, Mich., December 10, 2012 – Guardian Industries Corp. announced that it reached a production launch milestone at its Krasny Sulin (Rostov region), Russia float glass manufacturing plant. The initial “ribbon pull” ...
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Emaar Properties, Dubai’s largest developer, has secured USD 500 million in financing from a consortium of banks to be used to fund an upcoming project in Turkey. The facility signed with lenders including Standard Chartered, ...
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Economic Times reported that the Indian consortium is back from another round of discussion for acquiring mining rights to the 1.8 billion tonne of iron ore reserves in Afghanistan, as the possible deal reaches a critical stage. A ...
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European chemicals output will contract by 2.0 per cent in 2012 compared with 2011, European chemicals group Cefic said. A lowering of its forecast released in September, the chemicals trade body downgrade reflects recent data showing a ...
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More than $224 million has been injected into Iraq’s private sector economy in the form of Small & Medium Enterprise bank loans thanks to a cooperative effort between the USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program and 12 private ...
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Qatar on December 23rd Sunday lifted its forecasts for economic growth and inflation next year, saying that a decline in oil and gas output was now expected to be less than originally thought. The General Secretariat for Development ...
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Iraq Energy Institute(IEI)has just concluded its first Iraq Energy Forum(IEF)which was held in Al Rasheed hotel at the heart of Baghdad for the period 11-13 December 2012.The successful three-days major event was organized in cooperation ...
The U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union should embrace free and open broadband markets and allow individual countries to reform their telecommunications regulations instead of attempting to centrally regulate the industry, the ...
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will open satellite offices in Silicon Valley, Texas and Colorado in an effort to bolster its recruitment of patent examiners and other employees and better serve local businesses, the office announced ...
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What do the gold market and the weather have in common? You can forecast both, but predict neither, according to Brien Lundin, chief executive of Jefferson Financial and publisher of Gold Newsletter. Lundin, who also organizes the New ...
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Adnoc Distribution,the retail arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company,announced that it is currently searching for 10 locations to open petrol stations in Dubai.The move will be carried out under the supervision and follow up of the Supreme ...
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The Canadian government followed through on last month's budget promise to streamline environmental reviews of resource projects with a plan for "responsible resource development." Announced Tuesday by Natural Resources Minister Joe ...
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