Industry
Oil falls below $30 as Iran floods market, Chinese demand slows
16 Jan 2016
Oil prices crashed to a 12-year low below $30 a barrel as a post-sanctions Iran prepared to unleash a flood of new oil amid a slowdown in demand from the world's two biggest economies, the US and China
Mayhem on Wall St as oil plunges below $30
16 Jan 2016
More than a fifth of S&P 500 stocks fell to 52-week lows, with technology being the biggest loser, as oil fell to below $30 a barrel and worries grew about the slowdown in China
Post-sanctions Iran to unload oil on India, Europe
15 Jan 2016
Iran hopes to increase its exports to India by 200,000 barrels per day to some 460,000 bpd, and Indian refiners say they are willing to buy it if the price is right
Mumbai Port gets a second chemicals berth
15 Jan 2016
Al Jazeera fails to make a go of US operations
15 Jan 2016
Despite producing content of acknowledged quality, including an award-winning documentary on the lives of ordinary US workers and another on sports doping, the Qatar-based network could not make a dent in the crowded US media market
World Bank cautions against restricting net access
15 Jan 2016
A report by the World Bank suggests that services like Facebook’s Free Basics, which it is pushing strongly in India, are ‘the antithesis of net neutrality and a distortion of markets’
Philadelphia paper, website given to non-profit
14 Jan 2016
Owner H F “Gerry’ Lenfest has handed off struggling papers the Inquirer and the Daily News, along with the associated website, to a newly created non-profit to which he has donated $20 million, in an attempt to create a new and viable business model