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Crude on the rise over Egypt unrest
03 Feb 2011
So far, the unrest in Egypt has not affected traffic on the Suez Canal or flows on the Suez-Mediterranean (SUMED) oil pipeline
Chaos in Cairo; army calls for peace
02 Feb 2011
The prolonged curfew and mass public protests in Egypt has forced Indian companies like Dabur and Asian Paints' subsidiary SCIB Chemicals to temporarily shut.
GCC not likely to be hit by Egypt unrest: report
02 Feb 2011
OPEC to boost output on oil supply disruption
02 Feb 2011
Though OPEC is concerned over unrest in Egypt, it feels there is no cause for an immediate increase in output
Indian firms in Egypt down shutters, watch and wait
01 Feb 2011
While putting up a brave front, Indian firms like Dabur, Emami, Marico, and Asian Paints, which have branches in Egypt are jittery over the political turmoil
Egypt's Mubarak appoints vice president
29 Jan 2011
The president made the announcement after a crisis meeting with senior officials, television reports said
India, Brazil, South Africa and China seek improvements to WTO negotiating package
29 Jan 2011
The ministers said there was a need to improve the July 2008 negotiating package by incorporating the development dimension of world trade
EU mulls new loans to Greece to buy back bonds
29 Jan 2011
The European Commission yesterday said it is considering a new loan from the European Financial Stability Facility to Greece to help the country tide over the financial crisis
UK frauds cost £38-bn a year
29 Jan 2011
US economy back in the black, says Geithner
28 Jan 2011
At current dollar value of GDP, the US economy was worth about $14.9 trillion in the three months ended December 2010
Chinese espionage and French trade secrets
24 Jan 2011
The Chinese are well-known perpetrators of industrial espionage and have been caught before in France, but the details that have emerged so far about the Renault operation differ from the usual Chinese method of operation. By Sean Noonan. Republished with permission of STRATFOR
IMF approves $30-bn credit line for Poland
24 Jan 2011
India-EU FTA likely by April: Smadja
22 Jan 2011
UK petrol price up at the highest in 10 years
21 Jan 2011
UK City leaders must rebuild trust, restore the City's 'licence to operate'
20 Jan 2011
Bankers' bonuses have burst out from the business pages of UK newspapers, and are headline news. The bonus round exposes a deep and raw nerve in British society, says Tony Manwaring, chief executive of the UK-based business-led non-profit Tomorrow's Company that works towards creating synergies between businesses, societies and environmental sustainability
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