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Oil dips on record U.S. inventories; Canada output to improve soon
May 11th, 2016
Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as Canadian oil sand production was expected to gradually ramp up following forced closures due to wildfires, and as record crude inventories especially in the United States put pressure on markets. An ongoing fight ...
Lifting sanctions on Iran opens up business opportunities
May 9th, 2016
Economic sanctions have cost Iran an estimated $120 billion (€105 billion) since 2012, primarily in lost oil and gas revenues. That equates to about 30 per cent of the economy of the second-largest country in the Middle East after ...
What Saudi Arabia’s decision to replace its once-influential oil minister really means
May 9th, 2016
Saudi Arabia’s decision to replace its once-influential oil minister is being viewed widely as the latest effort of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to consolidate power and pursue what one analyst has called a “brutal battle for market access against ...
Saudi Arabia looks to bring in billions of foreign dollars
May 5th, 2016
Saudi Arabia announced a string of reforms to its stock market that could attract billions of dollars of fresh foreign money and smooth sales of state assets as the kingdom grapples with damage to its finances caused by low ...
International Law firm launches option to work from home for its UK lawyers
May 5th, 2016
Dentons is pleased to announce that it has launched agile working in the UK. Partners, associates and legal executives across the London, Milton Keynes and Watford offices now have the option of working remotely for up to one day ...
International law firm to launch a practice in Dubai
May 4th, 2016
Withers continues its international expansion with a deal to launch a practice in Dubai with the hire of EY’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) private client chief Stijn Janssen. The office will be located in the Dubai International ...
Iran begins oil cooperation talks with US, Canada
April 28th, 2016
Tehran has entered into talks with the US and Canada to agree on selling petrochemicals, buying new technologies in the oil industry and also to discuss investments in Iran’s oil and gas sector, Iranian media reported yesterday. Iran’s Foreign ...
Ras Al Khaimah could be UAE’s ‘new St Tropez’
April 28th, 2016
Ras Al Khaimah could be the next St Tropez, according to Filippo Sona, Colliers International’s head of hotels for the Middle East and North Africa. “Where will you see the best growth coming up five years?” said Sona, after ...
Thomson Reuters Reports First-Quarter 2016 Results
April 27th, 2016
Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI) today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016. The company also re-affirmed its 2016 full-year outlook. Reported revenues declined 1%. Before currency, revenues grew 1% Excluding recoveries, revenues increased 2% ...
IMF lowers Gulf economic growth forecast with ‘substantial measures needed’
April 25th, 2016
Growth in the Arabian Gulf will slow to 1.8 per cent this year as low oil prices take their toll on budgets, which will lose $140 billion in export revenue this year, the IMF said today. The growth forecast ...
