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Halliburton officials said yesterday that the company plans to open a corporate headquarters in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. Halliburton's chairman and CEO, David J. Lesar, said he would move to Dubai, but the energy service company would retain its current corporate headquarters in Houston. Lesar said the...
By Megan DaviesDUBAI (Reuters) - Blackstone Group BX Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman said on Tuesday the injection of government cash into U.S. banks, alongside similar measures around the world, could break the back of the credit crisis.New York-based Blackstone, one of the world's biggest private equity firms, has been hammered...
DUBAI (Reuters) - General Motors GM said on Tuesday bankruptcy for the firm is not an option and called for coordinated federal action to assist the ailing U.S. automobile industry."Bankruptcy is not an option that GM is considering," Maureen Kempston Darkes, Group Vice President and President, GM Motors Latin America,...
LONDON (Reuters UK) - A Dubai government holding, Diyafa World Limited, has increased its holding in the world's biggest hotel company InterContinental Hotels Group IHG to 4.23 percent, the hotelier said on Friday.The Dubai group is an existing shareholder of the British hotelier and earlier this week increased its holding...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Maui Wowi Hawaiian Inks New Master Franchise Pact with Dubai EnterprisesC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Maui Wowi Hawaiian, a destination for authentic Hawaiian products on the mainland, announced it has expanded its worldwide corporate ohana to the...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British Airways has announced that it will be starting services to the Caribbean islands of St Kitts and Nevis this winter. The airline will introduce weekly flights from London's Gatwick Airport to St Kitts on 10 January 2009. This service...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The International Bureau of Aviation IBA, a provider of independent expert business analysis to the aviation industry, will be providing Silver Air, a Dubai-based ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) air carrier, with a turnkey service. IBA will be working...
Byline: Barry Gibson HAVING lost out on buying Liverpool Football Club Dubai must console itself with building a tower more than a kilometre high. Developer Nakheel this week announced plans to construct an awe-inspiring, 200-storey behemoth in the tiny emirate. When it's finished in...
THE QE2 sailed into the Tyne this morning. The liner is on a return visit to the river and after one more stop in Southampton it will go on her final ocean cruise before becoming a floating hotel in Dubai. There will be a farewell reception...
SCORES of families watched as the world's most famous liners floated up the Tyne for the final time today, before she leaves the UK for good. The QE2 returned to the Port of Tyne this morning and after one more stop in Southampton, it will depart on her...
JIMMY FORTUNE suffered a nightmare with Red Jade at Nottingham last week, but can ease the pain of a 10-day ban with victory back at the same track. The rider was penalised for dropping his hands close home aboard the juvenile in an average event last week, but...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Axial Vector Energy Corporation ("AVEC") (Pink Sheets:AXVC) (Frankfurt:BAE1) With the completion of the AVEC generator and electric motor design for mass production, AVEC is proud to announce that our engineers have confirmed that its Axial Flux generator has significant advantages applicable to existing windmills used...
The Tuesday Book WHEN FRIDAY COMES By James Montague MAINSTREAM, Pounds 10.99 Order for Pounds 9.89 (free p&p) on 0870 079 8897 What do you do when find yourself stuck in Dubai, locked in expat air-conditioned hell, hermetically sealed from the society you are living in?...
DUBAI AFP — A Dubai court will deliver its verdict on two Britons accused of having sex on a beach in the booming Gulf emirate on October 16, legal sources said on Tuesday. A hearing in the trial of Michelle Palmer, 37, and Vince Acors, 34, did not...
Acquisition of software, digitization services & content delivery network solidifies KIT digital's European leadership and extends global IPTV Capabilities Combined company is EBITDA-positive at more than US$40 million in annualized revenue DUBAI and PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KIT digital, Inc. (BULLETIN...
Byline: By ANITA CHAMBERS Sports Correspondent JIMMY FORTUNE suffered a nightmare with Red Jade at Nottingham last week but can ease the pain of a 10-day ban with victory back at the same track. The rider was penalised for dropping his hands close home aboard the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower MSWCT will be located in a spectacular setting in the Central Business District of Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. The wharf tower will emerge from the sea, integrated beautifully with...
DUBAI AFP — Property developers in Dubai remain upbeat about the growth of the sector, which has seen prices rocket in recent years, despite warnings of overheating and the global financial turmoil. With housing prices tumbling in the United States, Britain and other Western countries, real estate developers...
Retail Domain Expertise and Rapid Implementation Support Alshaya Launch of New Dean & Deluca Franchise ATLANTA -- Aldata Solution, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions to the retail industry, today announced that M.H. Alshaya Co., one of the major retail companies operating in the Middle East, has...
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