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Aviva Investors casts eyes over Asia

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:53:09 GMT

Aviva Investors plans to expand in Asia by hiring bond and equity fund managers in Singapore and setting up a sales offices in Japan

Saudi downpours and floods kill 77

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:48:34 GMT

The death toll from intense flooding in Saudi Arabia has hit 77, officials said

Saudi strikes at rebels in Yemen

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:27:41 GMT

Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes against Shia rebel "infiltrators" in Yemen

Millennium hotels upbeat

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:21:11 GMT

Millennium and Copthorne, the international hotelier which is the first to announce hotel plans for Iraq, saw third-quarter, pre-tax profit slump by almost a third but said �the worst may be behind us�

On the brink � what happens after peak oil?

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:55:40 GMT

On the brink - what happens after peak oil?

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:45:58 GMT

Energy analysis: Peak oil is the future time and place where the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction has been reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline and from where, it is said, the world implodes into global crisis, war and probably the eventual death of the planet

Saudi denies dollar plan

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:31:41 GMT

Saudi Arabia today led denials that talks are taking place to ditch the US dollar to buy and sell oil

A cause c�l�bre that is missing the real target

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:12:29 GMT

While what is left of our major armaments industry is put through the wringer, the rest of the world�s defence companies must be chortling

Introducing Lily Jones and her fairy cakes

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:15:03 GMT

Lily Jones started Lily Vanilli, a bespoke cupcake business, from her kitchen in London Fields, Hackney

Saudi Arabia 'holding 3,100 prisoners in secret'

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:56:25 GMT

Saudi Arabia is holding more than 3,100 people in secret detention and has used torture to extract confessions, Amnesty International claims

North Korea book World Cup spot

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:06:00 GMT

Football: North Korea have qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa following a goalless draw in Saudi Arabia

WORLD: Obama�s warning to Saudis: Stop cash to terror groups in Pakistan

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:36:03 GMT

Barack Obama begins his tour of the Middle East today with an appeal to Saudi Arabia to help curb the growing instability in Pakistan

Saudi royals win approval for �50m �super-home� in Belgravia

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:48:34 GMT

Saudi royals are planning a hi-tech "super-home" worth up to �50million by knocking together three houses in Belgravia

Savoy 'up for sale' as Saudi owner's billions dwindle

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:27:45 GMT

The Savoy Hotel may soon be put up for sale because of huge losses suffered by its billionaire Arab owner

Women protest over male staff in lingerie shops

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:19:36 GMT

Women in Saudi Arabia have launched a campaign to boycott lingerie shops until a law is implemented to allow female staff

Australia is in the second division, says G20 memo

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:31:16 GMT

The Foreign Office faced embarrassment after a secret memo suggested that Russia, Australia and Canada were all �second division� countries at the G20 summit

Straw faces quiz on Saudi-backed firm's �2,000 gift

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:45:16 GMT

Cabinet minister Jack Straw faced questions over a donation from a Saudi-backed firm

Letter from Dubai: Wanted, a spree you can't fake

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:06:03 GMT

British retailers have long been accused of "cashing in on Christmas - the inaugural Eid in Dubai event is drawing whispers of similar criticism here

Embassies owe �1.5million in parking fines

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:45:42 GMT

Foreign diplomats have racked up �1.5million in unpaid parking fines in central London in the past four years, Westminster council has revealed

Britons on board tanker stormed by Somali pirates

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:33:32 GMT

An oil tanker seized by pirates in the Red Sea has British crew aboard

Russia cuts output as tax adds to woes

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:42:36 GMT

The tumbling global oil price could see a drying up of exports from Russia the world's biggest producer after Saudi Arabia

Oil producers' US bonds pile

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:12:08 GMT

Oil producing countries are poised to become the biggest creditors to the US as the nation's fuel bill soars

Oil price on rise despite Saudi pledge to lift output

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:04:32 GMT

Crude oil was moving up again after a brief respite following Saudi Arabia's pledge to increase production

Oil-shock veteran in price alert

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:55:58 GMT

Key Saudi has slammed speculators and warned that oil could double to $300 a barrel

Comment: lower fuel taxes won't end pain at the pumps

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:25:42 GMT

Oil prices have hit a record high and the Shell strike has disrupted supply. But in the end we will all have to learn to use less fuel, warns one energy expert

Oil prices keep on soaring

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:18:04 GMT

The price of crude oil rocketed to a record high amid fresh concerns about the state of Britain's economy

Saudi boost fails to halt oil's rise

Tue, 20 May 2008 11:25:12 GMT

Oil prices rise as concerns over tight supplies overshadow the impact of a move by oil kingpin Saudi Arabia to boost output

Saudi output boost 'won't halt rise in price of oil'

Mon, 19 May 2008 11:54:45 GMT

Saudi Arabia's decision to increase oil production by 300,000 barrels a day in June will not help lower the price of crude, Iraq's oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani claims

BAE told to clean up act after claims that deals were corrupt

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:21:16 GMT

Defence giant must tighten up its anti-corruption measures following lurid allegations of bribery

A mission that's just not possible

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:00:00 GMT

There may be plenty of action in The Kingdom, but little answers in a terrorist thriller that avoids the big questions.