Port operator DP World profits more than tripled in the first half of the year as trade volumes increased and it gained from the sale of part of its Australian business... more
London Stock Exchange bosses refuse to comment on growing speculation that it could become the target of a takeover bid following its failed attempt to buy the Toronto stock exchange... more
Recovery in world trade helps DP World, the operator of Southampton and Tilbury docks, enjoy a 12% increase in containers handled in the last three months of 2010... more
Port operator DP World forecasts a better second half to the year, with container operations at their highest level in two years in the third quarter... more
After Britain’s infrastructure assets were the subject of a blitz of privatisations in the Eighties and then faced a host of takeover deals, many now lie under foreign ownership... more
DP World, the Dubai port operator which runs operations at Tilbury and Southampton and is building the London Gateway container terminal, is puting off a London Stock Exchange listing... more
DP World, the Dubai-based ports group, pays £136 million for the last 1000 acres of land for its London Gateway container terminal and logistics park... more
Dubai Ports World, owner of big stakes in Southampton and Tilbury docks, today saw one of the biggest swings in a share price of recent times as the turbulent situation in the troubled emirate took its toll.... more
City folk gave a hesitant thumbs-up to the water industry regulator's new five-year pricing formula which has kept prices flat — but at least one big hitter is cautious about the prospects for utilities next year... more
The hunter has become the hunted. Dubai ports operator DP World caused a political storm in 2006 when it bought British rival P&O for almost £4 billion. Now private-equity investors are circling DP World, which has seen its stock-market value plummet in recent months ... more
Is Dubai poised to become the Iceland of the Middle East? The news dripping out of the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates has been bad for months and worse is coming... more
The credit crisis has been dragging on for a year so it's no wonder troubled financial institutions and Western governments are taking more interest in sovereign wealth funds... more
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is setting out on a tour of the Middle East with a mission to boost oil output by encouraging more private investment... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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