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Friday, February 10, 2012
Overall market activity resulted from trading in 10 securities of which two advanced, three declined and five traded firm.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Oil prices rose to US$100 a barrel on Thursday, helped by US jobs data and investors’ faith in a bailout deal for Greece.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Cabinet yesterday agreed to give the Ministry of Energy the green light to start negotiations with a consortium of Saudi Arabian and Chinese companies on its proposal to construct two petrochemical complexes totalling US$5.3 billion, Energy Minister...
Friday, February 10, 2012
More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long and painful road to recovery.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Greece’s political leaders yesterday agreed to steep government cutbacks and economic reforms to qualify for a €130 billion (US$170 billion) bailout from other countries in Europe and around the world.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Markets were shored up by the news that Greece's party leaders agreed a deal on new cuts that are necessary for the country to get crucial bailout funds.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Facebook unveiled plans for the biggest ever Internet initial public offering (IPO) that could raise as much as US$10 billion, but made it clear chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg will exercise almost complete control over the company, leaving...
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Markets were cautious yesterday as investors waited for Greek political leaders to endorse an austerity plan that would allow the country to claim its second bailout.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Overall market activity resulted from trading in seven securities of which three advanced, none declined and four traded firm.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Interest in US energy companies spiked in 2011 as buyers clamoured for more access to oil-rich layers of North American shale, a consulting and accounting firm said yesterday.

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