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...He established a food import-export business in 1988, moving into transportation, cement and contracting, and has expanded to the United Arab Emirates....
...“Maybe it’s the only kind of journalism that can thrive in an otherwise contracting market.”...
...The headline PMI number, at 51.1, follows three months of sub-50 readings – i.e. three months of contracting production....
...Investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud sees 2010 as make-or-break for Citi so a loss-making set of results is a dubious start....
...Al Murray has been with the same management company, Avalon, for nigh on 20 years....
...Firms should be encouraged to specialized in the activities in which they have the greatest competence, which they can only do by contracting with others who have complementary strengths....
...Nevetheless, he said, it does add to a growing body of evidence that the pace at which the housing market is contracting may be easing.”...
...The troubled Saudi group owned by Maan al-Sanea is seeking talks with creditors in the UK and the Middle East as early as next week as it looks to restructure its debt....
...Western banks have begun to close down credit lines to Maan al-Sanea and his investment entity, Saad Group....
...If you are in a market that is contracting, all the players will want your technology to maintain market share,” he says....
...“If the Americans leave Iraq, I will leave Iraq,” says Mohammed al-Shamari, a 35- year-old businessman from the Shia al-Khadimiya district of Baghdad....
...Al Bedwell, a powertrains specialist with JD Power, says that manufacturers are, between them, planning about half a dozen engines in the capacity range 0.9 to 1.2 litres by 2012....
...Companies such as al-Mutasim, Farouq and Hammurabi, in turn, hire a slew of family-run outfits for low-skill labour....
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