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Supply chain: Gulf States

Fahad Al Gergawi, CEO of Dubai’s Foreign Investment Office, offers his perspective on a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit on the Gulf Cooperation Council’s trade a

Shell and Gazprom sign co-operation pact

Royal Dutch Shell and Russia's Gazprom have signed a co-operation agreement that will see them exploring for more oil together in western Siberia and the far east of Russia.

Singapore Airlines acquires a stake of Virgin Australia

Coal India Limited

Harry Winston re-purchases diamond mine

Harry Winston Diamond Corporation has said it will purchase a nine percent interest in Canada’s Diavik diamond mine from Kinross Gold Corporation for approximately US$220 millio

Sinopec acquires stake in Nigerian oil asset

Chinese state-owned oil company Sinopec are to purchase a 20 percent stake of one of Total’s Nigerian oil assets at a cost of $2.5 billion.

Operations: Cloud computing

Many businesses are confused by the diverse offerings of cloud computing. However, for next generation EDI, the ‘managed cloud’ is a simple notion, as Steve Rees explains.

Vale

Vale, the world’s second largest mining company, is about to open a new coal mine in Mozambique.

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CoAL completes Chapudi deal

Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has completed its acquisition of Rio Tinto and Kwezi Mining’s shares in both Chapudi Coal and Kwezi Mining and Exploration (KME).

French-Chinese consortium given the all clear to construct new nuclear power plant in the UK

The go-ahead has been given for the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK for a generation

Asian performance helps Pru profits surge

UK insurer Prudential has seen its profits increase over the past six months thanks to its strong performance in Asia

Vodafone sells share in Polish operator for Ôé¼920 million

UK telecommunications giant Vodafone has agreed to sell its 24.4 per cent interest in Polish telecoms operator Polkomtel for approximately €920 million.