Tehran / AFP Iran signed preliminary agreements with Russia’s Gazprom on Tuesday to develop two major oil fields in the latest of a flurry of deals with foreign firms, local media reported. The deals open the way for Gazprom to carry out studies at the Cheshmekosh and Changouleh fields near the border with Iraq, according to the Shana news agency, …

  Bloomberg India’s biggest gas utility is seeking a price cut and other changes to a 20-year liquefied natural gas supply contract from Gazprom PJSC, the latest in a series of concessions sought by buyers amid a global gas glut. GAIL India Ltd. is pushing to overhaul the 2.5 million ton a year contract with the Russian gas giant that …

  Bloomberg The year 2017 will mark the 10th anniversary of Apple’s iPhone, the device that revolutionized mobile telephony and gave rise to the phenomenal success of the smartphone. With Gartner predicting worldwide annual sales of more than 1.5 billion units, here a few ways that smartphone devices could evolve in the coming years. When Steve Jobs unveiled the first …