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Gulftainer registers 4% growth in container volume

Sharjah / Emirates Business Gulftainer, the world’s largest privately-owned, independent port operator based in the UAE, recorded a strong performance in 2015 with an overall growth of four percent across its global portfolio. Gulftainer’s operations in the UAE currently include the Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) and the Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT) at Port Khalid and the Sharjah Inland Container Depot ...

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Russia’s predicament: Squeeze oil trade without strangling progress

Bloomberg While the world focuses on Russia’s oil-freeze talks with OPEC, there are discussions behind closed doors in the Kremlin that will have a much more significant impact on the nation’s energy industry. The petrodollars that underpin Russia’s national budget are evaporating. When crude prices were high, increasing revenue simply meant encouraging companies like Rosneft OJSC and Lukoil PJSC to ...

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Pound strengthens as UK manufacturing boosts optimism

Bloomberg The pound advanced against most of its major peers after manufacturing activity in the U.K. expanded at a faster rate than expected in January and a rally in commodities and stocks boosted investor sentiment. Manufacturing production grew 0.7 percent against the 0.2 percent forecast in a survey of Bloomberg economists. Industrial production expanded by 0.3 percent, lower than forecast ...

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