Meryl Davis and Charlie White did not lose sleep over what U.S. Figure Skating called “laughable” allegations suggesting the United States and Russia had brokered a deal to help each other win gold medals at the Sochi Olympics. “There was an anonymous report citing an unnamed source that there was some kind of collusion between America and Russia regarding the ice dancing competition,” U.S. Figure Skating spokesperson […]
Middle East crude for immediate delivery traded at its biggest premium in two years to later shipments last month after Royal Dutch Shell bought an unprecedented number of cargoes. The price gap between the earliest loadings of the benchmark Dubai grade and those for two months later climbed to $2.82 a barrel on Nov. 21, the widest spread since 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The […]
BlackBerry Ltd’s board does not believe a break-up of the Canadian smartphone maker is currently in its best interests, even though Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc and Lenovo Group Ltd, among others, have expressed interest in acquiring parts of the company, according to people familiar with the discussions. The board rejected proposals from several technology companies for various BlackBerry assets on grounds that a break-up did not serve […]
Mehmood Patel still wakes up early, just as he did when he was a popular heart specialist seeing patients who waited hours for minutes of his time. Instead of surgical scrubs, he climbs into the khaki drabs of the Federal Correctional Complex in Oakdale, Louisiana. He leads health-conscious inmates on a morning walk, then cracks open one of the medical journals on his prison-approved reading list. Counseling […]
Some retailers in a popular Dubai electronics fair this week are offering the BlackBerry Z10 at a hefty discount to its launch price. The Canadian company’s plight is best illustrated this week in Dubai, one of the six cities used in February for the global launch of the operating system and smartphone: the Z10 is being sold at a hefty discount to its launch price at a […]
Dubai and Kuwait City have been ranked in the top 10 biggest improving cities in a global livability survey released on Wednesday. The Economist Intelligence Unit said Dubai’s ranking at number 77 had improved 2.9 per cent in the past five years. Kuwait City, which came in at 81, was also amongst the top 10 most improved, with a 2.5 per cent jump. The survey ranks five […]
President Barack Obama and his top military and national security advisers hashed out options on Saturday for responding to the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria amid “increasing signs” that the government used poison gas against civilians. Obama spoke with British Prime Minister David Cameron, a top U.S. ally, and agreed that chemical weapon use by Syrian President Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces would merit a […]
Riyadh (Reuters): The Saudi Arabian government awarded $22.5 billion (Dh82.6 billion) in contracts to three foreign-led consortia on Sunday for the design and construction of the first metro rail system in the capital, Riyadh. The project, which will involve six rail lines extending 176 kilometres and carrying electric, driverless trains, is the world’s largest public transport system currently under development, Saudi officials said. US construction giant Bechtel […]
Mubadala Development Co., the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, is fighting to avoid losses on its $2 billion investment in Eike Batista’s companies as the former billionaire seeks to save his commodity empire from collapse. The fund is owed $1.5 billion after converting a preferred equity investment in Batista’s EBX Group Co. into debt, three people with knowledge of the matter said last month. That amount is […]
