China issues code of conduct for firms investing abroad

SHANGHAI, Dec 19 (AFP): China has released a code of conduct for private companies investing abroad as it seeks to head off risky acquisitions, with state media reporting on Tuesday that a blacklist of violators was in the works.The move by the country's top economic-planning agency appears to be the...

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Oil rises towards $64 on UK pipeline outage

LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters): Oil edged up towards $64 a barrel on Tuesday, supported by the Forties pipeline outage in the North Sea, OPEC-led supply cuts and expectations that US crude inventories fell for a fifth week.Rising output in the United States put a lid on gains, however. Shale production...

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Boeing, Bombardier set out defence in trade row

BELFAST, Dec 19 (BBC): Boeing and Bombardier traded verbal blows on Monday over claims by the US planemaker that the Canadian company receives massive subsidies.The two sides appeared before the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in the latest round of their bitter row. Boeing accused Bombardier of harming sales of...

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Trustee of Museum of Liberation War and Chairman of the Asiatic Marketing Communications Ltd, Aly Zaker, formally launched the website, 'OmlanShurjoshontan'

Trustee of Museum of Liberation War and Chairman of the Asiatic Marketing Communications Ltd, Aly Zaker, formally launched the website, 'OmlanShurjoshontan' on the history and facts about the intellectual martyrs in the city on December 14 last. Managing Director Humayun Rashid of G-Gas (Energypac Power Generation Ltd) that supported the...

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