FDI in Arab world surges by 10% to $47.1b in 2012
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Khaleej Times, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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June 19--Foreign direct investment, or FDI, into Arab world rose by nearly 10 per cent in 2012 led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to a latest report. Last year, Arab countries attracted FDI worth $47.1 billion despite political uncertainty in some of them compared to $42.9 billion in the previous year, the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corp said in its annual report, ...

Jun/19/2013 12:01 AM

Kingdom tops Arab world with $ 12.2 bn FDI inflow
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Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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June 19--JEDDAH -- Saudi Arabia topped the list as foreign direct investment (FDI) into Arab states rose by 9.8 percent last year. Despite unrest in some of them, FDI in Arab states exceeded $ 47 billion in 2012 compared with $ 42.9 billion the previous year, the Kuwait-based Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corp. (AIECGC) said in its annual report released yesterday. Saudi Arabia ...

Jun/19/2013 12:01 AM

BRIEF: Turkey increases liquefied gas import
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Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan
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June 19--Liquefied gas import into Turkey in February 2013 increased by 5.4 percent and hit 226,300 tons compared to the same period of 2012, Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) reported on its website today. Exporting countries February 2012 February 2013 Import volume (in tons) Import volume (in tons) Russia 51,598 76,908 Norway 52,723 53,458 Kazakhstan 28,740 40,990 Algeria ...

Jun/19/2013 12:01 AM

REFILE (dpa 121): UN: Gaddafi's children violated travel ban, moved to Oman Eds: Clarifies that the two individuals are Gaddafi's children
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dpa, Berlin
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June 18--NEW YORK -- Mohammed Moammar Gaddafi and Aisha Moammar Gaddafi and their family members have moved from Algeria to Oman, violating a travel ban imposed by the UN Security Council, a sanctions panel reported on Tuesday. The panel told the 15-nation council that the Algerian government...

Jun/18/2013 04:41 PM

Webb to referee Brazil game at Confed Cup
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dpa, Berlin
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June 17--RIO DE JANEIRO -- Howard Webb, the 2010 World Cup final referee, will be in charge of hosts Brazil's next game against Mexico at football's Confederations Cup, FIFA said Monday. The Group A match in Fortaleza on Wednesday will be Webb's first appearance at the tournament. On the same day in Recife, Argentinian referee Diego Abal will officiate Italy's match against Japan. Webb, who ...

Jun/17/2013 04:40 PM

NBMAA Tiffany Exhibit Showcases Lesser-Known Paintings, Famous Glassworks
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The Hartford Courant
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June 17--The name of Louis Comfort Tiffany is synonymous with jewelry and luminescent glasswork: lamps, windows and small vessels that catch the light and glow. Still, it took Tiffany many years to realize this destiny. Early in life, Tiffany was a painter and traveled around the world. He was especially fond of Egypt, Turkey, Morocco and Algeria. Those countries' bright sunshine, colorful ...

Jun/17/2013 01:14 PM

Depardieu - "I have seven passports...I am a free man"
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dpa, Berlin
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June 16--PARIS -- In his most extensive interview since accepting a Russian passport after falling out with the French government, actor Gerard Depardieu defended himself Sunday as a likeable "hooligan" and "citizen of the world." Five months after becoming a citizen of Vladimir Putin's Russia the enfant terrible of French cinema told Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) newspaper he was now a ...

Jun/16/2013 09:52 AM

Le Corbusier as a force for nature?
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Los Angeles Times
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June 15--NEW YORK -- It's easy to imagine that "Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes," a vast, dense and beautifully installed new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, began as a kind of parlor game. You can almost picture the curators, Jean-Louis Cohen and Barry Bergdoll, brainstorming to come up with the most unlikely, counterintuitive thesis about Le Corbusier they could -- and ...

Jun/15/2013 09:42 AM

Daily Mail, London, market report column
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Daily Mail, London
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June 14--PERMIRA and Cinven are two major UK private equity firms, among others, believed to be sniffing around ICU Medical, the California-based medical devices group, which is up for grabs. San Diego-based Carefusion Corporation has already had a $80 a share offer rejected by the ICU board and the general consensus is that any predator would have to put an offer of $90 a share on the table ...

Jun/14/2013 02:22 PM

Susan Jane (Janey) Sparks
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Tulsa World, Okla.
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June 14--Susan Jane (Janey) Elswick born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 22, 1948; died Susan Jane Sparks in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 11, 2013. She is survived by: her husband, Glen L. Sparks of Tulsa, OK; her oldest son, Matthew Glen Spark (Rev Matt Sparks) of San Diego;her second son, Jason Lee Sparks (Lt. Comdr U.S. Navy Jason Sparks) of Okinawa; and her daughter, Julie Ann Barnes of ...

Jun/14/2013 08:12 AM