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Aberdeen Asset Management tax flight

The list of companies threatening to leave the UK because of unfavourable tax levies has increased almost by the day

Iran issues add to fears of $200 a barrel

Production at Iran's oilfields is thought to be falling by 10 per cent a year because of poor investment and expertise

BAE urged to tighten code of ethics

The Woolf report makes 23 recommendations designed to improve the transparency of the defence group's deals

Mukesh Jagtiani takes a look at Debenhams

Head of the retailing giant Landmark Group says things would be very different if he controlled the UK department store

Ex Telegraph editor launches Abu Dhabi daily

Martin Newland’s Abu Dhabi newspaper, The National, has the backing of the emirate's $850 billion dollar sovereign wealth fund

Branson holds Dubai talks over bmi takeover

Virgin chief and $12bn sovereign wealth fund Dubai International Capital in discussions over £750m takeover offer

BP, BG, Shell and BHP to bid for Iraq oil

BP, BG Group, Shell and BHP Billiton are among 35 oil companies invited to bid for oil and gas contracts in Iraq

Hammerson in frame as Gulf giant eyes the UK

Abu Dhabi property company is said to be looking at UK property developers Hammerson, Land Securities and British Land

Dubai contractor plans $516m London float

Depa is to become the first equity fund raiser the London Stock Exchange has enjoyed this year in the construction sector

$2 billion sovereign wealth fund tie-up

Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company and the Qatar Investment Authority team up to target overseas acquisitions

It's only rock 'n' roll, but the Gulf likes it

Music companies have announced plans to turn the Gulf states into the next important staging post for rock's big stars

Gulf urged to cut links with falling dollar

Central banks in the Gulf are being urged to fight inflation by severing the link between their currencies and the dollar

Sachs: Hope for Earth if we co-operate

In an extract from his new book, the author argues that we must wake up to our increasing global interedpendence

Opec and commodity exchanges mull oil price

Big oil companies will discuss the crude oil price rise amid worry the surge is not reflecting the global economic slowdown

Further writedowns rock Citigroup

Key analyst at Merrill Lynch revises his first-quarter forecast and says the bank faces a further $18 billion of writedowns

Al-Jazeera in fight to retain expat staff

The English service is struggling to contain a staff revolt after the owners insisted on integrating it with Arabic channels

Mining companies decline Afghan wealth

Despite the continuing mission to quell insurgencies within Afghanistan, UK mining companies have no plans to invest there