Siemens Healthcare will supply state-of-the-art diagnostics imaging equipment to all Ministry of Health hospitals (around 100) across Iraq. The recently signed contract has a value of around $70 million and is the biggest single order contract to be awarded to Siemens Healthcare in the Middle East. The products, which include magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography equipment, mobile x …

While Europe and North America will not see major growth in polyethylene production capacity over the next five years, enormous demand in countries such as China and the feedstock cost advantages of the Middle East mean the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions will account for more than 80% of planned PE capacity additions to 2015, according to a newly published study of the sector.

Shanghai-headquartered COSCON has indicated that rising costs associated with ensuring that cargo and equipment moved though Red Sea ports (in the Middle East and Africa) is secure is behind its plan to collect an international security port surcharge (ISPS) from March 1, …

(8 Feb 2010) Religious themes won’t go down very well.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Monday accused the United States of undermining Palestinian unity efforts and said he saw no chance for peace in the Middle East under Israel’s current leadership.

Peter Mandelson’s first lieutenant at the Department for Business, Simon Fraser, is joining technology greats Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper on stage for the East of England Business Awards dinner on March 18 to showcase the 50th anniversary of the Cambridge Technology Cluster and the importance of innovation in boosting international trade.

Shares in Dexia , the Franco-Belgian financial group, surged after it said an agreement with European Union regulators would allow it to keep prized assets as part of a restructuring deal.

London equities made gains on Monday, after sustained losses over the previous week left mining and financial stocks looking sufficiently appealing to bargain hunters.

Pharmaceutical and healthcare stocks gained on the back of European broker upgrades and positive news flow within the sectors. Germany’s Merck gained 0.8 per cent to €63.03 after a broker upgrade.

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