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Qantas Boeing 787

In for the long haul: Qantas to experiment with non-stop trips...

QANTAS Airways is planning to run test flights between London and Sydney to discover how planes, crews and passengers will cope with the longest...
5 Omani Rials

Winning philosophy, bold progress, and a cyclone test passed with flying...

DHOFAR Insurance Company believes in looking after its customers, thinking globally — and becoming everyone's insurer of choice. Dhofar Insurance (DIC) has been putting that...
Electric car (EV) charging station

Chicken-and-egg dilemma for the EV market: do we need more charging...

By HAL WILLIAMS ELECTRIC vehicles may well be the future, but their uptake and the infrastructural challenges of providing charging points for them is part...
Man watching TV

Mega-merger of media giants brings stock moves and criticism

BROADCASTING giants CBS and Viacom are set to merge in a media deal that will see shared ownership of MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount...
DVDs and CDs

Plunge in disc sales seems to prove that future is virtual...

THE NEWS that sales of DVDs, CDs and video games has plunged by almost a fifth should come as no surprise. After all, consumers...
Blockchain graphic

Blockchain’s coming of age in the world of enterprise

by NISH KOTECHA AT THE recent Business Blockchain Summit in London, Dale Chrystie, FedEx’s blockchain strategist, invoked the words of FedEx founder Frederick W Smith:...
Yuan currency

Yuan tumbles to lowest level in a decade as US tariffs...

THE US has accused Beijing of currency manipulation after the Chinese yuan dropped to its lowest level in more than 10 years. The rate now...
Business taxes

Importance of SMEs to UK economy — and how to encourage...

CHRIS THOMPSON explains why small is beautiful for the future of Britain’s GDP CAPITALISM is under the microscope at the moment, largely because of the...
Boeing 737 MAX

Max woes continue for Boeing, with production halt mooted

BOEING may halt production of the controversial 737 Max because of the aircraft’s grounding in the wake of two fatal accidents. (Click here to see...
Huawei phones

The IP man cometh: China bows to international will

East is east and West is west, and our man in the middle, businessman LEO AUSTIN — UK-based but with decades of experience in...