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The moves underscore the problems plaguing personal computers and devices, HP’s core ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163035.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163081.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Memo: Bank of America to cut 3,500 jobs this quarter</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Friday, 19 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163081.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/84/49/155x95_80057_163081.jpg"></a> <p>Bank of America is cutting 3,500 jobs this quarter, according to an internal memo, as the biggest U.S. bank grapples with its $1 trillion problem-loan portfolio and growing economic concerns. The job cuts at Bank of America, expected to be completed by the end of September, are the latest in a series of layoffs across the ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163081.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163099.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Apple is worth as much as all euro zone banks</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Friday, 19 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163099.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/41/1a/155x95_56421_163099.jpg"></a> <p>US technology company Apple is now worth as much as the 32 biggest euro zone banks. That's the stark result from a steep fall in the share price of banks including Spain's Santander , France's BNP Paribas , Germany's Deutsche Bank and Italy's Unicredit , compared to a steady rise in Apple's ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163099.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163078.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Global equities rout continues on fears of recession in Europe, US</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Friday, 19 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163078.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/18/82/155x95_51126_163078.jpg"></a> <p>A selloff in global stocks gathered pace on Friday, reflecting mounting concerns the US economy is heading into another recession and as some European lenders faced a short-term funding crunch, highlighting the risk of a banking crisis. Nervous investors fled to the safety of core government bonds, Swiss francs and gold, ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/19/163078.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162821.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Saudi pumped 9.81 mln bpd of oil in June: Joint Data Initiative</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Thursday, 18 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162821.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/5c/c5/155x95_56191_162821.jpg"></a> <p>Saudi Arabia produced 9.813 million barrels a day (bpd) of crude in June, up about 918,000 bpd from May, while exports rose to their highest level since the financial crisis hit demand in 2008, official Joint Data Initiative (JODI) figures show. Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi has said the kingdom would unilaterally ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162821.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162946.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Iraq electricity minister resigns over power deals</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Thursday, 18 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162946.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/bf/fe/155x95_49579_162946.jpg"></a> <p>Iraq’s electricity minister has resigned on the request of the country’s premier after irregularities worth $1.7 billion were uncovered in power deals with two foreign firms, a government official said. Ali Al Moussawi, media adviser to Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, said on Thursday Mr. Maliki had accepted Raad ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162946.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162949.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">US, Eurozone close to recession, says Morgan Stanley</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Thursday, 18 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162949.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/b5/59/155x95_94936_162949.jpg"></a> <p>The United States and euro zone are “dangerously close to recession,” Morgan Stanley said on Thursday, criticizing policymakers and predicting the European Central Bank will have to reverse its rates policy. The Morgan Stanley research note, which cut global growth forecasts, was cited by stocks traders as adding to ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162949.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/17/162699.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Asia commodities markets insulated from crisis, but cautious</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Wednesday, 17 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/17/162699.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/7d/de/155x95_49771_162699.jpg"></a> <p>Asia’s commodities business is still largely insulated from looming fears of yet another global financial crisis, although new projects might face difficulties in getting financing. All of the 10 banks and oil trading houses contacted said it is business as usual in the market--from moving ahead with big-ticket ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/17/162699.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/16/162533.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Governments should deal with global debt woes, says World Bank chief</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Tuesday, 16 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/16/162533.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/8b/b3/155x95_21239_162533.jpg"></a> <p>The World Bank called for national governments to seek long-term debt curbs on Tuesday to solve the current sovereign debt crises in Europe and the United States, but said it was too early for special action by the Group of 20 nations. World Bank President Robert Zoellick also said it was time to push a free trade ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/16/162533.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162328.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Recession could tip US oil use into permanent decline</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Monday, 15 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162328.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/68/84/155x95_86738_162328.jpg"></a> <p>As a United States economic rebound stalls and threatens to spiral into recession, oil demand in the world’s top consumer may be slipping into an irreversible decline. Last year’s fledgling recovery in US oil usage - when demand rose 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) - made up for only a part of the 1 million bpd demand drop ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162328.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162393.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Somali businesses warily return to war-hit market after months of bloody battles</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Monday, 15 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162393.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/19/98/155x95_64629_162393.jpg"></a> <p>The car-sized shell hole in the Hotel Fardoow’s second floor may deter some guests, but business is now returning warily to Mogadishu’s commercial heart after months of bloody battles. “Things were bad here, and the fighting was too heavy,” said Abdi Ali Nur, a store owner next to the hotel in Bakara, the ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162393.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162396.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Iran says India paid two thirds of oil debt</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Monday, 15 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162396.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/40/09/155x95_39554_162396.jpg"></a> <p>Iran has received two thirds of the oil debts from Indian buyers that had accumulated this year due to a sanctions-related payments problem, Central Bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani told the students’ news agency ISNA on Monday. “Two thirds of India’s debt to Iran has been paid and the balance is being taken care of and ... <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162396.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162437.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1">Post-revolution downturn takes toll on Telecom Egypt</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Monday, 15 August 2011</p> <a href="/web/20110820063735/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/15/162437.html?PHPSESSID=hd89ssnoqe2ttrsffd4ii24sc1"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110820063735im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/42/2c/155x95_21231_162437.jpg"></a> <p>Land-line monopoly Telecom Egypt posted a 15 percent drop in second-quarter net profit, blaming a depressed economic climate after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February. 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