International Business News http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/gulf.rss All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 120 30 http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/gulf.rss http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A team of unidentified hackers has managed to steal "confidential" global warming data after breaking into the e-mail server of a prominent, British climate-research center and posted them online - showing that climate scientists conspired to overstate that man has caused climate change. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/hacked-emails-show-climate-science-debate-will-not-end-soon-university-east-anglia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224522-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/hacked-emails-show-climate-science-debate-will-not-end-soon-university-east-anglia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/hacked-emails-show-climate-science-debate-will-not-end-soon-university-east-anglia.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:51:16 EST Royal Dutch Shell is in talks to buy 10 percent of India's Essar Oil as part of a deal where it would sell three European refineries to the Indian firm, the Economic Times reported on Saturday, citing people with knowledge of the plans. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/shell-talks-10-pct-essar-oil-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/shell-talks-10-pct-essar-oil-report.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:14:10 EST Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd has again produced the most fuel efficient and least polluting vehicles on American roads, the U.S. government projections for 2009 showed on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/honda-tops-again-efficiency-ons-roads.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224521-honda-tops-again-in-efficiency-ons-roads.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/honda-tops-again-efficiency-ons-roads.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/honda-tops-again-efficiency-ons-roads.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:01:32 EST A Chinese engineer arrested on suspicion of stealing Ford Motor Co. trade secrets will likely face additional charges after more secret data was found on his computer, U.S. prosecutors said this week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/engineer-ford-theft-case-may-face-more-charges.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224520-engineer-in-ford-theft-case-may-face-more-charges.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/engineer-ford-theft-case-may-face-more-charges.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/engineer-ford-theft-case-may-face-more-charges.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:52:25 EST German mobile operator O2 plans to end its roaming agreement with Deutsche Telekom unit T-mobile at year end, O2's German head told a German newspaper. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/german-o2-end-roaming-deal-with-telekom-paper.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224519-german-o2-to-end-roaming-deal-with-telekom-paper.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/german-o2-end-roaming-deal-with-telekom-paper.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/german-o2-end-roaming-deal-with-telekom-paper.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:11:08 EST Rio Tinto's aluminium operation in Cameroon has secured a 30-year power supply contract with the government but electricity costs have doubled and output from a smelter will fall due to cuts in power consumption, Rio said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/rio-costs-output-down-cameroon-power-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224518-rio-costs-up-output-down-in-new-cameroon-power-deal.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/rio-costs-output-down-cameroon-power-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/rio-costs-output-down-cameroon-power-deal.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:05:33 EST Struggling carrier Japan Airlines Corp (JAL) plans to propose cutting pension payments to its employees and retirees by an average of roughly 40 percent, a Japanese newspaper said on Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/jal-propose-40-pct-pension-payouts-media.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224517-jal-to-propose-40-pct-cut-to-pension-payouts-media.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/jal-propose-40-pct-pension-payouts-media.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/jal-propose-40-pct-pension-payouts-media.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:03:30 EST The auction for Nortel Network's optical networking and carrier ethernet business went into a second day on Saturday, after Ciena <CIEN.O> called for a break in the auction late on Friday, two sources said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/ciena-takes-nortel-unit-auction-to-2nd-day-sources.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224516-a-sign-is-pictured-outside-nortels-carling.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/ciena-takes-nortel-unit-auction-to-2nd-day-sources.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/ciena-takes-nortel-unit-auction-to-2nd-day-sources.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:56:02 EST President Dmitry Medvedev scolded leaders of Russia's ruling party on Saturday for "bad political habits" and ordered them to win future elections fairly. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/russias-medvedev-raps-ruling-party-over-elections.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224515-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/russias-medvedev-raps-ruling-party-over-elections.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/russias-medvedev-raps-ruling-party-over-elections.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:54:03 EST Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/iran-hold-war-games-protect-atom-plants.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224514-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/iran-hold-war-games-protect-atom-plants.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/iran-hold-war-games-protect-atom-plants.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:51:41 EST At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trapped 500 meters (yards) underground following a gas blast at a mine in China, state media said on Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/china-mine-explosion-kills-31-traps-78.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224513-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/china-mine-explosion-kills-31-traps-78.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/china-mine-explosion-kills-31-traps-78.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:49:05 EST NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/nato-takes-command-afghan-army-police-training.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224512-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/nato-takes-command-afghan-army-police-training.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/nato-takes-command-afghan-army-police-training.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:29:10 EST President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism he had returned empty-handed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/obama-asks-patience-on-economy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224511-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/obama-asks-patience-on-economy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/obama-asks-patience-on-economy.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:12:08 EST President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism he had returned empty-handed. With unemployment at a generation high of 10.2 percent and once-lofty popularity ratings down, Obama said a December White House forum will leave no stone unturned in the hunt for jobs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/obama-asks-americans-patience-on-economy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/obama-asks-americans-patience-on-economy.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:13:30 EST Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis has said he would consider postponing his retirement if directors need more time to find a successor or smooth the transition to the next CEO, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/bank-america-ceo-lewis-may-delay-retiring-wsj.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224508-bank-of-america-ceo-lewis-may-delay-retiring-wsj.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/bank-america-ceo-lewis-may-delay-retiring-wsj.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/bank-america-ceo-lewis-may-delay-retiring-wsj.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:40:48 EST The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc says the SkyTeam alliance of global carriers would be willing to invest more than its proposed $1.02 billion in Japan Airlines, the Wall Street Journal reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/delta-says-skyteam-could-invest-more-jal-wsj.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224507-delta-says-skyteam-could-invest-more-in-jal-wsj.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/delta-says-skyteam-could-invest-more-jal-wsj.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/delta-says-skyteam-could-invest-more-jal-wsj.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:39:42 EST Japan Airlines Corp will ask the government as early as Tuesday for 100 billion yen ($1.13 billion) in bridge loans from the Development Bank of Japan, the Nikkei business daily said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/jal-seek-emergency-bridge-loans-from-govt-nikkei.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224506-jal-to-seek-emergency-bridge-loans-from-govt-nikkei.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/jal-seek-emergency-bridge-loans-from-govt-nikkei.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/jal-seek-emergency-bridge-loans-from-govt-nikkei.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:36:32 EST The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said he was attacked by government supporters as he waited on Friday to confront state security agents accused of detaining and beating his wife two weeks ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/husband-of-cuban-blogger-yoani-sanchez-attacked.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224504-cuban-blogger-yoani-sanchez-listens-toquestion-during.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/husband-of-cuban-blogger-yoani-sanchez-attacked.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091121/husband-of-cuban-blogger-yoani-sanchez-attacked.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:24:02 EST Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis has said he would consider postponing his retirement if directors need more time to find a successor or smooth the transition to the next CEO, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/bank-of-america-ceo-lewis-may-delay-retiring-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224503-bank-of-america-ceo-kenneth-lewis-speaks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/bank-of-america-ceo-lewis-may-delay-retiring-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/bank-of-america-ceo-lewis-may-delay-retiring-report.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:40:01 EST U.S. stocks could sputter next week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/stocks-could-sputter-with-black-friday-eyed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/stocks-could-sputter-with-black-friday-eyed.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:03 EST