All Global articles – Page 70
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to Libya
Tourism and retail are set for a development boom, but leave your tight trousers at home – and stay off the roads
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to the UAE
It’s the world’s biggest building site, a tank of petrol costs under a tenner and your salary comes tax-free
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to India
Never offend by refusing your host's offer of food, even if you're full – luckily, burping is encouraged
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NewsLimitless enters Indonesia with £900m Rasuna Epicentrum
Dubai developer's 1.2m m2 mixed-use scheme in Jakarta will be its first in the country
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FeaturesHow to set up business in China
To establish the personal relations critical for business success in China you need a local base, and should use local expertise to negotiate the country's complex ways
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NewsFBI fraud probe into banking crisis firms
Lehman Bros, AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be investigated for possible fraud, say reports
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NewsDutch plans for floating airport in North Sea
Royal Haskoning unveils airport 20km off Dutch coast, including rotating runways
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NewsOverseas PPP: cold comfort in the credit crunch
With PPP just taking off in central Asia, why aren't British firms racing over there?
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NewsTaliban kidnaps 140 construction workers in Afghanistan
Insurgents abduct workers building military base in Farah, Afghanistan
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NewsUAE puts up £7.34bn to avoid property crash
Gulf state follows in footsteps of US and Europe in setting up emergency lending facility
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NewsFinancial markets fail to rally
Shares keep falling as bailout package for US economy makes little impact
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NewsSchmidt Hammer Lassen masterplans eco-town for Estonia
Architect is collaborating with Buro Happold on the 6,000-resident EcoBay to be built on the Baltic Sea
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NewsImages: Songjiang Quarry Hotel
Atkins’ Chinese hotel concept is built on the side of an abandoned water-filled quarry and blends with local nature
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FeaturesCountry focus: Germany
Germany, traditionally the motor of European construction, has stagnated for a decade. Now it’s sputtering back into life – but will the credit crunch kill it? John Atkins of EC Harris reports
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NewsTowards Paradise: landscape installation at Venice
Gustafson Porter and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol design the first major landscape installation at the 2008 Venice Biennale
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NewsInsurer AIG saved in $85bn rescue deal
US Federal Reserve agrees two-year loan in return for 80% equity stake
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NewsBarclays retrieves £1bn chunk of Lehman Bros
Deal to buy large part of firm out of bankruptcy makes UK bank a Wall Street giant
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Asian markets dive after US bank collapse
Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy sends shares plunging in Japan and Hong Kong but Europe and US stocks hit less than expected
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NewsHow to follow the new LEED
US green building expert Jerry Yudelson guides you through the transition to the new version of LEED, which is part of a growing family of international sustainable standards for new structures
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NewsProfit up one-third at White Young Green
Engineering consultant announces healthy results alongside new £1.6m contract win on Dubai Waterfront