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SABMillerÔÇÖs thirst for Chinese growth increases

Brewing giant SABMiller has agreed to buy China’s Kingway Brewery Holdings in a deal worth $864 million.

Strategy: virtual meetings

Giles Wake from ACT Conferencing looks at how businesses can take advantage of video messaging and conference calls to help achieve the right work-life balance.

Truth pays

Most us were taught as children that ‘honesty is the best policy,’ but would George Washington and Abraham Lincoln make it pay in today’s business world?

BG Group approves ÔÇ£milestoneÔÇØ investment

The UK’s BG Group has approved its biggest ever investment, a £9.3 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in north-east Australia.

BHP Billiton completes HWE Mining acquisition

BHP Billiton has completed its acquisition of the HWE Mining subsidiaries which provide contract mining services to its Western Australia Iron Ore operations.

Xbox One to go on sale in China this year

Microsoft is to become the first foreign company to sell its games consoles in China since 2000 

China to fund Nigerian refineries

Nigeria's state-run oil firm NNPC has said that three new refineries will be on-stream by 2014, following a deal signed with China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC).

PetroSAÔÇÖs gas feedstock project approved

PetroSA’s Project Ikhwezi initiative has been granted regulatory approval by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa).

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HMV could sell Canadian stores to repay debt

British entertainment legend HMV is considering the sale of its Canadian retail operation to avoid breaking the terms of its debt arrangement.

China Sourcing Fair starts 12 April

Global Sources' Future of Consumer Electronics CEO forum is scheduled to be held on 12 April at the China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components in Hong K

Bahrain plans airport expansion

Bahrain International Airport (BIA) is to begin a new expansion program that is expected to increase the airport's capacity by 50 per cent.

Profits rise by 217 per cent at African Barrick Gold

African Barrick Gold has reported a half year net profit rise of 217 per cent.