Iran carpet traders hope quality will trump rivals
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Standing next to piles of exquisitely hand-woven Persian carpets, Hossein Ghaseminia is confident his rugs, which cost up to $50,000, can see off cheaper Asian rivals and ride out threatened U.S. sanctions.
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Iran's supreme leader Ali Khameni calls on the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to curb surging prices.
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Iran, accused by Washington of  developing nuclear weapons, is determined to become one of the  world's suppliers of nuclear fuel, a senior Iranian official  said on Tuesday.
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Textile concerns among China&#39;s trading partners in the coming integration of global trade have made the nation determined to control its exports.
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BANGKOK : The trade in some of the world&#39;s rarest species from the fearsome great white shark to the delicate orchid will be scrutinised here from Saturday accompanied by demands for tougher action against smugglers.
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Outlook for growing demand as supply is crimped by events in Nigeria and Iran sends crude prices higher.
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The United States will sanction more Iranian companies if it receives hard evidence of wrongdoing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday.
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Middle East peace could make Israeli stocks more appealing.
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US energy exchange Nymex has set up a new oil trading floor in Dublin, Ireland, in a move it hopes will lure disenchanted dealers from London.
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Carlos M. Gutierrez, President Bush's nominee for commerce secretary, pledged on Wednesday to vigorously fight unfair trade practices that hinder the ability of American companies to compete around the world.
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The notion that Iranian dollars are going to Lebanese Shi`ites is causing much bitterness in Tehran and is fuelling animosity between the Persian community and the Arab world
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Oil prices rose more than half a  percent on Thursday as Iran looked set to defy the United  Nations' deadline for halting nuclear enrichment, raising the  risk of sanctions against the world's fourth-biggest exporter.
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Luxury goods makers are taking advertising cues from some humbler products these days, as a robust market for sumptuous living also creates greater competition.
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The New York Mercantile Exchange is to open a Brent crude oil futures trading floor in Dublin later this morning. The Exchange has leased space from the New York Board of Trade&#39;s FINEX Dublin operation, with
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Competitors do better and investors are keeping their feet on the ground.
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As the sun sets, the sky slowly turns a deep orange rose over Dubai. Crates of merchandise Â food, clothes, General Electric appliances, Hewlett-Packard computers Â are loaded onto dhows, the traditional wooden vessels that still ply the ancient routes to Iran about 60 miles to the north.
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KARAJ, Iran  - Before Iran's 1979 Islamic  revolution, some of the world's finest cars cruised in Tehran  traffic, many of them the playthings of friends and close  associates of the Shah.