Middle East

Embraer Looks Past Europe as Slump Damps Sales: Corporate Brazil

24 May 2012

Embraer SA (ERJ) , the world’s fourth- biggest planemaker, is boosting efforts to sell more jets in Asia , the Middle East and Africa as the European debt crisis saps demand in the manufacturer’s biggest market.

Middle East waits for U.S. approval to arm Syrian rebels

24 May 2012

Several countries have shown interested in arming Bashar al-Assad’s opposition, but are waiting for U.S. to vet recipients

Analysis: Key to summer gas sting: location, location, location

24 May 2012

In February, few could have guessed that a brief fire at a refinery in Cherry Point, Washington, would have a more dramatic effect on U.S. gasoline prices than the threat of war in the Middle East or a ...