Algeria-Russia split on gas helps Europe: new pipelines could boost export capacity by 50%; pact with Russia lapses

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A memorandum of understanding between Algeria's Sonatrach and Russia's OAO Gazprom has lapsed, easing concerns in Europe that a partnership between the two gas suppliers would lead to increased prices. Estimates show that the European Union bloc's dependency on imports could rise to 70% by 2030; Russia and Algeria are Europe's first- and third-largest natural gas suppliers respectively.

Europe, Market information - general, Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction, Crude petroleum and natural gas, Algeria, Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, Russia, Natural gas liquids, Petroleum refining, Oil & Gas Extraction, Oil and Gas Extraction, Supply and demand, Gas industry, OAO Gazprom, Sonatrach

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In India's outsourcing boom GE played a starring role

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Jack Walsh of General Electric Co. met with officials of the Indian government in 1989 where the seeds of the software industry and outsourcing in India were born. General Electric Co. formed Gecis which opened its first call center in 1999 and has since sold 60 percent of its controlling interest.

United States, Prepackaged software, Management dynamics, Management, Computer software industry, Software industry, Economic aspects, General Electric Co., GE, Company business management, Outsourcing, Walsh, Jack

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Israel will sell radar to India

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India is expected to purchase an early warning radar system from Israel during a summit in September 2003. Such a system could shift the strategic balance of the India-Pakistan conflict in favor of the former.

Israel, Pakistan, Military aspects, Radar defense networks, Radar defence networks, Distant early warning system

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