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Saudi Arabia's Oil Company Considers Share sale

The world's biggest oil company Saudi Aramco is considering a public share offer. Andy Critchlow, from Reuters, analyses the strategy of the Kingdom's ruling family.

The world's biggest oil company Saudi Aramco is considering a public share offer. Andy Critchlow from Reuters, analyses the strategy of the Kingdom's ruling family. Volkswagen's sales fell nearly five per cent last year, perhaps not a surprise amid the scandal of rigging emissions tests, but how will the German automotive giant deal with its challenges. We get a report our business correspondent Theo Leggett. It has been another busy week for the 大象传媒's Business News Team, not just because of the crisis for shares in China and the sinking oil price, but also a lighter moment considering the legal rights to a photograph taken by a monkey. We review the week with Sujeet Indap, from the FT in New York, plus Josie Cox at the Wall Street Journal in London. The biggest consumer technology and electronics show in the world has been taking place in Las Vegas this week, with the industry demonstrating devices that they want us to believe will be the future. Our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones checks out some of the gizmos on show at the CES in Las Vegas.

(Picture: Saudi Aramco offshore rig. Copyright: Getty Images)

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Fri 8 Jan 2016 19:32GMT

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