BusinessCast December 28, 2007

The Week's Top Stories, Every Friday on BusinessCast... Oil prices will average above $77 a barrel next year according to poll... Middle East construction boom will continue to drive steel sector... Jordan's Arab Bank Group has acted as the lead mandated arranger of a $5bn loan for Dubai World... Switzerland's Federal Banking Commission will investigate UBS bank writedowns... Kuwait's Parliament passed a law cutting taxes on profit of foreign companies... The UAE tops the Arab world in the number of Internet users per thousand, while Bahrain ranks second in the use of cellular phones.