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'High risk' France to miss deficit target: Auditors 29 Jun 2016 - 10:58 am

File photo of EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici. Reuters Paris: There is a great risk that France misses its 2017 deficit target...

Ikea recalls 29 million dressers after 6 kids killed 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Elliot Kaye (L), chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and CPSC employees watch as a 28-pound (13 kilo) dummy (C) falls...

Oil prices rebound along with stocks 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

New York: Oil prices rose Tuesday, benefitting from the same bounce that lifted equity markets which had been sagging since Britain's surprise decision...

Weinstein and Lexus premiere winners of Lexus Short Films Series 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

TOKYO: Lexus and The Weinstein Company recently premiered two short films selected from thousands of submissions at global film festivals, to kick off...

Qatar Petroleum to hand over some areas of Mesaieed Industrial City to Manateq 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Saad Sherida Al Kaabi DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) yesterday announced that it will hand over the management and operations of some of areas...

Qatar Cool bags awards at IDEA 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Cool, one of the leading district cooling service providers in the region, contributed to the 107th Annual Conference and...

Wealth of Qatar’s super-rich seen at $500bn in 2020 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Doha Skyline. Photo bty: Abdul Basit By Mohammad Shoeb DOHA: The private wealth held by ultra-high-net-worth households in Qatar is projected to reach...

E-commerce start-ups in Turkey bet on enviable demographics 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

An employee works at the main office of Trendyol, Turkey’s leading fashion e-commerce company, in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. By Asli Kandemir When Demet...

ABB lights up world’s first 3D printed ‘Office of the Future’ 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

DOHA: ABB, the global leader in power and automation, yesterday unveiled the smart building technology it has supplied for the world’s first 3D...

Saudi Aramco and SABIC sign oil-to-chemicals project deal 28 Jun 2016 - 02:24 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Aramco has agreed a deal with Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) to set up a joint oil-to-chemicals project in the Red...

Branson says Virgin Group loses third of its value after Brexit 28 Jun 2016 - 01:28 pm

File photo of Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. REUTERS LONDON: Richard Branson, founder and chairman of Virgin Group, said on Tuesday the company...

China’s CITIC Bank tries to seize real estate assets in Canada 28 Jun 2016 - 11:31 am

A customer walks past the company logo of China CITIC Bank, at a branch in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, November 18, 2015. REUTERS/CHINA...

Oil prices up in Asia but traders on edge over Brexit crisis 28 Jun 2016 - 09:57 am

Singapore: Oil prices rebounded in Asia Tuesday on bargain hunting but tremors from Britain's shock vote last week to leave the European Union...

Scandal-hit Takata shares jump as boss hints at resignation 28 Jun 2016 - 08:49 am

File photo of Takata Chief Executive and President Shigehisa Takada. Reuters/Issei Kato/File Photo Tokyo: Takata shares surged on Tuesday after the airbag supplier's...

World stocks, sterling try to shake off Brexit blues 28 Jun 2016 - 08:33 am

A man is reflected in a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, June 27, 2016. REUTERS/TORU HANAI By Saikat Chatterjee...

Al Markab awards building contract to KG Group 28 Jun 2016 - 01:12 am

Al Markab Real Estate WLL and Al Khayarin Group Trading & Contracting officials at the signing ceremony. DOHA: Al Markab Real Estate WLL...

Huge success for BMW and MINI Ramadan offers 28 Jun 2016 - 01:09 am

Alfardan Automobiles showroom announcing MINI promotion. Doha: Alfardan Automobiles, the official importer of BMW Group in Qatar, has launched a host of new...

Investcorp to acquire Coresec Systems 28 Jun 2016 - 01:08 am

DOHA: Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, together with its portfolio company SecureLink Group NV, yesterday announced an agreement...