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Euro eases amid Greece debt talks stand-off 26 Jun 2015 - 12:40 pm

Tokyo - The euro lost ground against the dollar and the yen in Asian trade Friday after hopes for a Greek debt deal...

Hong Kong stocks lose 0.48% at open 26 Jun 2015 - 12:29 pm

Hong Kong - Hong Kong equities fell 0.48 percent in the opening minutes of trade Friday after debt reform talks between Greece and...

Germany, France say Greek debt deal needed Saturday 26 Jun 2015 - 12:26 pm

Brussels - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Saturday would be decisive...

Greece meeting on Saturday to be 'crucial': France's Hollande 26 Jun 2015 - 12:22 pm

Germany's Merkel says Saturday's Greece meeting 'decisive' 26 Jun 2015 - 12:16 pm

Tokyo stocks open flat 26 Jun 2015 - 12:04 pm

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks opened flat on Friday as risk aversion grew due to deadlocked talks over a Greek bailout. The Nikkei 225...

Japan consumer prices up 0.1% year-on-year in May: govt 26 Jun 2015 - 12:00 pm

Tokyo - Japanese consumer prices grew a tepid 0.1 percent year-on-year in May as the nation's central bank struggles to pull the world's...

AT&T to invest $3 bn for Mexico mobile network 26 Jun 2015 - 11:52 am

Mexico City - US telecommunications giant AT&T will invest $3 billion to extend its high-speed, mobile Internet service to 100 million people in...

Greek pensions: at the heart of dispute with creditors 26 Jun 2015 - 11:40 am

Athens - Greece's generous state pension system is at the heart of fraught talks between Athens and its creditors, as negotiators seek to...

Euro steady as Greece debt talks stay deadlocked 26 Jun 2015 - 11:15 am

New York - The euro was little changed against the dollar on Thursday as Greece once again failed to reach a deal with...

Greek crisis stretches into weekend as deadline looms 26 Jun 2015 - 11:02 am

Brussels - Greece and its EU-IMF creditors once more failed to break the deadlock in emergency bailout deal talks Thursday, sending the crisis...

Greece, creditors fail to clinch deal 26 Jun 2015 - 01:11 am

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis (right) shakes hands with IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde prior to a Eurogroup meeting in Brussels yesterday. BRUSSELS:...

QE market capitalisation rises to QR642.35bn 26 Jun 2015 - 01:09 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index gained 235.28 points or 1.98 percent last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 12,133.23 points. Trading value last...

QP not to directly award contracts to affiliates 26 Jun 2015 - 01:08 am

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has decided not to assign any contracts by direct agreement with the relevant parties, including wholly or partly owned...

IQ’s net income forecast to fall this year 26 Jun 2015 - 01:07 am

DOHA: Industries Qatar’s (IQ) net income for 2015 is forecast for a further fall. IQ’s net income was down from QR8.7bn in 2012/2013...

Greek PM says confident will strike deal with EU 25 Jun 2015 - 05:43 pm

BRUSSELS: Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on arrival at a European Union summit on Thursday that he was convinced that he would...

Qatar stock index gains 235.28 points this week 25 Jun 2015 - 05:25 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 235.28 points, 1.98 percent, this week when the bourse closed Thursday afternoon at 12,133.23 points. Trading value during...

Toyota, Nissan to recall more than 3 mn more cars over airbags 25 Jun 2015 - 05:15 pm

Tokyo--Toyota and Nissan, Japan's two top automakers, on Thursday expanded their global car recall by more than three million vehicles to replace potentially...