Shanghai---Chinese shares closed down 7.70 percent on Monday, the biggest fall in more than six years, after regulators cracked down on margin trading...
Shanghai---Chinese shares closed down 7.70 percent on Monday, the biggest fall in more than six years, after regulators cracked down on margin trading...
Tokyo---Tokyo stocks rose 0.89 percent Monday, tracking a positive lead from Wall Street, as higher oil prices lifted confidence while investors hoped the...
Tokyo---Japan's Sharp saw its shares plunge in Tokyo on Monday following a report that said the consumer electronics giant would fall back into...
Abuja---Africa's largest oil producer Nigeria on Sunday announced a cut in petrol prices, a month before the country votes in presidential and parliamentary...
Singapore---Oil prices edged lower in Asia Monday as a rally late last week fizzled out owing to lingering concerns about weak demand and...
Ezdan Holding Group CEO Ali Al Obaidly, along with other senior officials of the Group, inaugurating the integrated-services facility, Ezdan Oasis, at the...
By Satish Kanady DOHA: An unprecedented fall in oil prices and reports of key projects being shelved in the energy sector are causing...
DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank’s (QIB) net profit attributable to the shareholders touched an impressive QR1.6bn for the full-year 2014, up 20 percent from...
The Barclays logo is lit on their building in Times Square, Manhattan, New York, yesterday. Barclays has lost ‘tens of millions’ of dollars...
Frankfurt: The stage is set this week for the European Central Bank to unleash its biggest weapon yet in the battle against deflation...
Doha: Barwa real estate announced that it has concluded the sale of two land plots in Mesaimeer area for a total sale price...
Employees assemble electronic components along a production line at a factory in Hefei, Anhui province, yesterday. Beijing: China’s annual GDP growth slowed to...
HONG KONG: Standard Chartered’s abrupt move to shut its global equities business last week could be a prelude to the lender selling off...
Doha: Gulf stock markets rose yesterday after companies published mostly positive quarterly earnings and oil prices extended gains. Oil ended last week higher...
By Ole S. Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) A week of exceptional volatility culminated on Thursday with the shocking move by...
ANTANANARIVO-- Madagascar's economy showed early signs of recovery in 2014 with growth estimated at 3 percent, which could rise to 5 percent in...
COLOMBO-- Sri Lanka's new government will review Chinese infrastructure projects awarded under the previous administration, a junior minister said, a move bound to...
Beijing--China's annual GDP growth slowed to its weakest rate in more than two decades in 2014, according to an AFP survey, projecting further...