New York---Wall Street stocks Friday opened lower after a government report showed strong US jobs growth in December, but weak wage levels. Five...
New York---Wall Street stocks Friday opened lower after a government report showed strong US jobs growth in December, but weak wage levels. Five...
Belgrade---US steel group Esmark was the only bidder to buy a majority stake in Serbia's sole steel plant Smederevo, the national privatisation agency...
Ottawa---Canada lost 4,300 jobs in December as gains in full-time work were offset by part-time job losses, the government statistical agency said Friday....
Milan---The drop in stock prices in Milan aggravated late in the trading session on Friday, with the FTSE Mib down 3.47 percent to...
DOHA: Qatari stocks extended gains yesterday on strong buying support from local retail investors. The benchmark index surged 3.42 percent, or 407 points,...
A man tries out Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note Edge smartphone at the company’s headquarters in Seoul. Seoul: Samsung Electronics yesterday flagged a further...
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (left) and Chancellor George Osborne speak to business leaders at a conference in the Old Granada TV Studios...
McDonald’s US Chief Marketing Officer Deborah Wahl (left) and Conde Nast President Bob Sauerberg participate in a ‘Brand Matters’ keynote panel discussion at...
US President Barack Obama checks out a Ford pickup truck during a visit to the Ford Assembly Plant in Detroit. The visit’s intent...
DOHA: The final week of 2014 witnessed strong real estate transaction deal in terms of volume. The week saw a total of 94...
London: The Bank of England yesterday voted to keep its main interest rate at 0.50 percent against a backdrop of sliding British inflation....
HONG KONG: Standard Chartered Chief Executive Peter Sands moved aggressively yesterday to reverse the Asia-focused bank’s fortunes by closing the bulk of its...
NEW YORK: Global oil prices were little changed yesterday, with better-than-expected US jobs and other data helping the market hold steady after recovering...
CAIRO: Food and housing costs pushed up Egypt’s annual consumer price inflation in December, the official statistics agency CAMPAS said yesterday, dampening expectations...
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $250bn in investment in Latin America over the next 10 years as part of a drive to...
China-Brazil trade down 6 percent Rio de Janeiro: Trade between Brazil and China fell six percent in 2014, Brazilian trade ministry figures showed,...
DETROIT: General Motors Co Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra said growth in the US auto market will flatten out this year, although a...
WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and job cuts declined sharply in December, suggesting the...