Men unload bathroom equipment from a van in Beijing. China’s manufacturing activity contracted in December, HSBC’s closely watched purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed...
Men unload bathroom equipment from a van in Beijing. China’s manufacturing activity contracted in December, HSBC’s closely watched purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed...
Mumbai: Most Indian stocks climbed, paced by phone companies and airlines, in the first trading day after the S&P BSE Sensex index capped...
Traders Peter Tuchman (left) and Joseph Mastrolia work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, while wearing 2015 novelty glasses on...
FROM LEFT: Lithuania’s Central Bank Governor Vitas Vasiliauskas, Finance Minister Rimantas Sadzius and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius hold euro notes during an event...
WASHINGTON: Contracts to buy previously owned US homes rose only modestly in November, pointing to a still-sluggish housing market despite several months of...
DOHA: Qatar’s trade surplus (difference between the total value of exports and imports) for third quarter (Q3), 2014 stood at QR91.8bn ($25.2bn), down...
ASHGABAT: The energy-rich former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan devalued its currency against the US dollar by 18 percent, in the latest sign of...
MUSCAT: Oman’s finance ministry released a state budget for 2015 yesterday that raises spending at the cost of a big projected deficit due...
Lagos: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said the West African nation will keep its currency strong and its economy stable in 2015 as it...
NEW YORK: Ambac Assurance Corp sued Bank of America Corp to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars of losses from insuring roughly $1.68bn...
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan--The energy-rich former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan Thursday devalued its currency against the US dollar by 18 percent, in the latest sign...
ANKARA-- Turkish December exports rose 1.1 percent year-on-year to $13.14 billion, the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) said on Thursday. Annual export figures for...
ADDIS ABABA-- A much-delayed $1.8 billion dam project under construction along Ethiopia's Omo river could begin generating power by June and be fully...
SEOUL---South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics said Thursday it will release smart televisions equipped with its new platform built around the Tizen operating...
BEIJING---China's box office sales surged 36 percent in 2014, state-run media reported Thursday, as the world's second-largest film market after the United States...
NEW YORK--The oil market further weakened Wednesday, closing a year that packed the steepest fall in prices since the 2008 financial crisis as...
NEW YORK---The dollar strengthened Wednesday, capping a powerful year of gains against other major currencies as the US economy proved to be a...
LONDON: Benchmark oil contract Brent North Sea crude slid to its lowest level since mid-2009 yesterday, having lost about half of its value...
