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PARIS: Setbacks for emerging markets and rising risks of fallout from the Ukraine crisis are holding back the global economic recovery, the OECD...

Doha: Initial Public Offerings (IPO) in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) showed improvement in terms of offering value as total proceeds raised...

DOHA: The real estate market remained nearly stable during the fourth week of April (from 20 to 24) with the combined value of...

DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund called yesterday on Dubai to take “stronger measures” to avert another property bubble, after prices rocketed at a...

BRUSSELS:  Eurozone member states will honour a 2012 pledge to help Greece manage its crushing debt mountain but Athens must first meet conditions...

NICOSIA: A delegation from the troika of international lenders yesterday began its fourth assessment of Cyprus’s economy and troubled banking system to see...

Doha: The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) yesterday announced the launch of a three-year assessment programme across the GCC region that will...

LONDON: Insurers hit by a UK government shake-up of pension rules are set to make up some of their lost business by ramping...

BUCHAREST: US energy major Chevron said yesterday it has started drilling its first exploration well for shale gas in Romania despite fierce opposition...

FRANKFURT: German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, maker of Aspirin painkiller, said yesterday it will acquire the consumer care business of Merck Co...

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple shares on Monday climbed above $600 ahead of a stock split and as the company ramps up its stock buy-back...

WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE: Singapore has reached a tax information-sharing agreement with the United States under a new law meant to combat offshore tax dodging by...

FRANKFURT: Adidas, the German maker of sportswear and equipment, said that earnings were down in the first quarter, hit by unfavourable exchange rates...

Qatar Exchange CEO Rashid Al Mansoori with other dignitaries at the roadshow. DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE), in collaboration with QNB Financial Services and...

    By Satish Kanady DOHA: Pressure is mounting on Qatar Chamber (QC) ahead of its elections to the Board of Directors on May 12,...

H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry (centre), with the HSE Excellence Award winners after the...

DOHA: Qatar’s bourse extended its record-breaking spree with the main index hitting a new peak after adding 1.04 percent to finish at 12,987.95...

Kaloti Precious Metals CEO Tarek El-Mdaka (right) and President Munir Al Kaloti at their office in Dubai. DUBAI: In the desert on the...