Doha: Rather than the hard landing that many feared in 2012 and early 2013, the Chinese economy seems to be taking off again...
Doha: Rather than the hard landing that many feared in 2012 and early 2013, the Chinese economy seems to be taking off again...
Dubai: Qatar National Bank (QNB) has convened its strategy conference entitled “Shaping a Mena Icon” in Dubai. This was the first time this...
CAIRO: Egypt has spent 7bn Egyptian pounds ($1.02bn) of a package of 29.7bn pounds intended to stimulate an economy ravaged by more than...
TUNIS: The World Bank predicted that growth in Tunisia, where the economy continues to suffer from a political impasse and security problems, will...
ATHENS: Greece’s parliament prepared to approve next year’s budget, which forecasts an end to the recession that has gripped the country since 2008....
NEW YORK: General Electric Co has agreed to pay as much as $18.25m to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of rigging...
LONDON: European stock markets posted solid gains yesterday following unexpectedly strong US jobs data, despite this raising the odds that the Federal Reserve...
A view of Khurmala oilfield on the outskirts of Arbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. SINGAPORE/KHOBAR: Asian petrol margins have peaked and are set...
Ford Motor Co CEO Alan Mulally sits in the driver seat of its all new 2015 Ford Mustang in New York.
NEW YORK: US oil traded higher in choppy trade yesterday, still on track for its biggest weekly percentage gain since July, supported by...
NICOSIA: Tourism spending in Cyprus in the first 10 months of 2013 hit ¤1.95bn, more than last year’s total, boosting hopes the sector...
BERLIN: Germany is “confident” that EU ministers will make progress at talks next week on a planned banking union, a spokesman said yesterday,...
SYDNEY: Embattled Qantas Airways Ltd was relegated to junk status by credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s yesterday, a day after the Australian...
WASHINGTON: US employers hired more workers than expected in November and the jobless rate fell to a five-year low of 7 percent, heightening...
LONDON: Booming housing markets in emerging Asia have pushed global residential property prices to a new peak, according to a report yesterday. Consultancy...
SYDNEY: The Kuala Lumpur-based Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) is revising guidelines on the supervision of Islamic finance institutions around the world, helping...
India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma arriving WTO meeting. NUSA DUA: Ministers appeared close to sealing the world’s biggest trade reform for...
A man walks past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai yesterday. The rupee rose to a five-week high against the dollar...
