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SHANGHAI: China’s Ministry of Public Security and a cabinet-level research centre are preparing to investigate IBM Corp, Oracle Corp and EMC Corp over...

Roofers work on new homes at a residential construction site in the west side of the Las Vegas Valley in Las Vegas, Nevada....

MEXICO CITY: The son of Mexico’s most revered modern president, known for nationalising Mexico’s oil industry, says his dad is rolling in his...

NEW YORK: Moody’s Investors Service revised Kazakhstan’s sovereign credit outlook to positive from stable yesterday, citing improved debt dynamics in the nation’s banking...

BRASILIA: US energy companies want to use their experience to help Brazil tap into its vast shale gas reserves, US Energy Secretary Ernest...

  BEIJING: The European Union asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to rule in a dispute over Chinese anti-dumping duties imposed on steel pipes...

A view of the Cuadrilla drilling site in Balcombe, southern England, yesterday. Caudrilla Resources has suspended drilling in southern England in response to...

LONDON: Libya’s largest refinery yesterday loaded its first petroleum products tanker since labour unrest hit the oil sector nearly three weeks ago but...

YANGON: Qatari telecoms giant Ooredoo yesterday pledged to introduce “affordable” phone services to Myanmar next year as it pumps $15bn into one of...

MOSCOW: Russia denied yesterday that it was waging a trade war with Ukraine to discourage its ex-Soviet neighbour from establishing closer political and...

A pedestrian walks past a foreign exchange dealer’s shop window with signs of various currencies in Mumbai yesterday. MUMBAI: India’s rupee plunged to...

Visitors observe the aircraft exhibited at the Latin American Business Aviation Exhibition ‘Labace 2013’, organised by Brazilian General Aviation Association (ABAG) in Sao...

Paris: Broadcast tower operator Telediffusion de France (TDF) received bids below the ¤4bn ($5.32bn) asking price for its domestic unit, raising concern about...

LONDON: Sterling hit a two-month high against a basket of currencies yesterday as improving UK data prompted markets to bring forward expectations when...

PARIS: Rating agency Standard&Poor’s downgraded debt issued by Tunisia by two notches yesterday because of rising opposition to the government. Tunisia’s opposition have...

TAIPEI: Taiwan revised its expectations for full year economic growth downwards yesterday, citing a weaker global economic outlook and slowing exports and consumer...

TOKYO: Tokyo investors next week will be looking for more clues about the state of the US economy, while Japanese trade data due...

Jobseekers wait in line to enter a job fair at a new Target retail store in San Francisco, California, yesterday. Hundreds applied for...