PARIS: The bid by Mexican telecom operator America Movil for Dutch KPN could signal the start of consolidation in the highly fragmented and...
PARIS: The bid by Mexican telecom operator America Movil for Dutch KPN could signal the start of consolidation in the highly fragmented and...
PARIS: French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said yesterday that there has been “no change” in the country’s 2013 growth forecast, after it appeared...
YANGON: Myanmar has picked South Korea’s state-run airport operator to build a new international hub near its main city, as the once-isolated nation...
People sit on board an Aeroflot Airbus A330 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. MOSCOW: A Russian budget airline? The thought may fill some travellers...
PARIS: Car industries in the United States and Europe are showing clear signs of getting back on track after severe setbacks during the...
LONDON: Banks cut 5,500 branches across the European Union last year, 2.5 percent of the total, leaving the region with 20,000 fewer outlets...
SAN FRANCISCO: Online financial transactions titan PayPal says it is keen to collaborate with others as it strives for a cash-free future. “We...
An employee holds Apple’s iPhone 4s (left) and Samsung’s Galaxy S III at a store in Seoul. WASHINGTON: The US International Trade Commi-ssion...
DOHA: Steady economic and population growth,associated with rapid urbanisation, has led to an increase in energy demand to meet rising electricity and desalinated...
Motorcyclists ride under a mobile phones promotion banner in Islamabad. Pakistan’s cash-strapped new government has promised to sell 3G mobile telephone licences to...
NEW DELHI: The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has said it plans to sell some of its Indian assets, including its credit card...
NEW YORK: US authorities are considering arresting two former JPMorgan Chase & Co employees for their alleged role in masking $6.2bn “London Whale”...
An Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) running a commercialised test drive at a bus stop in Gumi, 200km southeast of Seoul. South Korea is...
A Chinese Hainan Airlines passenger jet prepares to depart to Beijing from Jiamusi, a frontier town in China’s northern Heilongjiang Province. China air...
NEW YORK: Wall Street’s spotlight will fall on the consumer next week. Investors will look to earnings from major retailers and data on...
DETROIT: General Motors Co and Daimler AG ramped up the electric-car price war, announcing significant price cuts aimed at boosting demand in a...
WASHINGTON: Honda’s Civic won the top grade in a new crash test of small cars while Nissan’s Sentra and two Kia Motors models...
BEIJING: A 19,000-tonne cargo vessel is making the first journey by a Chinese merchant ship to Europe via the Northeast Passage, a shortened...
