New York: The Federal Reserve’s gradual exit plan from printing money has shifted the world’s central bank landscape and thrown financial markets into...
New York: The Federal Reserve’s gradual exit plan from printing money has shifted the world’s central bank landscape and thrown financial markets into...
DOHA: Qatar, the world’s richest country, might see its per capita income decline as its population is expected to grow faster than its...
DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 52.56 points or 0.57 percent last week to close at 9,298.75 points. Qatar National Bank (QNB), Islamic Holding...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite attend a European Union leaders summit in Brussels yesterday. BRUSSELS: The European Union...
NEW YORK: Brent crude oil rose for a fourth straight session yesterday, gaining over $1 a barrel as conviction strengthened that monetary stimulus...
DUBLIN: Ireland’s economy slid into recession late last year and continued to contract sharply in early 2013, new and revised figures showed yesterday,...
LONDON: Growing turmoil in Egypt is threatening to disrupt shipments through the Suez Canal and increase the costs for shipping lines as Cairo’s...
BRUSSELS: Checking email or surfing the Web on a mobile phone while travelling in the European Union will be a third cheaper from...
A pedestrian checks the Tokyo stock index displayed at a securities company branch office in Tokyo yesterday. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average...
WASHINGTON: US consumer spending rebounded in May and new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, suggesting the economy remained on a moderate...
A supervisor explains a system to apprentices on a packaging line in the Nescafe production facility in Orbe. VEVEY, Switzerland: Nestle, the world’s...
MOSCOW: Russia yesterday unveiled an ambitious revision of a state assets privatisation drive that is now valued at $50bn but keeps the Rosneft...
A worker rides a bicycle past gas pipes at Gas Connect Austria’s gas distribution node in Baumgarten some 40km east of Vienna. Nabucco...
DOHA: Petrochemicals production in Qatar hit 16.8m tonnes in 2012, making it the second largest producer in the GCC downstream sector, after Saudi...
DUBAI: Qatar’s benchmark rose yesterday as trading resumed after a one-day holiday during which the Emir handed over power to his son, calming...
DOHA: Qatar commands 10 percent of the air charter business in the Middle East. The Qatari businessmen make around six charter trips a...
DOHA: Qtel, recently rebranded as Ooredoo, yesterday confirmed that the required legal and regulatory approvals have been obtained and the company’s legal name...
MUMBAI: India’s rupee touched a new record low of more than 60 to the dollar yesterday, deepening the abrupt slide in the currency...
