Bottles of detergent on the production line at the Ecover factory in Malle, near Antwerp, yesterday. Belgium’s Ecover, the world’s largest maker of...
Bottles of detergent on the production line at the Ecover factory in Malle, near Antwerp, yesterday. Belgium’s Ecover, the world’s largest maker of...
DOHA: Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) has launched ‘cross country mortgages’ for customers looking to purchase property in Qatar, UAE and France....
DOHA: Siemens, the global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering operating in the energy, infrastructure, industry and healthcare sectors, has secured a contract...
A worker selects oranges at an agricultural cooperative in Cheste near Valencia yesterday. Prolonged recession and record unemployment have hit rural areas hard,...
NEW YORK: Shale-based resources increase the world’s total potential oil reserves by 11 percent and natural gas by 47 percent, according to a...
DUBAI: New car sales in the United Arab Emirates are likely to jump above the peak achieved in 2008 before the global credit...
International Monetary Fund’s Senior Representative for Greece Bob Traa (left) arrives at the Finance Ministry in Athens yesterday. ATHENS: Greece played down yesterday...
LONDON/BRUSSELS: The European Commission unveiled an array of measures and recommendations yesterday to revive Europe’s steel industry, hurt by tumbling demand and plant...
CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank said it had suspended its deposit auction yesterday and would hold a repurchase agreement (repo) auction in its place,...
DUBAI: Annual inflation in Yemen surged to 14 percent in April, the highest level since February 2012, fuelled by rises in the prices...
LONDON: Britain’s top banking regulator has said bankers should be stopped from cashing in shares from their bonus packages for up to a...
THE HAGUE: A US court has dismissed a $3bn (¤2.2bn) claim against General Motors, accused of deliberate action to bankrupt Sweden’s Saab in...
NEW DELHI: Car sales in India slid by over 12 percent in May, data showed yesterday, marking an unprecedented seventh straight month of...
Doha: Qatar Exchange index slipped 18.37 points or 0.20 percent yesterday to 9,354.50 points from the previous closing of 9,372.87 points. The volume...
MUMBAI: Shares in India’s ICICI, Axis and HDFC banks fell yesterday after the central bank found them guilty of violating guidelines relating to...
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s currency has fallen close to a record low against the dollar on the black market since Khartoum threatened to halt cross-border...
DUBAI: Dubai’s ruler yesterday pressed for the Gulf emirate to be given the right to host the 2020 Universal Exposition, as the Paris-based...
DUBAI: Economic Zones World (EZW), a unit of government-owned conglomerate Dubai World, has sold its British-based logistics firm Gazeley to Brookfield Asset Management,...
