MANAMA: Growth in cross-border Islamic bond issues points to greater convergence in an industry that has been divided by tensions between the Middle...
MANAMA: Growth in cross-border Islamic bond issues points to greater convergence in an industry that has been divided by tensions between the Middle...
DUBAI: Dubai mall developer Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), has delayed plans to raise at least $500m from a hybrid bond sale to fund...
MOSCOW/CAIRO: Russian firm Altimo said yesterday it had no plans to launch a new offer to buy out minority shareholders in Orascom Telecom...
New trucks manufactured by Chinese automaker Chery are parked before being loaded for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, yesterday.
A new hotel and office building stands beside the ancient Choijin Temple in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, yesterday. The country is in the middle...
Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 1.22 points or 0.01 percent to advance to 9,239.22 points from 9,238.00 on Thursday....
ZURICH: Switzerland’s central bank has no mission to save troubled banks, its president told local media yesterday, as a string of the country’s...
PARIS: France plans to force large companies to declare details of their foreign activities as a way of reducing tax avoidance, a finance...
DUBAI: Bahrain’s budget deficit widened sevenfold in 2012 to 227m dinars ($601m), but stayed well below an initial plan as the country reined...
DUBAI: Kuwait Finance House (KFH), the Gulf Arab state’s largest Islamic bank, will begin a KD64m ($223.9m) capital increase programme on Wednesday to...
Markets were very volatile last week and currency performance was directly correlated to position unwinding. The poor performance in the Nikkei seemed to...
Qatar First Bank officials during the annual general meeting. DOHA: Qatar First Bank’s (QFB) net income increased to QR113.2m ($31.1m) for year ended...
Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy (left) with Director of Economy’s Circle, Josep Pique during the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of the...
FRANKFURT: German police used pepper spray and batons against anti-capitalist demonstrators from the Blockupy movement yesterday during a second day of protests against...
ATHENS: Greece received a vote of confidence from international creditors over progress in overhauling its stricken economy — and a fresh injection of...
Doha: Weak growth and rising unemployment in the eurozone is prompting a change in policy direction away from budget austerity, according to QNB...
MILAN: The board of Telecom Italia will not make a decision on a possible tie-up with Hutchison Whampoa at its next meeting on...
EUGENE, Oregon: World record long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele led an Ethiopian sweep in the 10,000 metres of the 2013 Prefontaine Classic, edging out...
