LONDON: HSBC aims to keep the pressure on costs after first-quarter earnings nearly doubled due to the bank’s three-year efficiency drive and a...
LONDON: HSBC aims to keep the pressure on costs after first-quarter earnings nearly doubled due to the bank’s three-year efficiency drive and a...
LONDON: New car sales in Britain were nearly 15 percent higher in April than a year ago, according to the Society of Motor...
ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) said 2012 net profit surged on the back of better operational performance and a...
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker and Country Manager for the UAE Fadi Hijazin at the press conference on the opening...
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (right) with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, at the Royal Palace Huisten Bosch in The Hague...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong dockworkers have accepted a 9.8 percent pay increase, ending a 40-day strike that slowed traffic at one of the...
DOHA/LONDON: H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry, during his official visit to the United Kingdom...
DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE), under the patronage and in the presence of the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin...
NEW YORK: Brent crude oil rose above $105 a barrel yesterday but trading was choppy and prices were pulled both ways by more...
Models stand next to Bianchi racing bicycles during the 23rd China International Bicycle and Motor Fair in Shanghai yesterday. The fair runs until...
MADRID: Spain’s bill to bail out its banks may yet rise, some bankers and analysts fear, as a worsening economy hampers the government’s...
SYDNEY: Kuwait-based Asiya Investments has launched an Islamic trade finance fund with $20m in seed capital, aiming to cater to small Asian manufacturers....
Doha: The Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting(GOIC) held here yesterday a meeting with a delegation led by Ahmed Mohammed Al Midfa, Chairman of...
PARIS: Shares in several businesses in which the deficit-hit French government has a stake plummeted yesterday after Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault said...
Al KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia produced 9.3 million barrels per day (b/d) of oil in April, up from 9.14 million bpd in March, an...
DOHA: Qatar’s insurance sector is expected to witness a growth of more than five percent in 2013, outpacing most of its neighbours, a...
LISBON: Portugal yesterday pushed ahead with deeply unpopular plans to slash 30,000 public sector jobs by launching talks with unions as part of...
NEW YORK: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman yesterday said he plans to sue Bank of America Corp (BofA) and Wells Fargo and...
