The US Federal Reserve Bank kept its monthly $85bn bond-buying stimulus plan, and repeated a pledge to keep purchasing securities until the US...
The US Federal Reserve Bank kept its monthly $85bn bond-buying stimulus plan, and repeated a pledge to keep purchasing securities until the US...
Officials signing the financing agreement in Doha yesterday. Doha: QIB, the leading Islamic bank in Qatar, has announced the signing of a QR800m...
By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar has topped in the Merger and Acquisitions (M&A) activity targeting companies in the Middle East in January 2013....
DOHA: The Public Works Authority’s (Ashghal) flagship QR10bn re-sewerage project will feature in the spotlight session of upcoming Doha PowerGen conference. The Middle...
TEHRAN: Iran’s currency plummeted to an all-time low yesterday, registering a more than 21-percent drop in a span of two weeks against the...
Officials pose for a group picture in Doha recently. DOHA: Managing and senior partners from KPMG Middle East and South Asia (MESA) held...
MADRID: The euro area inflation rate unexpectedly fell in January as high unemployment and austerity measures across the 17-nation currency bloc damped demand....
NEW DELHI: India’s sale of a stake in state-run refiner Oil India was “lapped up”, an official said, raising nearly $600m as the...
CHICAGO: Chevron Corp., the second-largest US energy company, said that fourth-quarter profit increased 41 percent to a record $7.25bn as it reported stronger...
JOHANNESBURG/FREETOWN: While mobile phone usage has exploded across Africa over the last decade, transforming daily life and commerce for millions, it’s a revolution...
Fiat President John Elkann (right) and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne posing next to a Maserati luxury sports car during the opening of a...
LONDON: Crude oil prices spiked to four-month peaks this week, energised by the weak dollar, mostly upbeat global economic data and Middle East...
AMMAN: Jordan’s largest lender, Arab Bank Group, posted a 15 percent rise in 2012 net profit to $352m on higher revenues, with its...
LONDON: Royal Bank of Scotland faces the prospect of scrapping all bonuses for its investment bankers this year to free up cash to...
LONDON: Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices rose toward record highs this week as fresh production outages in Norway and project delays in...
An aerial view of Atlantis Hotel and The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. DUBAI: The revolts that began in Tunisia at the end of...
A girl walks past a model of a watch at a museum in Beijing, yesterday. Manufacturing activity in China expanded in January, two...
WASHINGTON: Unemployment in the United States ticked up in January while jobs growth slowed, but the labour market had a better year in...
