A woman with shopping bags poses for a picture in front of “Sanlitun Village”, a fashionable shopping area in Beijing, yesterday. China’s economy...
A woman with shopping bags poses for a picture in front of “Sanlitun Village”, a fashionable shopping area in Beijing, yesterday. China’s economy...
DOHA: Dutch food retailer SPAR International is set to open two stores in Qatar. With over 12,000 stores worldwide, the retailer is aiming...
DOHA: The installed power generating capacity in the GCC is forecast to reach 170,000MW by 2019, according to the latest data from Meed...
DUBAI: Yemen has room to gradually reduce interest rates to support economic recovery and needs to focus on consolidating its public finances, an...
BAGHDAD: Iraq has told ExxonMobil it must choose between working in its southern oil fields or in Kurdistan, and Baghdad expects the US...
Officials of Dragon Oil and Kuwait Energy sign documents for an energy exploration deal with Iraq in Baghdad yesterday. BAGHDAD: Iraqi energy officials...
Doha: Qatar Exchange index lost 49.15 points or 0.57 percent to hit 8,640.61 from the previous closing of 8,689.76 points. The volume of...
DUBAI: The Emirates Banks Association (EBA) is discussing proposed caps on mortgages with the United Arab Emirates’ central bank, hoping to raise the...
NEW DELHI: India’s central bank is expected to cut interest rates this week for the first time in nine months in response to...
Since the beginning of the year, the Japanese yen has been on every investor’s mind. Indeed, as the Japanese government continues to show...
By Ole Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) Sentiment towards riskier assets remains at elevated levels, having been driven by expectations that...
Airbus employees walk in front of an A380 aircraft at the final assembly line in Blagnac, southern France. The European aircraft manufacturer needs...
Doha: The total value of the world’s largest 500 listed companies, measured by market capitalisation, increased by 13 percent in 2012 to $26...
DOHA: Barwa Bank, Qatar’s fastest growing Shariah-compliant bank, has been selected as co-lead manager on the Government of Dubai’s $750m sukuk issuance which...
DOHA: Energy projects worth nearly $250bn will be discussed at the forthcoming Doha Power-Gen Middle East conference. As many as 200 planned and...
DOHA: The Board of Directors of Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) have decided to appoint Bassel Gamal (pictured) as the Chief Executive Officer of...
DOHA: Qatar Aluminium Company (Qatalum) forecast a rising demand of the light metal in the GCC states including Qatar on account of a...
WASHINGTON: The Interna-tional Monetary Fund (IMF) is gearing up for a huge new challenge to rebuild the economies of the turbulent Arab world,...
