ADDIS ABABA: Border security talks between Sudan and South Sudan are deadlocked, the top southern negotiator said yesterday, raising the prospect of an...
ADDIS ABABA: Border security talks between Sudan and South Sudan are deadlocked, the top southern negotiator said yesterday, raising the prospect of an...
MUMBAI: India’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate on hold yesterday due to inflation worries, but signalled it may cut borrowing costs...
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s bourse snapped a five-session winning streak yesterday as investors booked gains in petrochemical and insurance stocks, while most other regional...
PARIS: Dubai-based Emirates airline plans to stay outside of global airline alliances but is open to bilateral partnerships, a company executive said in...
DUBAI/AL KHOBAR: Saudi Aramco said its oil refinery joint venture with France’s Total will double capital investment to SR7.12bn ($1.90bn) at Jubail, the...
PARIS: Coal is set to surpass oil as the world’s top fuel within a decade, driven by growth in emerging market giants China...
FRANKFURT: Gulf carrier Etihad is buying a 70 percent stake in Air Berlin’s frequent-flyer programme, injecting cash into the loss-making German airline as...
DUBAI: Al Habtoor Group, one of Dubai’s leading family-owned firms, has postponed plans to raise as much as $1.6bn in a move blamed...
MADRID: Spain’s “bad bank”, key to cleaning up the bad-loan ridden financial system, said Tuesday it had met its first money-raising target by...
BRUSSELS: The European Commission announced yesterday that it was putting ¤1.2bn ($1.56bn) into renewable energy demonstration projects but had found no carbon capture...
By Satish Kanady DOHA: Suspicious money transactions and financial deals are on the rise in Qatar. The Qatar Financial Information Unit (QFIU) is...
The first e-car sharing service is opened at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany yesterday. Cars can be recharged at three different spots.
DOHA: As the Middle East and North African (Mena) countries set to emerge as a major renewable energy force, Qatar is getting ready...
MOSCOW: Norilsk Nickel named longtime co-owner Vladimir Potanin as its chief executive yesterday under a Kremlin-inspired deal to end a boardroom war at...
DOHA: The Board of Directors has recommended the Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) to amend an article of the Qatari bank’s articles of...
NEW YORK: Oil prices were mixed in choppy trading yesterday, with Wall Street equities and US crude futures receiving support from optimism that...
NEW DELHI/DUBAI: Gulf carrier Etihad Airways, seeking to widen operations in India and other Asian markets, is in the final stages of talks...
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s provisional budget surplus surged 43 percent to Dh14.7bn ($52.2bn) in the first seven months of the fiscal year, boosted by...
