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Roche in $550m deal for superbug-fighting antibiotic 04 Nov 2013 - 02:14 pm

ZURICH: Swiss drugmaker Roche will pay up to 500 million Swiss francs or $548 million for an experimental antibiotic, marking a rare foray...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.46pc 04 Nov 2013 - 02:12 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in green area on Sunday 44.64 points or 0.46 percent to 9,841.30 points from the previous closing of 9,796.66...

Emir meets French Chief of Staff 04 Nov 2013 - 01:58 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at his office at Al Bahr Palace on Monday with Chief of...

Google boss says US data spying is "outrageous" 04 Nov 2013 - 01:58 pm

HONG KONG: Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said reports that the US government spied on the Internet giant's data centres were "outrageous" and...

Mashreq 9-month profit up 34pc to AED 1.3bn 04 Nov 2013 - 01:49 pm

DOHA: Mashreq's net profit for the nine-month period ended September 30 is up 34 percent to AED 1.3 billion compared to AED970 million...

Car bomb kills six in central Syria 04 Nov 2013 - 01:48 pm

DAMASCUS: A car bomb killed six people, three of them children, and wounded 37 others in the central Syrian province of Homs on...

Philippines' Imelda Marcos in stable condition 04 Nov 2013 - 01:47 pm

MANILA: Flamboyant former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos is in "stable condition" and set to be discharged soon after being hospitalised for severe...

UAE banks to get 5 years to obey exposure rules 04 Nov 2013 - 01:42 pm

ABU DHABI: Banks in the United Arab Emirates are likely to get about five years to conform to new large-exposure rules which the...

Pakistan's Musharraf granted bail in last legal case against him 04 Nov 2013 - 01:31 pm

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan court on Monday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over a deadly raid on a radical mosque, bringing...

13 killed in shoot-outs on Mexico's northern border 04 Nov 2013 - 01:29 pm

NUEVO LAREDO: At least 13 people were killed in three gun battles in Matamoros, a smuggling springboard on the US-Mexico border coveted by...

Seven dead in north Iraq violence 04 Nov 2013 - 01:29 pm

BAGHDAD: A series of attacks north of Baghdad, including multiple bombings targeting police killed seven people on Monday, as Iraq grapples with its...

Emir, PM exchanges congratulations on New Hijri Year 04 Nov 2013 - 11:19 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani exchanged today cables of congratulations with the Leaders of Arab and Muslim countries...

DAMAC announces $500m London share listing 04 Nov 2013 - 11:18 am

DUBAI: Dubai developer DAMAC Properties said on Monday it plans to raise around $500 million from a sale of global depositary receipts on...

Yansab extends shutdown at petchem plant 04 Nov 2013 - 11:17 am

KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia's Yanbu National Petrochemical Co. (Yansab) complex is likely to remain shut for maintenance until the end of next week, the...

Japan grants Jordan $10m for Syrian refugees crisis 04 Nov 2013 - 11:17 am

AMMAN: The Jordanian and the Japanese governments on Sunday signed memoranda of understanding under which Japan will offer the Kingdom $10 million as...

Dana Gas Q3 net profit dips 04 Nov 2013 - 10:23 am

DUBAI: Dana Gas made a net profit of 102 million dirhams or $27.8 million in the third quarter compared with 104 million dirhams...

Qatari ambassador meets Australian FM 04 Nov 2013 - 10:19 am

CANBERRA: HE Qatar's Ambassador to Australia Yousif bin Ali Al Khater met this morning with Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. During the meeting,...

Emir, PM greets UAE president 04 Nov 2013 - 09:58 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent today a cable of congratulations to President of the United Arab Emirates...