LONDON: Barclays bank has suspended six traders amid an investigation into whether international currency markets were rigged, the BBC, the Financial Times and...
LONDON: Barclays bank has suspended six traders amid an investigation into whether international currency markets were rigged, the BBC, the Financial Times and...
MUMBAI: Indian tax authorities have asked IBM’s local unit to pay Rs53.57bn in outstanding income tax on fiscal 2009 revenue, media reported yesterday....
Washington: Shell Oil said that it would try — again — to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s Arctic coast,...
Doha: Indonesia has enormous long–term growth potential. The large and rapidly growing population has favourable demographics and is increasingly wealthy. Indonesia has a...
BERLIN: Ireland’s lenders should set some money aside for when the country exits its bailout, which it should do step by step, a...
By Basher Yusif Al Kahlout Supported by blue chip stocks, Qatar Exchange’s (QE) market capitalisation increased by QR10.6bn to QR533.1bn last week. Total...
Employees arrive at Amazon’s San Bernardino Fulfillment Centre in California. Amazon’s one million-square-foot facility in San Bernardino County has created more than 800...
PARIS: A row has flared up between leading plane makers over the width of tourist-class seats on long-distance flights, setting the tone for...
BAGHDAD: Big Oil is poised to spend over $25bn next year to boost output from Iraq’s giant oilfields towards record rates, Iraq’s deputy...
TOKYO: Carmakers, electronics manufacturers and other export-oriented firms have posted record profits through September due to the recent depreciation of the yen and...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae filed a lawsuit on Thursday against nine of the world’s largest banks over losses that the mortgage finance giant suffered...
NEW YORK: MasterCard, the second-biggest US payments network, is poised to further outperform bigger rival Visa amid a 3 percent gain by the...
An employee shows gold bangles to a customer at a jewellery showroom in Mumbai. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: A scarcity of gold and high prices...
NEW YORK: Twitter will be the talk of Wall Street next week when the social media company goes public in the stock market’s...
NEW YORK: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc posted a 29 percent jump in third-quarter profit as it recorded big gains on investments made...
BRUSSELS: Inspectors from Greece’s lenders have put a postponed visit to the country back on the agenda and will return early next week...
Qatargas CEO Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani addressing the SIEW. DOHA: Asian economies are demanding not only more energy but also cleaner and...
A general view of Vattenfall’s combined heat and power station Berlin-Wilmersdorf in Berlin yesterday. Berliners vote this week on returning the electricity grid...
