WASHINGTON: US private employers added 176,000 jobs in August and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, which could bolster expectations the...
WASHINGTON: US private employers added 176,000 jobs in August and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, which could bolster expectations the...
SHANGHAI: China will allow unfettered exchange of its yuan currency in its first free trade zone, a draft plan yesterday showed, in a...
DOHA: Qatar Exchange’s (QE) benchmark index shed 1.62 percent yesterday to hit its lowest since June levels and lost 4.31 percent last week....
H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada receiving a memento. DOHA: Oryx GTL held a spectacular event for all its employees and...
DOHA: Qatar topped the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region in the global competitiveness ranking index compiled by World Economic Forum. The...
DOHA: Mobilisation of labour force and primary construction materials would be the key challenges Qatar’s project industry would be facing in the run-up...
DOHA: Qatar’s banking sector is ready to rise to the challenge of financing an expected $100bn boom in the country’s projects industry until...
NEW YORK: Brent crude oil settled lower yesterday, but with a less dramatic drop than US oil, as it appeared a military strike...
Raghuram Rajan (left), the newly appointed governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), hugs outgoing governor Duvvuri Subbarao during the taking over ceremony...
WASHINGTON: Global smartphone sales are expected to top one billion in 2013, driven by low-cost handset and gains in emerging markets, a research...
DOHA: A 14-member high level Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) business delegation is arriving in Doha on a three-day visit from September 8. ...
LONDON: European stocks rose yesterday despite the airlines sector flying into turbulence after Irish no-frills carrier Ryanair issued a shock profits warning. Stocks...
A file picture of a 2013 Chrysler 300 sedan at the Washington Auto show. DETROIT: US auto sales were on a pace to...
BRUSSELS/LONDON: Special funds used by big companies to park billions of euros of cash face stricter rules to make them safer, the European...
TRIPOLI: Libya’s patience with protesters who have halted its onshore oil output is running out and action against them nearer, Prime Minister Ali...
KHOBAR: Saudi Arabian retailer Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair plans to open nearly 250 stores at home and abroad this financial year, a top executive...
ABU DHABI: A Syrian purchasing agency has cancelled an urgent tender to buy 135,000 tonnes of white rice, the third state food tender...
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s central bank suggested yesterday that more surprises lay ahead in its unorthodox efforts to manage a weakening lira, pressured by concerns...
