PARIS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges but was named an “assisted witness” after French prosecutors grilled her for two days over...
PARIS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges but was named an “assisted witness” after French prosecutors grilled her for two days over...
NEW YORK: News Corp’s board yesterday approved the break-up of the conglomerate into two independent companies, separating the high-flying entertainment assets from the...
Coal loading operations proceed at Coal and Allied’s Mount Thorley Warkworth mine in the Hunter Valley, about 140km north of Sydney. Australian coal...
A man walks inside a YPF fuel station in Buenos Aires. A year after Argentina seized the local business of Spanish oil firm...
BRUSSELS: Key obstacles to a banking union, seen as a keystone in locking down the debt crisis, should be resolved within the next...
DEAD SEA: Jordan’s economy is expected to grow around 3.5 percent this year driven by remittances, higher domestic consumption and some pickup in...
NEW YORK: Canadian pharmaceutical company Valeant is close to a deal to acquire US eye health company Bausch & Lomb for about $9bn,...
GENEVA: The World Trade Organisation said that its dispute settlement board had agreed to a request from Japan to create a panel to...
A general view of the ArcelorMittal Florange-Hayange blast furnace in Hayange near Florange, Eastern France. After the 2009 closure of the nearby Gandrange...
CAIRO/MOSCOW: Egypt’s Orascom Telecom (OTH) is closer to being delisted, sources said yesterday, after holders of around 10 percent of its stock agreed...
MUMBAI: Shareholders of India’s Jet Airways yesterday approved a deal in which Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad will take a 24 percent stake in...
LONDON: HSBC’s Chairman Douglas Flint called for an acceleration in the speed of reform within the industry as the bank was criticised by...
VIENNA: Raiffeisen Bank International Chief Executive Herbert Stepic resigned yesterday in what he called an effort to spare his bank from negative publicity...
MADRID: Spanish savers vented their fury against bailed-out Bankia yesterday after the already-diminished value of their stock investments in the bank plummeted by...
Employees work at a factory which makes bearing cages in Liaocheng, Shandong province, yesterday. As evidence mounts that China’s economy is losing momentum,...
PARIS/LONDON: Gulf telecom operator Etisalat has offered a higher price for Vivendi’s Maroc Telecom stake than rival Qatari bidder Ooredoo , according to...
Workers check parts for Egypt’s first tablet computer “Inar” at a factory in Benha yesterday. Egypt has produced its very first tablet computer,...
PARIS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde’s future was at stake yesterday as French prosecutors grilled her for a second day to decide if she...
