Investors monitor stock information on an electronic board at the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad, yesterday. BAGHDAD: Foreign investors bought more than two-thirds...
Investors monitor stock information on an electronic board at the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad, yesterday. BAGHDAD: Foreign investors bought more than two-thirds...
Doha: Ahli Bank reported its highest ever net profit of QR465.2m for the year 2012, registering a growth of 5.2 percent compared with...
Doha: Qatar Exchange index added 1.55 points (0.02 percent) yesterday to reach 8,726.32 points from 8,724.77 on Thursday. The volume of shares traded...
ROME: Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne said yesterday that he expected the merger of the Italian car giant and its US partner Chrysler will...
CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank cancelled an auction of foreign currency yesterday and said it would announce details of upcoming auctions today, signalling a...
By Ole Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) Most of the major global commodities have begun 2013 with solid gains with both...
The US Federal Reserve Bank kept its monthly $85bn bond-buying stimulus plan, and repeated a pledge to keep purchasing securities until the US...
Officials signing the financing agreement in Doha yesterday. Doha: QIB, the leading Islamic bank in Qatar, has announced the signing of a QR800m...
By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar has topped in the Merger and Acquisitions (M&A) activity targeting companies in the Middle East in January 2013....
DOHA: The Public Works Authority’s (Ashghal) flagship QR10bn re-sewerage project will feature in the spotlight session of upcoming Doha PowerGen conference. The Middle...
TEHRAN: Iran’s currency plummeted to an all-time low yesterday, registering a more than 21-percent drop in a span of two weeks against the...
Officials pose for a group picture in Doha recently. DOHA: Managing and senior partners from KPMG Middle East and South Asia (MESA) held...
MADRID: The euro area inflation rate unexpectedly fell in January as high unemployment and austerity measures across the 17-nation currency bloc damped demand....
NEW DELHI: India’s sale of a stake in state-run refiner Oil India was “lapped up”, an official said, raising nearly $600m as the...
CHICAGO: Chevron Corp., the second-largest US energy company, said that fourth-quarter profit increased 41 percent to a record $7.25bn as it reported stronger...
JOHANNESBURG/FREETOWN: While mobile phone usage has exploded across Africa over the last decade, transforming daily life and commerce for millions, it’s a revolution...
Fiat President John Elkann (right) and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne posing next to a Maserati luxury sports car during the opening of a...
LONDON: Crude oil prices spiked to four-month peaks this week, energised by the weak dollar, mostly upbeat global economic data and Middle East...
