South Sudan’s Minister for Petroleum and Mining Stephen Dhieu Dau prepares to press the button which will resume oil production after a 16-month...
South Sudan’s Minister for Petroleum and Mining Stephen Dhieu Dau prepares to press the button which will resume oil production after a 16-month...
DOHA: Qatar National Bank (QNB) has emerged as the ‘world’s strongest bank’ in the recently released Bloomberg’s Markets list, a press statement said...
SAN JOSE: President Barack Obama said in Central America on Saturday that the United States might be able to help relieve that region’s...
TOKYO: Japan’s Sharp Corp is considering having its chairman, Mikio Katayama, retire and also scrapping advisory posts as part of efforts to speed...
DOHA/DUBAI: The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) will organise a three-day conference to examine how optimising supply chain processes can benefit region’s...
NEW YOrk: Shares of the world’s largest construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar Inc look poised to rise as the economic recovery picks...
A general view of windmills on Bangui Bay in Ilocos norte, north of Manila. Standing in an arc in wind-lashed scrubland, the windmills,...
Audi CEO Rupert Stadler (centre), Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (left) and Rafael Moreno Valle, Governor of the Mexican state of Puebla, during...
HONG KONG: A unit of Sinopec Group and brokerage China Galaxy Securities are launching Hong Kong IPOs today seeking to raise up to...
JERUSALEM: Israel’s cabinet yesterday approved a plan to raise the 2013 budget deficit target, allowing the government to delay the most painful planned...
SYDNEY: Rio Tinto chief Sam Walsh yesterday warned of more job cuts as the mining giant works to make $5bn in savings by...
GENEVA: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has overseen a 12-year stalemate in global trade talks. On Wednesday, it will decide whether an insider...
Two major events took place last week, the FOMC statement, and the highly anticipated European Central Bank press conference. The Federal Reserve said...
Afghan farmers work in a wheat field on the outskirts of Jalalabad yesterday. Only about 15 percent of Afghanistan’s land, mostly in scattered...
Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 36.85 points (or 0.42 percent) to advance to 8,785.53 points from 8,748.68 on Thursday....
MOSCOW: When Vladimir Putin returned one year ago to the Kremlin for a historic third term, Russia could boast robust if unspectacular growth,...
A boy stands inside a fitting room as his mother and a salesman (left) look on inside a V-Mart retail store in New...
DUBAI: The Dubai government said yesterday it has repaid in full $910m of maturing bonds, declaring it reflected a commitment of the indebted...
