A girl walks past a model of a watch at a museum in Beijing, yesterday. Manufacturing activity in China expanded in January, two...
A girl walks past a model of a watch at a museum in Beijing, yesterday. Manufacturing activity in China expanded in January, two...
WASHINGTON: Unemployment in the United States ticked up in January while jobs growth slowed, but the labour market had a better year in...
LONDON: Barclays bank Chief Executive Antony Jenkins announced yesterday that he would forego his 2012 bonus after a “very difficult year” at the...
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-Hee won a court ruling yesterday against demands from his siblings to hand over billions of dollars in...
CHICAGO: US vehicle sales looked set to extend a lengthy streak of gains in January as General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and Toyota posted...
LONDON: Britain’s failed camera retailer Jessops has been purchased by a group that includes entrepreneur Peter Jones, who stars on business-themed television show...
A Jet Airways aeroplane takes off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, yesterday MUMBAI: India’s biggest...
LONDON: Most European stock markets posted strong gains yesterday on reassuring US jobs data, but Madrid was hit by news of falling profits...
People walk by advertising signs for seasonal sales in New York. Consumers held tight to their wallets in December, the key holiday shopping...
DOHA: The banking and financial services sector lifted the trading value of shares on Qatar Exchange by 55.66 percent during the month of...
NEW YORK: Brent crude oil prices edged higher, briefly touching a three-month high, as traders weighed mixed economic data from the United States...
DOHA: Qatar Luxury Group (QLG) has announced its plans to open a store in Paris after its fashion brand is launched in Doha...
DOHA: The final week of January 2013 saw 28.7 percent decline in real estate transactions, Ezdan Holding’s weekly real estate report noted. However,...
BAGHDAD: Qatar Telecom (Qtel) plans to raise its stake in Asiacell as part of the Iraqi unit’s $1.35bn share sale, a Baghdad bourse...
DOHA: Brazilian exports to Qatar exceeded $316m in 2012. Food and beverage products remain the top Brazilian exports to Qatar with a total...
India’s Trade Minister Anand Sharma (left) shakes hands with Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, a board member of Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways, as Jet...
ISMAILIA: Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority said yesterday that it was raising fees on shipping through the waterway by between 2 and 5 percent...
MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday that its economy grew by a better-than-expected 6.6 percent last year as confidence rose in President Benigno Aquino’s...
