Empty railway tracks are pictured in front of the construction site of the Berlin Brandenburg International Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, yesterday. The opening...
Empty railway tracks are pictured in front of the construction site of the Berlin Brandenburg International Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, yesterday. The opening...
LONDON: World stocks and oil prices eased yesterday as some investors booked profits after last week’s strong rally, but signs of a brightening...
ABIDJAN: Africa’s emerging nations have become a driving force for world economic growth, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said yesterday, but armed...
PARIS: French airline Air France yesterday launched an offensive to compete with low-cost carriers, offering flights from four French hubs to 58 destinations...
Sheikh Abdulla bin Thani Al Thani, Chairman of Islamic Insurance (sixth left), Abdul Rahman Al Abdulghani (fifth left), Deputy Chairman of Islamic Insurance,...
DOHA: Qatari employees can look forward to an average 5.2 percent increase in pay for 2013, the latest Total Remuneration survey that tracked...
DOHA: Meeza, Qatar’s IT service providing company, signed a cloud service agreement with Symantec to offer market-leading hosted cloud solutions with an aim...
FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank will usher in 2013 with steady interest rates at its first policy meeting this year to keep up...
MUMBAI: India’s record current-account deficit threatens to weigh on the rupee and curb the magnitude of interest-rate cuts forecast to begin this month...
ABU DHABI: Commercial banks in the UAE plan to ask the central bank to delay and soften new rules placing caps on mortgage...
LONDON: The economies of the United States, China and much of the developing world have decoupled from Europe, leaving it to wallow in...
People walk in front of the Egyptian Stock Market in Cairo yesterday. A top International Monetary Fund official will visit Egypt today for...
Libya’s Oil and Gas Minister Abdul Bari Laroussi (centre left) with Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz (right), in Tripoli yesterday....
TOKYO: Toyota Motor has decided to halt the construction of new factories for the next three years in a shift from its previous...
BASEL: The world’s top banking regulatory body yesterday eased the first global liquidity rules scheduled to start applying to banks in 2015 and...
By Ole Hansen (Head of Commodity Strategy, Saxo Bank) The dreaded US ‘fiscal cliff’ which suppressed prices during December was this first week...
The year 2013 started on a positive note with the US house approving a Senate budget bill, which permanently extends the “Bush” tax...
People walk past a shop advertising its promotions yesterday during the first day of sales in Rome. The post-Christmas sales season will last...
