Business

Lebanese protesters turn their ire on banks 28 Dec 2019 - 06:04 pm

BEIRUT: Dozens of Lebanese protesters held a brief sit-in inside a bank in Beirut and another in the country's south on Saturday, part...

Iraq shuts southern oil field on concern over protesters’ safety 28 Dec 2019 - 04:33 pm

Iraq: OPEC’s second-biggest producer, halted output from a southern oil field as protesters walked close to installations, according to person with knowledge of...

Steady growth in tourism to support real estate, hospitality sectors: Ezdan 28 Dec 2019 - 12:08 am

DOHA: Qatar’s tourism sector is witnessing a remarkable growth and development across all levels, both in terms of legislations and infrastructure, bolstered by...

Recession, robots and rockets: another roaring 20s for world markets? 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm

LONDON: Helicopter cash, climate crises, smart cities and the space economy -- investors have all those possibilities ahead as they enter the third...

NYC congestion fees loom, yet bureaucratic delays casting shadow 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm

Tolls on motorists entering midtown Manhattan promise to alter everyday life for millions of people in the most populous U.S. city. Yet with...

Wheat could be surprise winner of the US-China trade deal 27 Dec 2019 - 07:41 pm

In the agriculture world, news of the partial U.S.-China trade deal has sparked a lot of buzz about soybeans. It turns out, wheat...

Innovative fashion designers lead the way on sustainability 27 Dec 2019 - 07:41 pm

Innovative fashion designers are turning to such things as horseradish and nettles to make sustainable clothing and accessories to the delight of a...

Turkey unveils national electric car prototypes 27 Dec 2019 - 06:18 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled Friday prototypes of a domestically manufactured electric car that is hoped will hit the road within...

UK launches full probe of Amazon investment in Deliveroo 27 Dec 2019 - 06:17 pm

LONDON: British regulators said Friday they are launching a full-scale investigation of Amazon's plan to purchase a stake in Deliveroo to determine if...

Wells Fargo’s poker-faced CEO sows angst while considering change 27 Dec 2019 - 06:02 pm

Change is afoot inside Wells Fargo & Co. Since Charlie Scharf arrived as the bank’s new chief executive officer in October, he’s held...

IIA workshop sheds light on ideal ways to use ‘COBIT-2019’ 27 Dec 2019 - 12:35 am

Doha: The Institute of the Internal Auditors (IIA), Doha Chapter, conducted a workshop on “A practical approach to COBIT 2019” at Hotel Hilton...

QSE index gained 86 points last week 27 Dec 2019 - 12:00 am

DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) gained 86.00 points, or 0.83 percent, last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 10,426.37 points. Trading value...

Qatar Petroleum announces new prices of Kerosene for 2020 27 Dec 2019 - 12:00 am

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP), as the entity responsible for setting the selling price of petroleum products in the State of Qatar, announced yesterday...

Brazil set to lead world cocoa market 26 Dec 2019 - 11:21 pm

Brazilian farm workers Jose Carlos, 37, and Daniel Ferreira, 34, cut cocoa fruits at the Altamira farm in Itajuipe, Bahia state, Brazil, on...

Not so lonely this Christmas: Britain's ethical businesses tackle isolation epidemic 26 Dec 2019 - 10:08 pm

LONDON: Babies bounced on parents' knees, toddlers dancing around the room, crackers pulled with the elderly care home residents in their armchairs as...

New hotel encapsulates Milan tourist renaissance 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm

Milan: Cheap and cheerful capsule hotels are forever expanding from their Japanese cradle, including now in Milan where the tiny, stacked rooms are...

From medicine to recycling, 6 African start-ups doing business for good in 2019 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm

DAKAR: As Africa tunes into the burgeoning movement of business for good, young people across the continent are finding innovative solutions to problems...