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Opec, GECF sign MoU to strengthen cooperation 06 Oct 2019 - 08:00 am

The Secretaries General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and the Doha-headquarted Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) yesterday signed a...

EU girds for trade riposte after US ups ante on tariffs 05 Oct 2019 - 12:35 am

Paris: European nations scrambled Thursday to prepare a response to new US tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of EU goods after Washington...

Flyers will pay more for carbon offsets but not tax, study finds 04 Oct 2019 - 09:39 pm

LONDON: Travellers are willing to pay more for flights if they believe the extra money will be used to tackle carbon emissions, researchers...

Qatar Chamber reviews enhancing cooperation with Turkish private sector 04 Oct 2019 - 03:55 am

DOHA: Qatar Chamber’s (QC) Second Vice-Chairman Rashid bin Hamad Al Athba yesterday met a Turkish delegation comprising of 13 businessmen representing various sectors...

QC opens Oman SMEs expo in Doha 04 Oct 2019 - 03:55 am

DOHA: Qatar Chamber’s First Vice-Chairman, Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari, yesterday opened the “Oman Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Exhibition 2019”...

‘Invest in Qatar’ attracts huge response from foreign investors 04 Oct 2019 - 03:55 am

The ‘Invest in Qatar’ centre at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) is seeing a growing number of applications from foreign investors,...

Agri-foodtech female leaders struggle to attract investment 04 Oct 2019 - 01:44 am

LONDON: Female entrepreneurs in the food and agricultural technology industry received a tiny fraction of the $16.9 billion investment deals secured worldwide in...

'Empty promises' could pop bubble of investing for good 04 Oct 2019 - 01:44 am

AMSTERDAM: Investors in projects that do environmental or social good said on Thursday that their burgeoning industry's reputation was at risk because they...

Flight shaming hits air travel as 'Greta effect' takes off 04 Oct 2019 - 01:44 am

LONDON: One in five travellers is flying less as "flight shaming" propels travellers to shun air travel for the sake of the planet,...

US blocks import of goods from five nations in rare anti-slavery crackdown 04 Oct 2019 - 01:44 am

NEW YORK: The United States has blocked the import of goods suspected to have been made with forced labor from five countries, including...

More Omani products to make inroads in Qatar: Envoy 04 Oct 2019 - 01:44 am

DOHA: Products by 30 top Omani businesses are on display at an exhibition which opened yesterday at the Mall of Qatar. It will...

Kept awake by worries, Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women's rights 03 Oct 2019 - 10:27 pm

NEW YORK: Philanthropist Melinda Gates plans to put $1 billion toward expanding women's power and influence in the United States over the next...

Brexit raises stakes for Britain in aircraft trade war 03 Oct 2019 - 09:59 pm

LONDON: U.S. tariffs on European goods have plunged Britain into a trade war between the European Union and United States just as it...

Behind a record $1.6 billion Philippine IPO, a plan to tame debt 03 Oct 2019 - 09:59 pm

Philippine businessman Manuel Pangilinan, who ran into trouble with a borrowing binge two decades ago, is pursuing the biggest-ever Philippine initial public offering...

Successor for ECB’s Lautenschlaeger to be picked in November 03 Oct 2019 - 08:30 pm

Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Pocket Cast or iTunes. Euro-area finance ministers...

Drop in US service sector activity raises economic concerns 03 Oct 2019 - 08:30 pm

WASHINGTON: Growth in the U.S. economy’s vast services sector slowed sharply in September to its lowest point in three years, suggesting that the...

France weathering economic storms better than neighbors in 2019 03 Oct 2019 - 08:30 pm

As global economic weakness drags Europe into a deeper slowdown, France is staying relatively bullish. Business investment, tax cuts and a buoyant labor...