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DUBAI: The Gulf Arab emirate of Sharjah will arrange investor meetings this week and next in Asia, the Middle East and Europe ahead...

BRUSSELS: Europeans could be barred from buying new Russian government bonds under a package of extra sanctions over Moscow’s military role in Ukraine...

SEOUL: Samsung Heavy Industries will absorb Samsung Engineering for about $2.5bn, the latest step in a restructuring at South Korea’s largest conglomerate that...

  CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank kept its overnight deposit and lending rates at 9.25 percent and 10.25 percent respectively yesterday, as widely expected given...

A man cleans up a building in a central business area in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday. According to the Indonesian Central Statistics Agency, inflation...

People walk past a LaCaixa and Barclays bank offices in Barcelona, yesterday. LaCaixabank said that its acquisition of Barclays’ retail and corporate banking...

  MUMBAI: The United Bank of India declared flamboyant and indebted tycoon Vijay Mallya a “wilful defaulter” yesterday, dealing another blow to his embattled...

DUBAI: Meraas Holding, a state-owned property firm that is developing some of Dubai’s most ambitious real estate projects, is in talks with banks...

DUBAI: Emirates NBD (ENBD), Dubai’s largest lender, plans to sell a benchmark-sized capital-boosting bond, a document from lead managers said yesterday, looking to...

ATHENS: The Greek economy, in recession for six years, shrank again in the second quarter of this year, but by only 0.3 percent,...

ATHENS: The Greek economy, in recession for six years, shrank again in the second quarter of this year, but by only 0.3 percent,...

People walk near the Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 and newly open European Solidarity centre during 34th anniversary of emerging Solidarity...

Two first class suites are pictured inside an Airbus A380 of Emirates after the first landing of the plane at Frankfurt’s airport yesterday.  ...

BANGALORE/SYDNEY: Factory activity in Europe and Asia cooled in August after a strong July, as new orders dwindled in the face of escalating...

DUBAI: Viva Kuwait, the country’s second biggest mobile phone operator by subscribers, plans to list on the Kuwait Stock Exchange by year-end, nearly...

ISTANBUL: The new Turkish government will pursue policies aimed at boosting the country’s economic growth potential while monetary policy will focus on stepping...

TOKYO: More Japanese refiners are likely to buy US condensate if the light oil is ruled to be not liable for customs duty,...

  DOHA: Qatar shares rose yesterday recovering some of the lost ground in the previous session on buying interests of local retail investors. The...