DUBAI: Abu Dhabi-listed Islamic insurer National Takaful Co (Watania) said yesterday that United Arab Emirates regulators had approved the sale of 60.53 percent...
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi-listed Islamic insurer National Takaful Co (Watania) said yesterday that United Arab Emirates regulators had approved the sale of 60.53 percent...
Doha: The power of creative industries to enable economic empowerment and social enterprise will be highlighted by Dubai as it hosts the seventh...
Doha/Dubai: Spurred by industries and top banks’ stocks, Qatar Exchange index jumped 112.38 points, or 8.2 percent, yesterday when the bourse closed trading...
People use an escalator as they pass in front of an advertisement sign at a subway station in Shanghai yesterday. More Chinese manufacturers...
Farmers collect produce in the Khiyam valley at the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon, yesterday.
Tim Hortons employees prepare coffee prior to the company’s annual general meeting in Toronto. MIAMI: Burger King is in talks to buy doughnut...
Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar’s listed companies recorded better-than-expected profits during the second quarter of 2014 (Q2, 14), but saw a nince percent year-on-year...
NEW YORK: Brent crude oil rose yetserday and US crude fell in light trading, as support from geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and Libya...
WASHINGTON: Sales of new US single-family homes fell for a second straight month in July, but a surge in the stock of properties...
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina will appeal a World Trade Organisation ruling against its use of import restrictions, according to a senior Argentine official. On...
OSLO: Norwegian energy group Statoil said yesterday it intended to continue its partnership with Russia’s Rosneft, despite Western economic sanctions imposed on Moscow...
GENEVA: IMF chief Christine Lagarde wants Germany to play a bigger role in propelling economic recovery in Europe, she hinted in an interview...
LISBON: The corporate empire of Portugal’s Espirito Santo family issued ¤5bn ($6.6bn) of new debt in the first six months of 2014, according...
A man walks past in front of a cigarettes store displaying an advertisement of Mevius, one of Japan Tobacco Inc’s brands in Tokyo,...
A man walks past in front of a cigarettes store displaying an advertisement of Mevius, one of Japan Tobacco Inc’s brands in Tokyo,...
A fuel station worker talks with his colleague as he holds a placard informing customers that fuel subsidy has run out at a...
MUMBAI: The rupee fell yeserday, retreating from a three-week high hit last week, as the dollar gained after US Federal Reserve chief Janet...
NEW YORK: The S&P 500 topped the 2,000 mark for the first time yesterday helped by more promises of economic support from the...
