SINGAPORE: Chinese shipyards are aiming to take some $10bn in orders for new LNG tankers over the rest of the decade, part of...
SINGAPORE: Chinese shipyards are aiming to take some $10bn in orders for new LNG tankers over the rest of the decade, part of...
TAIPEI: Representatives from China and Taiwan have reached an agreement to restart formal negotiations on a free-trade pact that would eliminate tax on...
WASHINGTON: LinkedIn has paid nearly $6m in back wages and damages to 359 current and former employees after a US investigation found it...
New BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports cars are displayed before an official delivery in Munich. FRANKFURT: German top-of-the-range carmaker BMW said that profits...
TOKYO: Toyota said its net profit in the three months through June came in at a record $5.7bn, with the rise largely thanks...
NEW DELHI: India refused to yield ground yesterday on its spat with the World Trade Organisation and said it believed it could convince...
LONDON: Eurozone business expanded at the second-fastest pace in three years last month as a buoyant service industry offset a lacklustre performance in...
PARIS: French media group Vivendi has received a firm bid worth €6.7bn for its Brazilian telecom subsidiary GVT from Spanish group Telefonica, it...
WASHINGTON: US media giant Gannett announced plans to split into two separate firms, one for broadcast and digital, and the other for newspapers...
A woman walks past a store in Sydney’s central business district yesterday as Australia’s central bank held interest rates at a record low...
Former US president Bill Clinton (left) with Shanduka Group CEO Phuthi Mahanyele at the US-Africa Business Forum, yesterday, in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON: US...
MUMBAI: India’s central bank left interest rates unchanged yesterday, keeping a watchful eye on inflation as it waits to assess the impact of...
DUBAI: Egyptian stocks rose in heavy trade yesterday , buoyed by news of a $4bn plan to build a new Suez Canal alongside...
CAIRO: Egypt plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multi-billion dollar project aimed at expanding...
TUNIS/DUBAI: Weakness of Tunisia’s dinar is undermining the purchasing power of its citizens and evoking memories of the country’s economic crisis after its...
A pedestrian using her smartphone walks past a Rakuten Cafe in Tokyo yesterday. Japan’s largest e-commerce company Rakuten Inc posted a 9.9 percent...
LONDON: Europe’s largest bank HSBC warned that regulators’ zeal to punish wrongdoing was putting its staff off taking reasonable business risks, as it...
SINGAPORE: Australia is urging the Group of 20 advanced and emerging countries to put more emphasis on boosting global trade in their proposals...
