PARIS: France’s number of registered job-seekers rose by 17,800 in November to 3.29 million, the labour ministry said yesterday, challenging government claims to...
PARIS: France’s number of registered job-seekers rose by 17,800 in November to 3.29 million, the labour ministry said yesterday, challenging government claims to...
LONDON: Gold gained nearly one percent in thin year-end holiday trade yesterday, but was still set for its biggest annual loss in three...
A woman walks past the logo of Japan’s telecommunications giant SoftBank in Tokyo yesterday. TOKYO: Japan’s SoftBank plans to acquire T-Mobile US through...
Suzuki Motor Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Osamu Suzuki (right) and other officials pose beside the new boxy minicar “Hustler” during its...
The logos of Apple Computer and China Mobile are emblazoned on a mobile phone shop in Beijing yesterday. China Mobile, the world’s largest...
A view of a Carrefour store in Sao Paulo. The appointment of a financial and IPO expert to head its Brazilian operations signals...
MOSCOW: A year of disappointing auto sales in Russia has dealers and carmakers worried that a once-red hot market that was set to...
DOHA: With the objective of unlocking new sources of investment capital for Egyptian entrepreneurs, Silatech recently sponsored a seminar on crowdfunding in Cairo....
DOHA: The Qatar Electricity and Water Corporation (QEWC) has announced that Nebras Power Company, QEWC’s recently established shareholding company with an initial capital...
DOHA: Global mining companies which are projected to face challenging market conditions in 2014, are looking for GCC Sovereign Wealth Fund, including from...
KIEV: Ukraine, which has secured a $15bn bailout package from Russia, expects it to be fully disbursed in early 2014, Ukrainian Prime Minister...
TRIPOLI: Libya’s oil and gas industry association said that it was optimistic the government would soon reach an agreement with protesters occupying major...
DAMASCUS: Syria signed an oil and gas deal with a Russian company yesterday which will allow for the first-ever exploration off the country’s...
WASHINGTON: American Express agreed to pay $75.7m to settle claims that it used deceptive marketing practices to sell protection services to credit-card customers....
TUNIS: Tunisia’s economy is predicted to grow by four percent in 2014, up from 2.8 percent this year, the outgoing prime minister Ali...
Doha: Qatar Exchange ended in the red when trading closed yesterday at 10,462.54 points, down 35.91 points or 0.34 percent, from the previous...
MUMBAI: Non-resident Indians are bringing gold into the country by taking advantage of rules that allow each individual to carry 1kg of the...
CAIRO: The Egyptian pound weakened at a foreign exchange auction yesterday, sliding for the fourth time in a row at the central bank’s...
