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Vintage parade 19 Jan 2014 - 07:36 am

A French Talbot car is parked on the Concorde Square during the 14th edition of the “Traversee de Paris en anciennes” (Vintage Paris...

Commodity imports rise in China 19 Jan 2014 - 07:35 am

Vans and cranes are parked in a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. Chinese commodity imports rose strongly in 2013, with coal and iron...

Jeep can hit 1m sales: Chrysler CEO 19 Jan 2014 - 07:35 am

The new Chrysler 200 C sedan on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. DETROIT: Now that Italy’s Fiat SpA ...

Spanish fashion label speeds global growth 19 Jan 2014 - 07:34 am

A woman hands out bags of Spanish fashion brand Desigual at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin. BERLIN: Spanish fashion label Desigual is...

Fitting-out wharf of Meyer Shipyards 19 Jan 2014 - 07:33 am

Employees of Meyer Shipyards work on the inland waterway passenger ship Viking Eistla at the fitting-out wharf in Papenburg, Germany. The ship is...

Zero emissions taxi 19 Jan 2014 - 07:33 am

A Metrocab zero emissions taxi is parked outside city Hall in London. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced plans to make all...

Algeria to double gas production in 10 years: Minister 19 Jan 2014 - 07:32 am

ALGIERS: Algeria plans to double natural gas production and hike oil output by 50 percent within 10 years helped by major exploration success...

Moody’s raises Ireland’s rating 19 Jan 2014 - 07:32 am

DUBLIN: Moody’s raised Ireland’s sovereign debt rating yesterday, pulling it out of junk territory to an investment-grade Baa3 in recognition of the eurozone...

HSBC, Citigroup suspend four forex traders 19 Jan 2014 - 07:31 am

LONDON: HSBC and Citigroup both suspended foreign exchange traders yesterday as a global probe into possible currency market manipulation intensified. Regulators from the...

QP, Maersk Oil to present 14 co-authored papers at IPTC 19 Jan 2014 - 07:31 am

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Maersk Oil have partnered to publish a series of new technical papers and presentations for the 7th International...

China to be largest energy importer by 2035: Report 19 Jan 2014 - 07:31 am

London: China is expected to exceed Europe to become the largest energy importer in the world by 2035, said a report issued by...

Commercial Bank unit holds SME workshop 19 Jan 2014 - 07:30 am

DOHA: Aiming at providing tailored solutions to local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Enterprise Banking, an SME-dedicated unit of Commercial Bank, recently hosted...

UK watchdog to review accounting changes after deal 19 Jan 2014 - 07:30 am

LONDON: Britain’s competition watchdog will review changes it has ordered to prise open an accounting sector dominated by four big players after the...

Intel to reduce workforce by 5pc this year 19 Jan 2014 - 07:30 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Intel Corp plans to reduce its global workforce of 107,000 by about 5 percent this year as the chipmaker, struggling with...

EU wants common rules for shale gas ‘fracking’ 19 Jan 2014 - 07:29 am

BRUSSELS: The European Commission wants EU member states to accept common environment and health rules if they use controversial ‘fracking’ to develop shale...

Commodity prices rise amid supply issues 19 Jan 2014 - 07:29 am

LONDON: World oil prices rose last week as traders balanced positive global economic data against an improving supply picture. Elsewhere on commodity markets,...

Nintendo slashes sales target for Wii U console 19 Jan 2014 - 07:29 am

TOKYO: Nintendo on Friday warned it would swing back into the red this fiscal year as the Japanese gaming giant slashed its sales...

Wipro sees more clients from US 19 Jan 2014 - 07:28 am

Bangalore: Signalling a turnaround in global technology spend, Indian IT bellwether Wipro is again seeing a healthy pipeline with customers in the US...