THE HAGUE: Dutch banker ING yesterday said it has completed the sale of its South Korean insurance arm ING Life Korea to private...
THE HAGUE: Dutch banker ING yesterday said it has completed the sale of its South Korean insurance arm ING Life Korea to private...
SINGAPORE: One of Singapore’s sovereign wealth funds confirmed yesterday it had acquired a 50 percent stake in a major City of London office...
RasGas’ Liquefied Natural Gas tanker ‘Fuwairit’ berthed at the Kochi LNG Receiving Terminal in India. DOHA: RasGas successfully delivered its first cargo aboard...
The chief executive officer of QIC Khalifa Al Sub’ie DOHA: Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) is planning to set up a special department for...
A computer rendition of the Mall of Qatar. DOHA: Drake & Scull Qatar (DSI Qatar), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International...
An aerial view of Manila yesterday. The Philippine economy should grow 7 percent this year, and between 6.5 and 7.5 percent next year,...
A man uses an Apple iPhone in front of China Mobile banners at one of its branches in Beijing yesterday. NEW YORK: US...
Shoppers on Oxford Street — Britain’s busiest shopping street — in London’s West End yesterday. LONDON: British retailers risked missing out on the...
MUMBAI: Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the sovereign wealth fund, is in talks to invest $200m in residential property in India, a source with...
DOHA: Public sector deposits retreated by 5 percent month-on-month in November, but up 28.1 percent year-to-date, while private sector deposits gained by 3.7...
Doha/Dubai: Qatar Exchange ended in the green area yesterday adding 50.38 points (0.50 percent) advance to 10,453.15 points from 10,402.77 on Sunday. The...
DOHA: Qatar’s merchandise trade balance — the difference between exports and imports — increased sixfold from QR64.1bn to QR392.2bn during 2006-2012. Total exports,...
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s lira hovered near a record low yesterday, hammered by domestic political tensions and the US Federal Reserve’s decision to start trimming...
LONDON: Gold edged lower yesterday, on course for its largest annual loss in 32 years, as thin pre-holiday trade and signs of an...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday announced a record budget of $228bn for next year, slightly up from $218.7bn set aside for this year. The...
CAIRO: Egypt will complete payment this week of $1.5bn of the $6.3bn it says it owes oil firms, a state executive said yesterday,...
SEOUL: South Korea’s Hyundai group has announced a restructuring plan to sell off financial units for more than $3bn in an effort to...
MUMBAI: Morgan Stanley is selling its Indian mutual fund assets to a joint venture between India’s HDFC and Britain’s Standard Life, becoming the...
