A view of the Cuadrilla drilling site in Balcombe, southern England, yesterday. Caudrilla Resources has suspended drilling in southern England in response to...
A view of the Cuadrilla drilling site in Balcombe, southern England, yesterday. Caudrilla Resources has suspended drilling in southern England in response to...
LONDON: Libya’s largest refinery yesterday loaded its first petroleum products tanker since labour unrest hit the oil sector nearly three weeks ago but...
YANGON: Qatari telecoms giant Ooredoo yesterday pledged to introduce “affordable” phone services to Myanmar next year as it pumps $15bn into one of...
MOSCOW: Russia denied yesterday that it was waging a trade war with Ukraine to discourage its ex-Soviet neighbour from establishing closer political and...
A pedestrian walks past a foreign exchange dealer’s shop window with signs of various currencies in Mumbai yesterday. MUMBAI: India’s rupee plunged to...
Visitors observe the aircraft exhibited at the Latin American Business Aviation Exhibition ‘Labace 2013’, organised by Brazilian General Aviation Association (ABAG) in Sao...
Paris: Broadcast tower operator Telediffusion de France (TDF) received bids below the ¤4bn ($5.32bn) asking price for its domestic unit, raising concern about...
LONDON: Sterling hit a two-month high against a basket of currencies yesterday as improving UK data prompted markets to bring forward expectations when...
PARIS: Rating agency Standard&Poor’s downgraded debt issued by Tunisia by two notches yesterday because of rising opposition to the government. Tunisia’s opposition have...
TAIPEI: Taiwan revised its expectations for full year economic growth downwards yesterday, citing a weaker global economic outlook and slowing exports and consumer...
TOKYO: Tokyo investors next week will be looking for more clues about the state of the US economy, while Japanese trade data due...
Jobseekers wait in line to enter a job fair at a new Target retail store in San Francisco, California, yesterday. Hundreds applied for...
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: The stars may be aligning for a long-awaited deal between Apple Inc and China Mobile Ltd, the world’s biggest mobile carrier,...
DOHA: Breaking its bull run, Qatar Exchange yesterday witnessed a minor correction. The 20-stock index dropped 119.68 points or 1.20 percent to close...
DUBAI: Qatar’s central bank (QCB) has sent a draft circular on new Basel III capital rules to conventional and Islamic banks that includes...
Shoppers walk past a temporary store front display in central London yesterday. LONDON: British retail sales rose at their fastest annual rate in...
NEW YORK: Oil prices rose on both sides of the Atlantic, and Brent hit a four-month high yesterday on fears that escalating violence...
Washington: Wal-Mart Stores Inc reported a surprise decline in quarterly same-store sales in the United States, its biggest market, after shoppers came in...
