A Tudor-style home is being renovated for resale in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES: Jan Brzeski stands in...
A Tudor-style home is being renovated for resale in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES: Jan Brzeski stands in...
CAIRO: Egypt’s smaller companies have struggled since the uprising that pushed aside Hosni Mubarak in 2011. But in a few corners of the...
BERLIN: German opposition parties accused Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday of lying before elections next month about the risks of a new bailout for...
SAO PAULO: Brazil’s state-run energy giant Petrobras funneled kickbacks to officials from political parties, the weekly Epoca news magazine reported yesterday. Epoca cited...
Sudanis work on a tractor in an experimental rice field that is cultivated as part of the Japanese-backed Gezira rice programme in Wad...
PARIS: French banks are back in the good graces of investors after turning in surprisingly strong quarterly results that appear to show they...
SAN FRANCISCO: Months of public bickering, secretive backroom negotiations and eleventh-hour deals for control of Dell Inc belie the fact that the combatants...
PARIS: The bid by Mexican telecom operator America Movil for Dutch KPN could signal the start of consolidation in the highly fragmented and...
PARIS: French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said yesterday that there has been “no change” in the country’s 2013 growth forecast, after it appeared...
YANGON: Myanmar has picked South Korea’s state-run airport operator to build a new international hub near its main city, as the once-isolated nation...
People sit on board an Aeroflot Airbus A330 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. MOSCOW: A Russian budget airline? The thought may fill some travellers...
PARIS: Car industries in the United States and Europe are showing clear signs of getting back on track after severe setbacks during the...
LONDON: Banks cut 5,500 branches across the European Union last year, 2.5 percent of the total, leaving the region with 20,000 fewer outlets...
SAN FRANCISCO: Online financial transactions titan PayPal says it is keen to collaborate with others as it strives for a cash-free future. “We...
An employee holds Apple’s iPhone 4s (left) and Samsung’s Galaxy S III at a store in Seoul. WASHINGTON: The US International Trade Commi-ssion...
DOHA: Steady economic and population growth,associated with rapid urbanisation, has led to an increase in energy demand to meet rising electricity and desalinated...
Motorcyclists ride under a mobile phones promotion banner in Islamabad. Pakistan’s cash-strapped new government has promised to sell 3G mobile telephone licences to...
NEW DELHI: The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has said it plans to sell some of its Indian assets, including its credit card...
