LONDON: Nationwide, Britain’s biggest customer-owned financial services group, is drawing up plans to raise at least £1bn ($1.5bn) to fill a hole in...
LONDON: Nationwide, Britain’s biggest customer-owned financial services group, is drawing up plans to raise at least £1bn ($1.5bn) to fill a hole in...
Doha: Qatar Exchange continued its losing streak yesterday slipping 14.63 points or 0.16 percent to hit 9,231.56 points from the previous closing of...
A crane stands at a construction site in a neighbourhood undergoing a facelift in Addis Ababa. The construction boom in the Ethiopian capital...
SAN JOSE, California: When high school football coach Kevin Bella needs an intense, heart-to-heart with a player, he goes home and sits on...
A view of wind turbines off the coast of Barbate in southern Spain.
DUBAI: Dubai builder Arabtec, part-owned by Abu Dhabi state fund Aabar, has extended the subscription period for its $650m rights share issue, the...
ROME: Italy will delay for at least three months a rise in sales tax which was due to take effect in July and...
TEHRAN: The Iranian rial has strengthened by more than 15 percent against the dollar since the victory of moderate Hassan Rowhani who was...
By Ole Hansen (Senior Manager, CFD and Listed Products, Saxo Bank) In addition to a strengthening US dollar, weakness was seen across most...
Known to be the most dovish man in the world, in the last FOMC press conference, Ben Bernanke acknowledged that downside risks have...
Nasser Al Jaidah (right) and Djama Ali Guelleh exchanging documents during the signing ceremony. DOHA: Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) has signed a Memorandum...
DOHA: Qatar’s real estate transaction value dropped by 15 percent on year-on-year basis during the first five months this year. The value of...
LUXEMBOURG: European Union finance ministers failed early yesterday to reach an agreement on how to close down failing banks before they can do...
TAIPEI: Taiwan and China signed a wide-ranging agreement to open up their service sectors, another milestone in the ever-closer trade and economic ties...
ATHENS: Greece’s recent government crisis and failure to meet privatisation targets will not derail an international bailout, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said yesterday....
Workers clean a road intersection where Delhi metro work is in progress in New Delhi yesterday. India’s economy grew by five percent in...
Doha: GCC countries continue to have ample liquidity to finance the large investment projects planned over the next few years, according to QNB...
WASHINGTON: The stock market rallied to record heights last month, home prices have rebounded and the wealth of American households has returned to...
