Business

Nissan’s profit growth stalls 11 May 2013 - 04:29 am

Visitors looking at a Nissan Cube vehicle at the company’s showroom in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, yesterday. TOKYO: Japan’s Nissan said yesterday that...

Opec sees oil demand rising in second half 11 May 2013 - 04:28 am

LONDON: Opec will need to pump slightly more oil than it thought in 2013 and expects global consumption to be much higher in...

Oil loses ground on high supply, strong dollar 11 May 2013 - 04:28 am

NEW YORK/LONDON: Crude futures on both sides of the Atlantic lost ground yesterday as rising fuel supplies and a stronger dollar put oil...

G7 focuses on growth, austerity 11 May 2013 - 04:28 am

AYLESBURY, United Kingdom: The Group of Seven top economies kick-started fresh talks on spurring growth yesterday amid US-Europe divisions over the scale of...

German trade surplus falls as EU crisis bites 11 May 2013 - 04:27 am

BERLIN: German exports, the driving force of Europe’s top economy, are being weighed down by the eurozone debt crisis, data showed yesterday, amid...

Iberia wipes out progress at British Airways 11 May 2013 - 04:27 am

LONDON: International Airlines Group reported wider first-quarter operating losses yesterday, as deepening trouble at its Spanish carrier Iberia wiped out progress at British...

India industrial output rises 2.5pc 11 May 2013 - 04:22 am

Workers lift a container filled with molten iron inside an iron casting unit at an industrial estate on the outskirts of the western...

Aircraft maintenance woes 11 May 2013 - 04:21 am

Staff from Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Co (TAECO) cycle out of their company after work in Xiamen, south China’s Fujian province yesterday. A...

Britain’s Co-op Bank rules out state help after capital warning 11 May 2013 - 04:20 am

LONDON: The Co-operative Bank ruled out government support yesterday, after a warning from ratings agency Moody’s that it might need taxpayers’ money to...

Abu Dhabi tourism company’s loss widens amid property weakness 11 May 2013 - 04:19 am

ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi tourism development company which is building local branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums posted a widening loss...

Turkey to help Iraq build oil pipeline 11 May 2013 - 04:19 am

ANKARA: Opec member Iraq will need new oil pipelines to export its crude to world markets as it prepares to raise production, and...

Dubai nears last big debt restructuring 10 May 2013 - 12:40 am

The Emirates Towers, which house the headquarters of Dubai Group, are pictured on Sheikh Zayed road in Dubai, yesterday. DUBAI: The Dubai Group...

Dreamliner takes shape 10 May 2013 - 12:38 am

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner is built at the Everett factory in US. Japan’s All Nippon Airways, Boeing’s biggest Dreamliner customer with 17 jets,...

Iran woos Indian firms with sweeter contracts on oil 10 May 2013 - 12:38 am

DUBAI/DELHI: Iran has offered new, more alluring terms to reluctant Indian companies to win the investment it craves for its decaying energy sector...

Oil slides below $104 on ample global supply 10 May 2013 - 12:38 am

LONDON: Brent crude fell below $104 a barrel yesterday as rising fuel supplies and faltering demand pointed to a growing surplus of oil...

Syria pushing neighbours into slump 10 May 2013 - 12:38 am

BEIRUT: The economic devastation of Syria’s war could drive the economies of neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan into reverse, Syria’s former deputy prime minister...

QE up 99.20 points this week 10 May 2013 - 12:14 am

The Qatar Exchange headquarters at Al Dana Tower, in West Bay. Doha: Qatar Exchange (QE) index gained 99.20 points, or an increase of...

Emirates’ profit surges amid expansion push 10 May 2013 - 12:14 am

An Emirates Airline’s Airbus A380 superjumbo plane at Dubai World Central or Al Maktoum International Airport. DUBAI: Dubai’s Emirates airline defied aviation gloom...