SAN FRANCISCO: Global sales of tablet computers surged by 142.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 as more and more consumers chose...
SAN FRANCISCO: Global sales of tablet computers surged by 142.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 as more and more consumers chose...
Qatar Central Bank Governor H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saoud Al Thani (centre) receiving a memento from Dr Abdessattar Khouildi (left), General-Secretary of...
A migrant worker passes by The People’s Bank of China in Beijing yesterday. Manufacturing activity in China slowed slightly in April from the...
DOHA: Qatari stocks showed slight gains last month with the benchmark index of the bourse up 99.38 points (or 1.16 percent) to 8,677.10...
DOHA: Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) has approved the liquidity provision scheme that can be carried out by the financial services firms, which...
NEW YORK: US oil stocks reached a new three-decade high and pressed crude prices lower yesterday, as US oil production continued to surge...
DOHA/CAIRO: EFG Hermes, the leading investment bank in the Arab world, and QInvest, Qatar’s leading investment bank yesterday confirmed the expiration of a...
DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), the state’s largest Shariah-compliant lender by assets, is not expecting to issue more Islamic bonds before 2014, its...
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve stuck to its plan to buy $85bn in bonds each month to push down borrowing costs and prop...
DUBAI: For years, Dubai’s top bank Emirates NBD (ENBD) relied on its home base and cosy relationship with leading government-related entities in the...
LONDON: Gold coins, jewellery and bars looked like a bargain after prices crashed more than $200 an ounce in two days last month,...
DUBAI: The Dubai builder of the world’s highest tower, the Burj Khalifa, hinted it might develop an even taller skyscraper and two conglomerates...
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the morning bell yesterday. LONDON: The British stock market rose in...
Doha: Qatar Exchange was down 9.25 points or 0.11 percent to 8,667.85 points yesterday from the previous closing of 8,677.10 points. Among the...
NEW DELHI: The world economy is not growing fast enough to generate jobs for millions who have become unemployed due to the financial...
LONDON/DUBAI: Opec is again attempting to break the deadlock over selecting its next secretary general, after rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran last...
NEW YORK: Technology giant Apple confirmed yesterday that it sold $17bn in bonds in the biggest corporate debt issue ever. The bond sale,...
DUBAI: Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has dealt with much of its balance sheet weakness and should see profits for 2013 grow in the...
