TOKYO: Struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp plans to suspend tie-up negotiations with Taiwan’s Hon Hai and search for new capital partners, local media...
TOKYO: Struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp plans to suspend tie-up negotiations with Taiwan’s Hon Hai and search for new capital partners, local media...
People walking past the AIG headquarters in New York’s financial district. The company reported a $4bn loss mainly due to the sale of...
LONDON: Companies in Britain could be forced to switch accountants to break up the cosy relationships between the “Big Four” and their clients,...
LONDON: European stock markets rebounded while the euro slid against the dollar yesterday as traders welcomed improving economic fortunes in Germany and looked...
NEW DELHI: India’s imports of oil from Iran rose 3.7 percent in January from December, but overall purchases fell 21.8 percent in the...
PARIS: Air France-KLM said yesterday that its net loss deepened by nearly 50 percent last year to ¤1.2bn ($1.59bn) as it began restructuring...
Workers inspecting the VW Tiguan and Touran models coming off the assembly line in Wolfsburg, central Germany. Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker, said its...
BRUSSELS: The euro zone will not return to growth until 2014 and struggling Spain and France will be among those who miss debt-cutting...
ANKARA: Turkey yesterday cancelled a $5.7bn tender for the privatisation of toll roads and bridges over the Bosphorus because the price tag was...
NICOSIA: The Greek-exposed banking system of Cyprus needs up to ¤8.86bn as part of an EU bailout to save the island from bankruptcy,...
Most of Europe’s gas supplies still linked to oil prices: ReportLONDON: Europe’s natural gas supplies are still mostly paid for by contracts that...
PARIS: The European Comm-ission wants to conclude its investigation into the fixing of lending benchmarks Euribor and Libor this year and has offered...
DOHA: Industries Qatar (IQ), one of the region’s industrial giants with interests in the production, distribution and sale of a wide range of...
Sony Computer Entertainment President and Group CEO Andrew House speaks on stage at the announcement of the new Sony Playstation 4 at the...
BRUSSELS: The European Union yesterday agreed its first law to regulate safety in offshore oil and gas drilling across the 27-member bloc and...
SAN FRANCISCO: Google yesterday unveiled a touch-screen notebook computer designed for high-end PC users, throwing down a gauntlet for Apple and its MacBooks....
Doha: Qatar Exchange’s main index dropped by 58.28 points (0.66 percent) last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 8,734.56 points. The trading...
Doha: Qatar Exchange (QE) suspended as of yesterday and till further notice, trading of Salam International shares following a directive issued by Qatar...