LONDON: Gold edged lower yesterday as signs of a strengthening US economy encouraged investors to take riskier bets, but speculation that central banks...
LONDON: Gold edged lower yesterday as signs of a strengthening US economy encouraged investors to take riskier bets, but speculation that central banks...
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament yesterday approved a $119.1bn budget for 2013 after weeks of delay, but Kurdish representatives and most members of the main...
DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) index lost 22.36 points or 0.26 percent during this week to close at 8,506.22 points. Trading value during the...
DUBAI: Ports operator DP World Limited is selling its stakes in two container terminals and a logistics centre in Hong Kong for $742m...
DUBAI: Etisalat, the Gulf’s No. 2 telecom operator, expects 2013 revenue of up to $9.4bn, according to a presentation the company gave to...
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s outgoing parliament yesterday confirmed a government decision to pull out of the long-stalled Burgas Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project. A total 115...
DOHA: A new forum to enable women in senior roles within Qatar’s finance and accounting sector to meet and discuss key issues will...
LONDON: Oil prices rose in New York yesterday as dealers eyed the weaker dollar and upbeat US data, but Brent slipped on the...
A general view shows a Petronas petrol station in Putrajaya. Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), Malaysia’s state oil firm, will focus this year on...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama expanded his fledgling search for Republican allies on a possible deficit-reduction bargain when he hosted lunch yesterday for...
WASHINGTON: An influential group of leading world banks warned yesterday that central banks are pumping out too much easy money and markets risk...
London: Britain’s largest coal mine will close permanently with the loss of at least 550 jobs due to a fire that has burned...
A natural gas well is drilled near Canton, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The US shale energy revolution is a “big issue”, UAE’s Oil...
By Satish Kanady DOHA: Moody’s Investors Service has put at least five banks in Qatar under scanner along with seven others in the...
A Venezuelan oil and gas platform in the Atlantic Ocean. LONDON: Venezuela’s vast nationalised oil sector needs to open up to foreign investors...
DUBAI: Iran will barter goods in return for some gas imports from Turkmenistan, an Iranian trade official was quoted as saying yesterday, a...
ABU DHABI: Two Abu Dhabi banks yesterday repaid Dh5.5bn ($1.49bn) in UAE government support they received in the wake of the global financial...
DOHA/DUBAI: Sales of Kia Motors in the UAE have witness a remarkable 22 percent growth in 2012 as compared to 2011, and the...