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Trump administration pressed Dutch hard to cancel China chip-equipment sale 06 Jan 2020 - 08:59 pm
Employees are seen working on the final assembly of ASML's TWINSCAN NXE:3400B semiconductor lithography tool with its panels removed, in Veldhoven, Netherlands, in this picture taken April 4, 2019. Bart van Overbeeke Fotografie/ASML/Handout via Reuters
Citi’s investment bank plans to hire 2,500 programmers this year 06 Jan 2020 - 08:59 pm
Workers walk to work during the morning rush hour in the financial district of Canary Wharf in London, Britain, January 26, 2017. Reuters / Eddie Keogh
Carlos Ghosn banks include Swiss Julius Baer, report says 06 Jan 2020 - 07:21 pm
Carlos Ghosn (AFP file photo)
UK car sales fall for third year on Brexit concern, diesel hit 06 Jan 2020 - 07:21 pm
An urban fox sits in the middle of a south London road in the early hours of September 17, 2008. Reuters / Dylan Martinez
German car production drops to 23-year low on waning exports 06 Jan 2020 - 07:21 pm
The Porsche Taycan electric car is presented to the public as a world premiere on September 4, 2019 in a hall of the airfield of Neuhardenberg, eastern Germany. AFP / DPA / Patrick Pleul
Alphabet hits new record as its new CEO earns an analyst upgrade 06 Jan 2020 - 06:38 pm
Sundar Pichai delivers his keynote address during the Google IO developers conference in San Francisco on May 28, 2015. Reuters / Robert Galbraith
Al Messila unveils four unique hydro wellness Worlds 06 Jan 2020 - 09:45 am
A view of Al Messila Wellness Retreat.
Budget hotels continue solid performance; maintain highest revenue growth of 25% 06 Jan 2020 - 09:44 am
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Air France plans to run flight schedule on Jan 6-7 despite strikes 05 Jan 2020 - 08:53 pm
The Air France logo is seen on the Air France headquarters building at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport, October 18, 2015  in Roissy. (Reuters / Jacky Naegelen)
Ghosn’s escape escorts included green beret with rap sheet 05 Jan 2020 - 08:53 pm
Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. Reuters / Issei Kato
Ousted Tata chairman Cyrus Mistry says he doesn’t want his old job back 05 Jan 2020 - 06:41 pm
Cyrus Mistry smiles during the Tata Consultancy Services Ltd annual general meeting in Mumbai, June 27. 2014. Reuters
Qatar signs long-term LNG deal with Kuwait 05 Jan 2020 - 02:37 pm
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Huge public spending to boost real estate growth: Ezdan 05 Jan 2020 - 08:32 am
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Some Lebanon banks close over angry clients' demands 04 Jan 2020 - 06:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: A money exchange vendor displays Lebanese pound banknotes at his shop in Beirut, Lebanon, August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
German designer Zobel quits fashion label Courreges 03 Jan 2020 - 07:42 pm
Yolanda Zobel acknowledges the audience at the end of the Courregs Women's Fall-Winter 2019/2020 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris on February 27, 2019.  AFP / Thomas Samson
French govt meets as unions vow to harden pension strike 03 Jan 2020 - 07:30 pm
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire talks in a cafe as he visits shopkeepers, restaurateurs and hotel operators to assess the economic impact of nationwide strikes on pensions reform in Paris, France, January 3, 2020. Reuters/Charles Platiau
US farmers see another bleak year despite Phase 1 trade deal 03 Jan 2020 - 06:50 pm
Raymond Schexnayder Jr, a soybean farmer, closes a bag of soybeans from his farm outside Baton Rouge in Erwinville, Louisiana, July 9, 2018. Reuters / Aleksandra Michalska
UK manufacturing shrinks again: data 02 Jan 2020 - 07:53 pm
Nissan manufacturing staff works in the Trim and Chassis section of their Sunderland Plant in north east England on November 12, 2014. AFP / Oli Scarff