HONG KONG: China’s yuan has joined the ranks of the most traded currencies for the first time, underlining the growing might of the...
HONG KONG: China’s yuan has joined the ranks of the most traded currencies for the first time, underlining the growing might of the...
LONDON: Oil prices won support this week from fears of a US-led military strike against Syria, while commodity market traders reacted also to...
MILAN: Egyptian telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris said yesterday that he was still interested in taking a stake in Telecom Italia but might be...
CAIRO: Since sinking its first oil well in Egypt’s Western Desert in 1994, Houston’s Apache Corp. has locked up exploration rights for nearly...
NEW YORK: Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said on Friday that he intends to stay as head of the second-biggest...
A Greek man walks past an effigy depicting a public school guard with a banner reading “This is not a suicide, it is...
ASTANA: Chinese President Xi Jinping struck a deal with Kazakhstan yesterday giving China a stake in its giant Kashagan oil project, a highlight...
NEW YORK CITY: China’s biggest mobile carrier looks set to sell Apple’s iPhone, hugely increasing the California-based company’s distribution in the world’s largest...
DOHA: The Arab Investment & Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dhaman), in collaboration with Arab Planning Institute (API) and Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) arrives for the family picture event during the G20 summit in St Petersburg yesterday. ST. PETERSBURG: The Group...
A view of creeks and vegetation devastated as a result of spills from oil thieves and Shell operational failures in the Niger Delta....
WASHINGTON: US employers hired fewer workers than expected in August and the jobless rate hit a 4-1/2 year low as Americans gave up...
DUBLIN: Ireland will seek a ¤10bn precautionary credit line to insulate it against possible market shocks when its bailout expires at the end...
NICOSIA: Cyprus’s struggling euro economy moved deeper into recession in the second quarter, contracting 5.9 percent from a year earlier, according to an...
GENEVA: Yemen’s 13 year pursuit of a seat at the World Trade Organisation is set to end successfully this month, making its entry...
KUALA LUMPUR: Primary dealers of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM) said after enjoying healthy demand for its debut Islamic bond last...
NEW YORK: A US judge who found Apple Inc liable for conspiring to fix e-book prices entered an injunction yesterday to bar the...
An employee gathers groceries for a click and collect online customer at an Intermarche supermarket in Lanton, Southwestern France. France has moved fastest...