Business

Qatar plans $30bn tenders in 2013-14 04 Nov 2012 - 07:54 am

DOHA: Qatar will see an upsurge in project tenders and awards in the next two years, as the country enters the next crucial...

Hindujas near $1.1bn deal to buy US chemical firm 04 Nov 2012 - 07:54 am

NEW DELHI: India’s Hinduja Group is close to acquiring US oils and chemicals firm Houghton for $1.1bn as the family-owned conglomerate seeks a...

Guinea, UAE sign bauxite supply deal 04 Nov 2012 - 07:54 am

DUBAI: Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG) signed a long-term supply agreement with the United Arab Emirates for bauxite, the main raw material...

Debt crisis to overshadow Asem summit in Laos 04 Nov 2012 - 07:53 am

BANGKOK: Debt-laden Euro-pean nations will lobby Asia’s economic dynamos for help to calm the crisis raging in the eurozone at a major summit...

Croatia pipeline woe 04 Nov 2012 - 07:52 am

ZAGREB: Croatian President Ivo Josipovic yesterday voiced regret that Gazprom’s South Stream pipeline, an investment worth several hundred million euros, would not pass...

Apple launches new iPad mini 03 Nov 2012 - 05:55 am

ROME: Shoppers got their hands on Apple’s new iPad mini yesterday, launched with less fanfare than previous incarnations amid talk it might have...

US adds 171,000 jobs in October 03 Nov 2012 - 05:55 am

WASHINGTON: The United States added 171,000 jobs in October, far more than expected, while the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9 percent, the...

Turkey signs $350m Iraq oil drilling deal 03 Nov 2012 - 05:53 am

ANKARA: Turkey has signed a $350m deal on drilling 40 oil wells in the southern Iraqi Basra area and is in talks with...

Algeria sops for energy investors 03 Nov 2012 - 05:52 am

ALGIERS: Algeria plans to start linking taxes on foreign energy firms to profits instead of turnover, according to draft amendments to its hydrocarbons...

Global air passenger traffic growth slows 03 Nov 2012 - 05:52 am

GENEVA: Global air passenger traffic growth has slowed considerably, and rose by just 4.1 percent year-on-year in September, the International Air Transport Association...

Wipro net profit rises 24 percent 03 Nov 2012 - 05:52 am

MUMBAI: Wipro, India’s third-largest outsourcing firm, said quarterly net profit jumped by a surprise 24 percent on stronger demand as clients sought to...

Apple launches new iPad mini 03 Nov 2012 - 03:07 am

Customers look over Apple’s iPad mini at an Apple store in London yesterday. ROME: Shoppers got their hands on Apple’s new iPad mini...

Full output ramp-up at Pearl GTL soon: Shell 02 Nov 2012 - 05:51 am

LONDON: Royal Dutch Shell Chief Financial Officer Simon Henry said the company was “nearly there” in ramping up to full output at its...

QE market cap falls to QR467.4bn in October 02 Nov 2012 - 05:50 am

DOHA: Qatari equities rose marginally last month. The main index of the Qatari bourse added 36.28 points, or 0.43 percent, during October over...

Japan’s electronics sector warns of dire outlook 02 Nov 2012 - 05:49 am

TOKYO: Warnings from Panasonic and Sharp that they will post a combined annual loss of more than $15bn has reignited fears about the...

Iraq opens biggest trade fair in 20 years 02 Nov 2012 - 05:48 am

Baghdad: Iraq opened yesterday its biggest trade fair in more than 20 years, the latest step in Baghdad’s efforts to rebuild an economy...

Glencore says Q3 solid, but outlook gloomy 02 Nov 2012 - 05:48 am

ZURICH: Swiss commodities giant Glencore said yesterday that its performance in the third quarter had been good, but cautioned that there was no...

ExxonMobil Q3 profit dips 02 Nov 2012 - 05:48 am

NEW YORK: US energy giant ExxonMobil reported yesterday a smaller-than-expected dip in profit for the third quarter on falling production and sales. Net...