WASHINGTON: US private-sector employers shrugged off a looming budget crisis and stepped up hiring in December, offering further evidence of underlying strength in...
WASHINGTON: US private-sector employers shrugged off a looming budget crisis and stepped up hiring in December, offering further evidence of underlying strength in...
LONDON: European stock markets were mixed yesterday as investor enthusiasm waned over the US fiscal cliff deal that had sparked a rousing global...
Rashid Al Mansoori and Adel Mustafawi shaking hands after the signing ceremony. DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) and Al Rayan Investment yesterday announced the...
A beggar sits next to an ATM in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain, yesterday.
CAIRO: The Egyptian pound fell to record lows and debt insurance costs soared yesterday despite assurances by the country’s Islamist leaders they would...
DOHA: Al Meera Consumer Goods Company has announced that the proposal to increase the capital through a rights issue of 100 percent of...
DOHA: The Qatarlyst Group, comprising Qatar Insurance Services LLC, Qatarlyst SPC and Qatarlyst Limited, and collectively called “Qatarlyst” is on a partnership search. ...
NEW YORK: Oil prices rose to near 11-week highs yesterday, joining in a cross-market New Year rally after the US Congress approved a...
A woman walks past a shop window at a shopping centre in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, on the eve of the winter sale opening.
LONDON: World stock markets surged yesterday for a roaring start to 2013 after US lawmakers clinched a deal to avert a feared “fiscal...
LONDON: Gold rose more than 1 percent to a two-week high yesterday, in line with other commodities and stock markets after the US...
MUSCAT: Oman is banking on oil prices staying high this year to fund heavy spending on job creation and social welfare, according to...
Dubai: Damac Properties, the largest luxury private developer in the Middle East, is giving away luxury Audi’s with properties bought during the Dubai...
A shop displays wholesale fixed prices for its sale items in Singapore yesterday. Singapore’s economy grew in the fourth quarter, avoiding a technical...
DUBAI: Emirates Airlines began operations yesterday from the world’s first concourse dedicated to Airbus’ A380 super jumbos at Dubai’s rapidly expanding airport. Concourse...
MOSCOW: More crude from state-owned top producer Rosneft kept Russian oil output the highest in the world last year, ahead of Saudi Arabia,...
Doha: Qatar Exchange index pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 90.32 points (or 1.08 percent) to advance to 8,449.26 points. Among the top...
NEW YORK: US car rental giant Avis announced plans yesterday to buy the popular auto-sharing service Zipcar in a deal valued at $500m....
