Business / World Business

This file photo taken on June 10, 2016 shows an advertising board in the City of Warri in the Delta State. (AFP /...

The logo of Mitsubishi Motors is displayed in front of the company’s headquarters in Tokyo yesterday.     TOKYO: Mitsubishi Motors Corp  said yesterday more...

European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager at a news conference in Brussels yesterday.     Brussels: The European Union yesterday ordered Apple to pay a record €13bn...

By Engen Tham and Shu Zhang Four of China’s so-called ‘Big Five’ state-owned banks have warned that profits will continue to be pressured...

By Lu Wang and Joseph Ciolli They can’t both be right. Below the surface of the calmest stock market in five decades, a...

PARIS: Trade talks between the European Union and the United States should be halted and a new set started, France’s trade minister said...

New York: The pace of gains in US home prices slowed June but solid demand and tight supplies should keep a floor on...

Hershey’s chocolate bars in Chicago, Illinois.   Washington: US industrial snacks giant Mondelez International said it had dropped plans to merge with chocolatier The...

  Beijing: All of China's "Big Four" state-owned banks reported mounting bad loans in the first half of the year, statements showed, as the...

  By Hajer M'tiri PARIS: France on Tuesday called for an end to talks over the controversial Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between...

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria has confirmed the discovery of a considerable deposits of nickel in its northwestern Kaduna state, raising optimism...

By Frances Schwartzkopff It may seem odd to turn down returns of 12 percent in these days of negatives yields, but that’s what...

By Michael McDonald When the University of Connecticut sought help managing a slice of its small endowment, TIAA found it was competing with...

DOHA: Thomson Reuters Lipper yesterday announced the winners of the Middle East and North Africa Markets and Global Islamic Fund Awards 2016. These...

DOHA: QNB Group will be among more than 200 delegates and exhibitors from the Arab region expected to take part in Sibos 2016,...

Rome: Facebook Inc will not become a media company, its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said yesterday, telling students the firm would remain...

  Cars for sale at a Toyota Scion dealer in Hollywood, California. US consumers spent at a solid pace in July while the key...

A Bitcoin paper wallet with QR codes and coins at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris.   By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss When hackers penetrated a...