THE HAGUE: Mexican telecom operator America Movil yesterday launched a bid for Dutch KPN, valuing it at ¤10.2bn ($13.6bn), putting KPN’s intended sale...
THE HAGUE: Mexican telecom operator America Movil yesterday launched a bid for Dutch KPN, valuing it at ¤10.2bn ($13.6bn), putting KPN’s intended sale...
TOKYO: Japan’s eye-watering national debt has topped one quadrillion yen, official data showed yesterday, a record figure that underlines Tokyo’s struggle to curb...
LONDON: European markets closed higher yesterday, with mining stocks in particular receiving a boost from better-than-expected industrial output data from China, dealers said....
LONDON: The risk premium on Italian bonds hit its lowest since July 2011 yesterday, with the government’s solid funding position and signs the...
LONDON: Britain’s biggest retailer, supermarket chain Tesco, said yesterday that it is in exclusive talks over combining its Chinese operations with those of...
LONDON: Britain’s Environment Agency (EA) proposed new guidance yesterday that could further delay the already lengthy application process for launching shale and other...
PARIS: The International Energy Agency trimmed its outlook for oil demand over the next 18 months and highlighted threats to the dominance of...
LONDON: Looking beyond the problems of a region beset by regime change in Egypt, a security crisis in Yemen and civil war in...
BEIJING: China’s imports and exports showed an unexpected jump in July, government data showed yesterday in a positive sign for the world’s second-biggest...
NEW YORK: Crude oil prices on both sides of the Atlantic dropped sharply yesterday, falling for the fifth straight session as traders liquidated...
ATHENS: Greece’s jobless rate hit a new record high of 27.6 percent in May, official national data showed yesterday as the country staggers...
COPENHAGEN/LONDON: Chinese authorities have visited a site operated by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk A/S, the world’s biggest maker of insulin, in the latest...
LONDON: GlaxoSmithKline raised its bet on using electrical signals in the body to target diseases yesterday with the launch of a $50m strategic...
TOKYO: Japan yesterday pledged to cut a whopping $83bn out of its budget over two years as it works to bring down the...
MUMBAI: Indian carrier Jet Airways, which is set to sell a minority stake to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad, yesterday posted its second straight quarterly...
MUMBAI: India’s central bank announced fresh measures yesterday to reduce volatility in the forex market and aid the ailing rupee which hit a...
Traders work in front of the German share price index DAX board at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange yesterday. LONDON: European stock markets rebounded...
DOHA: The banking and financial services and the consumer goods and services indices helped Qatar Exchange (QE) extend its rally this week. The...
