MADRID: Spain’s accumulated public debt soared to a record high at the end of June, the Bank of Spain said yesterday, shattering government...
MADRID: Spain’s accumulated public debt soared to a record high at the end of June, the Bank of Spain said yesterday, shattering government...
LONDON: Gold fell to a five-week low yesterday, heading for its worst week in more than two months on prospects the United States...
VILNIUS: Eurozone finance ministers warned against complacency yesterday as the economy recovers from a record recession, insisting the return to growth does not...
LONDON: Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports have slowed so far in September and may fall further until mid-October due to maintenance,...
NEW DELHI: India’s top economic adviser cut yesterday his growth forecast for this year to 5.3 percent, just above last year’s decade-low expansion,...
TOKYO: Japan Display, the world’s biggest maker of LCD screens for smartphones and tablet computers, plans to raise $2bn in an initial public...
H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada addressing the 5th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable in Seoul. DOHA: H E Dr Mohammed bin...
DOHA: The diminishing prospects of the “limited US strike” in Syria lifted Qatar’s benchmark index 4.51 percent or 414.92 points to close 9,619.84...
DOHA: The Qatar Investment Fund’s (QIF) net asset value per share (NAV) rose to 14.85 percent to $1.16 for the year ended June...
DOHA/PARIS: Given the ongoing political crisis in Egypt, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has reassessed the stand-alone credit profile of Qatar National Bank (QNB)...
CAIRO: Egypt’s budget deficit soared in the last fiscal year as spending on interest rates and energy subsidies increased. Egypt’s budget deficit rose...
LONDON: European stock markets and the euro steadied yesterday as traders reacted to a drop in eurozone industrial production and awaited a key...
JAKARTA/WELLINGTON: Bracing for more turmoil if the US Federal Reserve scales back its economic stimulus next week, Indonesia hiked interest rates to shore...
ISLAMABAD: The Interna-tional Monetary Fund warned Pakistan yesterday that economic growth could be worse than expected next year due to strict austerity measures...
WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits appeared to drop to a near seven-and-a-half year low last week but...
PARIS: An increase in output should help cushion oil markets seized by tension over a possible conflict in the Middle East, the IEA...
From left: Matthew Martin, Banking and Finance Editor at Meed; Yusuf Saeed, Acting AGM for Global Structured Finance, Group Corporate & Institution Banking...
by Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar’s mammoth infrastructure development activity and its ambitious desire to expand its financial sector offer the country an opportunity...
