Business

QE to introduce margin trading, short selling 25 May 2014 - 01:31 am

Qatar Exchange CEO Rashid Al Mansoori (fourth right) and other dignitaries at a meeting in London. DOHA: The Qatari bourse is planning to...

Wataniya becomes Ooredoo 25 May 2014 - 01:28 am

Abdulaziz Fakhroo, General Manager and CEO of Ooredoo in Kuwait, announcing the transition from Wataniya to Ooredoo. DOHA: Wataniya Telecom, Kuwait’s first privately-owned...

Savoy Education Centre gets ISO certification 25 May 2014 - 01:28 am

Doha: Savoy Education Centre has got the ISO 9001:2008 certification on Quality Management System recently, the company said in a statement. The certification...

Rosneft, BP to explore for shale oil in Russia 25 May 2014 - 01:23 am

Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller (left) talks to Lukoil CEO Vagit Alekperov during the SPIEF 2014 in St Petersburg. ST PETERSBURG: Rosneft and...

Russia may speed up new gas route to China 25 May 2014 - 01:21 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre) attends a signing of documents between Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei (left), the Minister of Energy of the...

Yakult factory in US 25 May 2014 - 01:21 am

Workers at Yakult assembly line of the first Yakult probiotic drink factory opened in the United States in California.

Qatar has second highest inflation rate in the GCC 25 May 2014 - 01:12 am

Doha: Inflation rates in the GCC registered increases by between 0.73 percent and 2.96 percent by end of March 2014 when compared to...

US wins car import case against China 25 May 2014 - 01:12 am

WASHINGTON: The United States has won a trade dispute with China over duties slapped on US exports of large cars and sport utility...

Eurozone recovery is under way, but remains fragile: QNB 25 May 2014 - 01:11 am

Doha: The eurozone economic recovery is slowly under way, but it remains fragile, says a weekly report by Qatar National Bank (QNB) yesterday. ...

Tech firms to pay $325m to settle hiring lawsuit 25 May 2014 - 01:11 am

New York: Four major Silicon Valley companies have formally agreed to pay $325m to settle claims brought by employees who accused them of...

Barclays fined £26m for gold fix failings 25 May 2014 - 01:11 am

London: Barclays has been fined £26m, and one of its former traders banned from working in the City — London’s financial district —...

Tech firms to pay $325m to settle hiring lawsuit 25 May 2014 - 01:10 am

New York: Four major Silicon Valley companies have formally agreed to pay $325m to settle claims brought by employees who accused them of...

EU should heed European firms 25 May 2014 - 01:10 am

ST PETERSBURG: The European Union should consider the interests of European companies working in Russia when deciding on whether to impose sanctions on...

‘US-EU trade talks challenging’ 25 May 2014 - 01:09 am

Washington: US and EU trade representatives ended another “challenging” round of talks and hard work still lies ahead, the chief US negotiator Dan...

Uber taxi app seeks capital at $12bn value 25 May 2014 - 01:09 am

NEW YORK: Uber, the startup app that connects people with taxis and drivers, is seeking to raise fresh capital that would give it...

Travel agency protest in Venezuela 25 May 2014 - 12:08 am

A travel agency worker takes part in a protest demanding the government pay airlines in front of tourism ministry building in Caracas. Venezuela...

Job loss in Canada 25 May 2014 - 12:07 am

Motorised mannequins hold signs that read Hire Me in Toronto. Canada’s economy unexpectedly shed 28,900 jobs in April, mainly due to steep declines...

Takeover shores up lobbying giant Patton Boggs 25 May 2014 - 12:06 am

Washington: Troubled US lobbying giant Patton Boggs avoided a financial cliff on Friday when a larger law firm agreed to acquire many of...