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Spain to take action against short sales in Bankia 23 Dec 2013 - 03:14 am

A view of Bankia’s headquarters building in Madrid. MADRID: Spain’s stock market regulator said it was ready to take action against a series...

Qatargas’ DHT project achieves safety milestone 22 Dec 2013 - 07:11 am

Officials and staff of Qatargas’ Diesel Hydrotreater project celebrating the safety milestone. DOHA: Qatargas’ Laffan Refinery’s Diesel Hydrotreater (DHT) project made yet another...

Manipulation in Spanish power sale, says minister 22 Dec 2013 - 07:09 am

Street lights are silhouetted against the sky in Bilbao yesterday. Spain’s competition regulator CNMC said it was annulling the results of a quarterly...

Commercial Bank renews partnership with Meeza 22 Dec 2013 - 07:07 am

Officials of Commercialbank and Meeza during the signing ceremony. DOHA: Commercial Bank has renewed its two-year partnership with Meeza, a Qatar Foundation joint...

NBK Automobiles, MBM sign agreement 22 Dec 2013 - 07:06 am

Officials during the vehicle handing over ceremony. Doha: Nasser Bin Khaled (NBK) Automobiles, the exclusive distributor of Mercedes-Benz branded vehicles in Qatar, yesterday...

Mexican president signs law opening oil industry 22 Dec 2013 - 07:05 am

A demonstrator blocks a cameraman during a march against the radical reform of the country’s energy market in downtown Mexico City. MEXICO CITY:...

GT Academy celebrates fifth year of training 22 Dec 2013 - 07:04 am

DUBAI: When GT Academy began five years ago, many people thought Nissan and PlayStation were crazy for believing they could turn a Gran...

Protest against inflation in San Francisco 22 Dec 2013 - 07:03 am

Protesters block a bus full of Apple employees during a protest against rising costs of living in San Francisco, California, yesterday.

South Korea may not finalise F-35 order 22 Dec 2013 - 06:59 am

WASHINGTON: South Korea is unlikely to finalise any orders for the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealth fighter jet until the summer or fall...

Spain pushes part-time contracts in bid to create jobs 22 Dec 2013 - 06:58 am

MADRID: Spain’s centre-right government made rules on part-time jobs more attractive for employers and decreed other labour market reforms yesterday in a fresh...

EU takes Brazil to WTO over car taxes 22 Dec 2013 - 06:58 am

BRUSSELS: The EU launched a case against Brazil at the World Trade Organisation over the South American nation’s taxes on imports from cars...

Lenders ahead of liquidity rule: EU watchdog 22 Dec 2013 - 06:58 am

LONDON: The European Union’s top banks hold on average bigger cash-like buffers than required though some specialised lenders should get some leeway, the...

Europe oil refining guru back with growth plan 22 Dec 2013 - 06:57 am

LONDON: One of Europe’s most successful oil entrepreneurs, Marcel van Poecke, is back with a plan. Having made his name and fortune in...

Banks to repay €20.7bn of three-year loans: ECB 22 Dec 2013 - 06:57 am

FRANKFURT: Banks will return ¤20.7 billion euros of crisis loans early to the European Central Bank next week, the ECB said, much more...

Budget deal not to change US fiscal outlook 22 Dec 2013 - 06:55 am

Doha: The US Congress approved a two–year budget deal last week, further avoiding the spectre of another government shutdown. While this marks a...

Top executive of Infosys steps down 22 Dec 2013 - 06:55 am

NEW DELHI: A top executive of Infosys, tipped as a future chief executive of the outsourcing giant has resigned, the latest in a...

Peugeot begins operations in Vietnam 22 Dec 2013 - 06:53 am

Doha: Nine months after the signature at Ho-Chi-Minh City of a partnership agreement (for import, distribution and assembly), Peugeot and the Vietnamese Thaco...

Emirates boosts superjumbo fleet to 44 planes 22 Dec 2013 - 06:52 am

DUBAI: Dubai’s Emirates Airline announced it has boosted its fleet of Airbus A380s to 44 planes, taking delivery of another two of the...