A utility pole is overloaded with cables in a suburb of Beijing. Electricity usage in China reached an all time high in July...
A utility pole is overloaded with cables in a suburb of Beijing. Electricity usage in China reached an all time high in July...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: The BRICS group of emerging economies will contribute $100bn to a fighting fund to steady currency markets destabilised by an...
MILAN: Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris and US telecoms giant AT&T have contacted the core investors who want to sell their shares in Telecom...
NEW YORK/LONDON: Gold sank almost 2 percent to two-week lows yesterday as upbeat US data heightened expectations the US Federal Reserve may soon...
NEW YORK: Oil futures rose on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday as bullish US economic data and a drawdown in US crude...
JUBA: South Sudan made almost $1bn from oil sales since resuming production in April, of which it had to pass on a quarter...
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. NEW YORK: US and European government bond yields jumped yesterday, with...
MUMBAI: India’s rupee strengthened and stocks jumped yesterday after new central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan outlined a reform plan aimed at boosting investor...
DUBAI: Qatar’s one-year currency forwards jumped to a three-year high yesterday and yields rose at a weakly-supported debt auction as foreign investors responded...
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s lira tumbled to a new low yesterday, under-performing other emerging markets as speculators tested the central bank’s resolve to defend it...
WASHINGTON: US private employers added 176,000 jobs in August and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, which could bolster expectations the...
SHANGHAI: China will allow unfettered exchange of its yuan currency in its first free trade zone, a draft plan yesterday showed, in a...
DOHA: Qatar Exchange’s (QE) benchmark index shed 1.62 percent yesterday to hit its lowest since June levels and lost 4.31 percent last week....
H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada receiving a memento. DOHA: Oryx GTL held a spectacular event for all its employees and...
DOHA: Qatar topped the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region in the global competitiveness ranking index compiled by World Economic Forum. The...
DOHA: Mobilisation of labour force and primary construction materials would be the key challenges Qatar’s project industry would be facing in the run-up...
DOHA: Qatar’s banking sector is ready to rise to the challenge of financing an expected $100bn boom in the country’s projects industry until...
NEW YORK: Brent crude oil settled lower yesterday, but with a less dramatic drop than US oil, as it appeared a military strike...
