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Sheikh Fahad bin Ghanim Al Abdul Rahman Al Thani and CEO of Orange Business Services Vivek Badrinath during the official launch. DOHA: Orange...

BAGHDAD: Iraq has approved an oil exploration deal with a Kuwait Energy-led group, a senior oil official said yesterday, to take the place...

PARIS: Negotiations between France and the UAE over the potential sale of 60 Rafale fighter jets to the Gulf country are ongoing and...

HONG KONG: A multi-billion dollar deal in which banking giant HSBC was set to sell its stake in China’s second largest life insurer...

PARIS: French top carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen said yesterday that global sales plunged by 16.5 percent in 2012 owing to contracting demand in...

LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron will damage Britain’s fragile economy if he demands major changes that could threaten the country’s relationship with the...

LONDON: The world’s top banks have three years to build up a single picture of all their risks to help make the wider...

PARIS: The loosening of liquidity rules due to come into effect on banks raises hopes among some analysts to a recovery of lending...

Prof Dr Abdelmajid Mahjoub, Director General of the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA)-Tunisia, speaking on the second day of 4th General Conference of...

Eng Fahad Hamad Al Mohannadi, General Manager, QEWC, during a session at the 4th General Conference of Arab Union of Electricity and Exhibition...

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: Battling severe economic hardships, Egypt’s Islamist government wants local private players to play a major role in narrowing down...

DOHA: Enterprise Qatar (EQ), the state’s entrepreneurial support body, yesterday announced the first Government Procure-ment and Contracting Programme (GPCP). The ground-breaking initiative is...

DOHA: The regulator of the Qatari bourse has slapped deterring fines on three listed entities, including the popular consumer cooperative chain Al Meera....

Doha: Audi Qatar, represented by Q-Auto, announced an ambitious development plan for the brand with the four rings in Qatar. New 20-work bay...

LONDON: European stock markets closed mixed but mostly lower yesterday as investors digested company news and were cautious ahead of US aluminium giant...

Doha: Qatar Exchange was down 12.91 points or 0.15 percent to 8,656.11 points yesterday from the previous closing of 8,669.02. Among the top...

BRUSSELS: European unemployment has hit an unacceptable high, as one national leader put it yesterday, with dire figures in Spain highlighting a growing...

LONDON: Egypt’s currency crisis has intensified its oil supply troubles, as the weaker pound makes it more difficult for cash-strapped Cairo to buy...