South Korean stocks start higher, KOSPI climbs up 2.74pts
SEOUL: South Korean stocks started higher on Friday, led by gains in Samsung Group shares after the conglomerate said it ...
Year: 2015
Zimbabwe industry’s capacity utilisation plunges from 36.5% in 2014 to 34.3% this year
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s industries are singing the blues as poor infrastructure, rampant corruption and depressed demand for local goods suppress manufacturing ...
Ozone hole gets wider
GENEVA: The UN’s weather and climate agency said on Thursday there was no cause for alarm about a record-size hole ...
LinkedIn revenue grows by 37% to $780m
NEW YORK: LinkedIn handily beat analyst expectations today with revenue of $780 million and earnings of 78 cents per share. ...
Hong Kong stocks marginally weaker at open, Hang Seng sinks 0.50pc
HONG KONG: Shares in Hong Kong eased slightly soon after opening Friday following a soft lead from Wall Street while ...
SolarCity Beat revenue to hit $111m in 3Q
WASHINGTON: Analysts expected SolarCity’s revenue to hit $111 million in third quarter 2015. But the solar energy company beat expectations ...
Renault’s revenue rises 9.4% to $10.24bn in 3Q
PARIS: Renault SA reported a 9.4% rise in revenue as strong European demand and an increase in the French car ...
Student discovers ancestor of modern long-horned grasshopper fossil in China
BEIJING: A student has discovered a 120 million-year-old fossil that belonged to an ancestor of the modern long-horned grasshopper, the ...
Tokyo stocks slip slightly in early move, Nikkei 225 sheds 31.13pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks slid slightly in early trading Friday amid a wait-and-see mood ahead of the Bank of Japan's monetary ...
Western Union revenue falls 2.9% to $1.4bn
NEW YORK: Western Union Co. on Thursday reported modest declines in net profit and revenue during its third quarter, as ...
Shell suffers loss of $7.4bn in 3Q
LONDON: Royal Dutch Shell reported a third quarter loss of $7.4 billion yesterday as it reorganized and cancelled projects, including ...
Saudi Arabia Port implements new customs regulations for IMDG import
RIYADH: With effect from 13 November 2015, ports in Saudi Arabia will not allow the discharge of any chemicals in ...
Zimbabwe fresh fruit exports to Mauritius shrink to zero from past 5 years
HARARE: Zimbabwe has not been exporting fresh fruits to Mauritius for the past five years despite rising demand in the ...
UK stocks decline at close of trade, FTSE 100 drops 0.7%
NEW YORK: U.K. stocks on Thursday fell for the third time in four days, with the benchmark FTSE 100 weighed ...
Russian Minister to lead trade delegation to UAE soon
MOSCOW: The Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov will lead a delegation to the UAE next month, according to ...
Zimbabwe exports 97.3 mln kg of tobacco in this year
HARARE: The country has so far exported 97.3 million kilogrammes of tobacco this year, up from 88.7 million kg over ...
US stocks end weaker, S&P 500 tumbles 1pts
LONDON: U.S. stocks closed lower Thursday, but mostly held the prior day's rally, as investors continued to consider the possibility ...
Qatar’s UDC net profit jumps 6% to QR595m
DOHA: United Development Company (UDC), one of the leading Qatari public shareholding companies and master developer of The Pearl-Qatar, delivered ...
Qatar Fuel’s net profit surges 3.36% to QR884.8m
DOHA: Qatar Fuel’s (Woqod) net profit, after excluding minority interest, reached QR884.8m for the third quarter of 2015 (Q3, 15). ...
Warming climate may wipe out habitat for Hawaii’s rarest birds, rsearchers
MIAMI: By the end of this century, a warming climate may wipe out available habitat for some of Hawaii’s rarest ...
