DOHA: The Qataris are betting on the Empire State Building. An affiliate of the Qatar Investment Authority bought a 9.9%...

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's Air Conditioner Market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.45% during 2016-22. The growth rate...

MADRID: Fruit imports totaled 816,837 tonnes, at a value of €816m, according to data from the Department of Customs and...

OSLO: Norway wants to maintain a good relationship with Britain after it leaves the European Union but it may take...

OSLO: Norwegian oil companies say spending on exploration and production is likely to fall more than previously expected next year,...

KATHMANDU: Commercial banks have started providing education loans against academic certificates in limited numbers to engineering students by signing agreements...

JAKARTA: Indonesia has managed to increase oil production this year, a first for the country since 2008, mainly due to...

JAKARTA: Indonesian telecom operator XL Axiata (EXCL.Indonesia) tumbled 6.5% today after reporting disappointing second-quarter earnings. Second-quarter revenue tumbled 7% from...

DHAKA: After setting a new record in financial year 2015-16 (FY16), India’s tea exports continued the growth momentum in the...

BERLIN: Exports of fresh and frozen pork from Germany grew slightly in the first six months of the year, up...

ANKARA: Turkey's central bank on Tuesday cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points, defying a sharp jump in...

KIEV: The globalisation paradigm of the 1990-2000s has largely exhausted itself as a transnational economic growth driver. China, one of...

WARSAW: The Central Statistical Office’s (GUS) business climate indicators were almost all above zero in August, meaning that firms are...

MUSCAT: A tender of Government Treasury Bills, issue number 565 was held at the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) this...

HELSINKI: The unemployment rate was 7.8 per cent in July 2016, having been 8.4 per cent in the year before,...

MOSCOW: Imports of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into Belarus fell in the first six months of 2016 by 21% year...

DUBAI: Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with BSA Ahmed Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP, organised a workshop...

HANOI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) of about US$14.4 billion was registered for new and existing projects in Việt Nam in...

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi based NMC Health posted 72.6 per cent increase in net profit in the first half of...

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Wednesday gained value against the US dollar in open market. According to the local money market,...