World Business

Edinburgh, Scotland: The Bank of England blasted its new government bond buying programme in a bid to fire up economic...

WASHINGTON: Senior officials from East African countries agreed during a workshop that significant progress had been made over the past...

WASHINGTON: The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank approved US$50 million for the Transport Infrastructure Investment Project (TIIP)...

WASHINGTON: The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank approved a US$214.73 million loan for the Serving People, Improving...

Nairobi: Kenya’s growth is projected to rise from 5.4 percent in 2014 to 6-7 percent over the next three years...

LIMA, Peru: Around 130 million people in Latin America have never known anything but poverty, subsisting on less than US$4-a-day...

NEW YORK: To increase volunteerism in National Parks and Public Lands, American Express and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally...

TAIPEI: Acer Inc , the world’s No. 4 PC brand, swung into its first profitable year in three years last...

TAIPEI: Hiwin Technology Co, which produces linear guideways and ballscrews, said its net income rose 15.03 percent year-on-year to NT$2.26...

JAKARTA: The Trade Ministry has approved permits for sugar refiners to import 945,643 tons of raw sugar for the second...

DOHA: Ezdan Holding Group held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) here the other day which approved all agenda of the...

KUWAIT CITY: KIPCO, the Kuwait Projects Company targets to double its 2014 profit by 2018 and this will be driven...

DOHA: The visiting high-level Belgian delegation signed various MoUs with Qafco. Jean-Claude Marcourt, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economy,...

KUWAIT: Nour Real Estate (NRE)’s Board Chairman and CEO, Bader Al-Rabea’a said that the company made a KD 1,454,129 net...

KUALA LUMPUR: Bina Puri Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bina Puri Holdings Bhd has won a massive sewage treatment...

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Bhd is appealing against the decision of the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) which ruled both Malaysia Airlines...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves including gold reserves has now reached US$ 7.3 billion Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said here...

SINGAPORE: Singapore became one of the top three foreign investors in Viet Nam by the end of February, with a...

SINGAPORE: ZEDO, the leading global ad platform partner for publishers and advertisers, has announced the opening of new offices in...

SINGAPORE: Mainboard-listed SIIC Environment Holdings plans to buy a China-based water treatment business in a deal valued at about 1.55...