World Business

New Delhi: The target of adding 1,18,537 MW capacity for the current plan period will not only be achieved but...

New Delhi: Standard & Poor's ruled out a rating upgrade for India within a year. After the Budget, Moody's, Crisil...

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Food Co (Americana), whose biggest shareholder has been in talks with several parties to sell a stake...

KUWAIT CITY: Indian conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji has announced that it has won the contract to build, operate and maintain the...

DOHA: Qatar Shell, Qatar Business Incubator Centre (QBIC), Social Development Center (SDC), and Silatech have signed an agreement to host...

  New Delhi: In 2014-15 till November, iron ore imports increased sharply to 5.63 million tonnes as against 0.37 million...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Eversendai Corporation Bhd subsidiary in Qatar has clinched a new project worth RM269.2mil for the construction of...

New Delhi: The government said closure of industrial units has affected over 6,400 workers in different parts of the country...

New Delhi: Government data showed India`s January fiscal deficit overshot the full-year target as the gap swelled to 5.68 trillion...

Mumbai: The RBI fixed the reference rate of the Indian rupee at 61.8248 against the US dollar and for the...

JAKARTA: Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her New Zealander counterpart Murray McCully have agreed to enhance the two countries’...

CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s trade balance‚ which includes trade with Botswana‚ Lesotho‚ Namibia and Swaziland‚ recorded a R6.85bn surplus in...

BEIRUT: East Lebanon Customs Clearance Officer, Hasan Dib, said in a news conference that all staff decided to announce an...

BISHKEK: State Service for Combating Economic Crimes reported that 60 tonnes mineral fertilizers were smuggled in Kyrgyzstan. According to the...

DOHA: Exports from Brazil to Arab countries grew significantly in 2014, demonstrating robust bilateral trade relations. According to the most...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong announced measures totaling HK$290 million ($37 million) to help businesses hit by more than two months...

Kuala Lumpur: Maybank announced that Group net profit for the financial year ended 31 December 2014 (FY14) reached another record...

NEW YORK: American Express launched its Small Merchant EMV Assistance Program. It will help U.S. small merchants fight fraud through...

PESHAWAR: Two employees of Bank Al-Baraka Hayatabad Branch Peshawar have been arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for their...

CAIRO: Egyptian officer said that a senior Egyptian officer killed and other was injured in cross border Egypt-Gaza smuggling tunnel....