World Business
A business, also known as an enterprise or a firm, is an organization involved in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers.
Malaysian palm oil jumps 1.6% to 2,286 ringgit per tonne as floods hinder harvesting in key areas
SINGAPORE: Malaysian palm oil rose for an eighth consecutive session on Monday to its highest since Nov. 12 as floods...
Iraq purchases 200,000 tonnes wheat from Canada, US, Australia
HAMBURG: Iraq's state grains board has purchased 200,000 tonnes of hard wheat to be sourced from Canada, the United States...
Britain’s BG Group prepares to deliver first Australian LNG cargo worth $20.4b to China
SYDNEY: Britain's BG Group is preparing to deliver a first commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to China from its...
Germany’s Lanxess expects 2014 result at lower end of target range
FRANKFURT: Matthias Zachert, Chief Executive Germany's Lanxess, the world's No.1 synthetic rubber maker, expects its full year results to come...
Etihad Airways launches its first Airbus A380 between Abu Dhabi and Heathrow
ABU DHABI: UAE, Etihad Airways launched its first Airbus A380 route between Abu Dhabi and Heathrow on Saturday (December 27)...
Vietnamese Border Guards confiscate 7 kg heroin, nab one
HANOI: Vietnamese Border Guards' Anti Drug Team has seized 7 kg heroin and arrested a member of a ring that...
Missing Air Asia plane Flight QZ8501 seems to be crashed into sea: Indonesian officials
JAKARTA: A missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said...
Morocco Customs seizes 2.4kg cocaine
MOROCCO: Morocco Customs has seized 2.4 kg cocaine and arrested a Guyanese national at the Casablanca Mohammed V airport here...
Airbus, Boeing battle for huge $1.9 trillion market
PARIS: Ten years ago when the boss of Qatar Airways which received its first new A350 jet this week, warned...
Russia agrees to supply coal, electricity to Ukraine
KIEV: Russia has agreed on a deal to supply coal and electricity to Ukraine, which is struggling with a lack of raw...
Germany: Cheap money shouldn’t stop reforms in euro zone
BERLIN: Wolfgang Schaeuble, German Finance Minister expressed his reservations against the European Central Bank launching a bond buying stimulus programme...
US-Russian trade increased by 7pc despite sanctions: Putin
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladi mir Putin said in Moscow, Trade between the United States and Russia has increased by 7...
Bank of England to monitor Internet, collect unconventional economic data
LONDON: The UK central bank has set up a task force to monitor the internet and social networks with a...
China’s Nov industrial profits drop by 4.2%
SHANGHAI: Profits of Chinese industrial businesses dropped 4.2 percent in November to 676.12 billion yuan ($108.85 billion), the biggest annual...
FIFA World Cup 2018: Russia faces budget deficit, seeks donors supports
MOSCOW: Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has announced that a deficit in next year's budget for the 2018 FIFA World Cup...
Vietnam Anti-Drug team books 3 smugglers, seize 780 tablets
HANOI: The Vietnam Anti Drug Team has arrested three drugs smugglers included woman and seized 780 synthetic drugs tablets here...
Nepal Police seize 140kg hashish, 45kg marijuana
PARSA: Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) patrol team has exchanged fire with drug smugglers at Shankar saraiya VDC in the...
Dollar rises vs yen, euro as markets slowly getting momentum after Christmas holidays
TOKYO: The dollar edged up against the yen on Friday in light bargain hunting following two sessions of losses, with...
Japan’s inflation slowed down due to descending oil prices
TOKYO: Japan’s annual core consumer inflation slowed for fourth conventional month in November due to descending oil prices, highlighting the...
Oil edges above $60 per barrel as unrest in Libya cuts supplies
LONDON: Oil edged further above $60 (£39) per barrel as unrest in Libya cuts supplies, offsetting a growing supply glut in top...
