Economy

London: Britain's economy is ending 2017 lagging the euro zone's strong recovery as the effects of last year's Brexit vote weigh on shoppers and...

Washington: The US trade deficit increased to a nine-month high in October due to rising oil prices and the widening of America's long-standing deficits...

London: Bitcoin dipped back under $11,000 on Monday, coming off a record high just shy of $11,800 it hit on Sunday after a surge from less than $1,000 at...

London: The premium investors demand for holding Italian bonds over their German peers fell towards its lowest in more than a year on Tuesday, a day after...

Muscat: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has stepped up its support for Omani communities with a range of new social investment commitments in the key areas...

Hanoi: Global burger behemoth McDonald's opened its first branch on Saturday in the historic heart of communist Hanoi, a conservative city renowned for...

London/Hong Kong: Global manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in years last month and the second-best in two decades in the euro zone, driven by...

Washington: The United States has formally told the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that it opposes granting China market economy status, a position that if...

London: In 2014, a few days after she took over as chair of the US Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen admitted that she could not fathom the "very...

Dubai/Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's $300-billion privatisation programme was billed as the sale of the century when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled...