Business

Cairo: Egypt will have to deepen its IMF-backed reforms and better encourage private sector growth if it wants to cash in on a wave of global expansion that...

Omaha: Billionaire Warren Buffett has been buying a boatload of Apple Inc shares and on Saturday suggested he would buy even more shares at the right...

Muscat: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are the best way to generate employment for Omanis in the future, given the projected population boom in...

Buenos Aires: Argentina's government and central bank jolted the country's battered peso currency back to life on Friday with a set of announcements...

Washington: US job growth increased less than expected in April and the unemployment rate dropped to near a 17-1/2-year low of 3.9 per cent as some...

Palo Alto (California)/Washington: Two Federal Reserve officials who are currently voting members of the US central bank's rate-setting committee said...

Washington/Beijing: The Trump administration has drawn a hard line in trade talks with China, demanding a $200 billion cut in the Chinese trade surplus with...

Cairo: Egypt's non-oil private sector activity expanded in April for only the second time in 31 months, with output holding steady new export orders...

Dubai: State-owned Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) is raising a syndicated loan of up to around $700 million with Credit Suisse and HSBC leading...

Riyadh: A slump in Saudi Arabia's economy cast a shadow over ambitious plans for reform this week as top officials met businessmen to discuss freeing...