Business

London: European shares slid on Thursday as a flurry of uninspiring earnings updates from retailer Carrefour and advertiser WPP kept the mood downbeat,...

Houston/Moscow: Exxon Mobil Corp will exit some joint ventures with Russia's Rosneft, citing Western sanctions first imposed in 2014, while the Russian...

Shanghai: Chinese investors dumped Hong Kong stocks for a second day on Wednesday, fearing that faster interest rate rises in the United States would kill...

Dubai: Middle East fund managers remain heavily positive towards Saudi Arabia's equity market before index compilers decide whether to upgrade it, while...

Muscat: A consortium of two global energy consultants, Navigant Consulting and Tractebel Engie, is expected to submit a detailed feasibility study on...

Muscat: Shares on the Muscat bourse recovered to cross the psychological barrier of 5,000 points on better support at lower levels. Reflecting the trend,...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Mohamed Abdul Hamid of the People's Republic of Bangladesh...

Tokyo/San Francisco: Riding a wave of new users, improved advertising options and an embrace of video content by users and advertisers alike, Twitter's...

Berlin: Germany will investigate whether to tighten the rules that govern when an investor needs to disclose a holding in a company after news that...

Paris: The French economy grew by a stronger than expected 2 per cent in 2017, its best performance since 2011, in a year marked by a surprise acceleration...