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London: BHP Billiton needs to raise as much as $10 billion in a sale of new stock to its investors if it wants to keep its credit rating, according to the...

Riyadh/Dubai: Low oil prices have pushed top exporter Saudi Arabia to hasten difficult economic reforms and cut spending on popular benefits, but it has few...

Dublin: Freed from nuclear-related sanctions, Iran has signalled its appetite to buy more than 100 Western planes, a prospect that would usually have the...

The controversy around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) seems far from subsiding. In recent developments, political parties from...

YANGON: Myanmar began releasing the first of about 100 prisoners on Friday, many of them political detainees, days before a parliament dominated by...

Think about it: You can call, email, and even watch your counterparty on FaceTime, Skype, or GoToMeeting. So why do companies fork out more than $1.2...

It is a blot on the face of humanity that we have yet to eradicate slavery – of children, no less. Not only does child slavery persist; the number of...

When a situation calls for a tough decision, the simple thing to do is opt for the easiest way out. Imagine you have a very cushy job that pays well but it...

Muscat: Tightening the two-year visa ban imposed on expatriates in Oman will impact the market, said a Chamber of Commerce official on Wednesday. “The new...

Bangkok: A draft constitution for army-run Thailand to be unveiled this month will be "strong medicine", the constitution panel head said on...