Qatar has paid Egypt $500 million, the Egyptian finance minister announced on Thursday, in the first instalment of $2 billion of financial support it had promised to Cairo.
Qatar has paid Egypt $500 million, the Egyptian finance minister announced on Thursday, in the first instalment of $2 billion of financial support it had promised to Cairo.
Greece’s prime minister has warned those politicians in Europe who are happy to see the country leave the euro that such an event could trigger a domino effect throughout the 17-nation bloc using the euro currency.
beijing/shanghai — China’s manufacturing sector contracted at its sharpest pace in nine months in August, according to a survey showing falling export orders and rising inventories, a signal that more policy stimulus may be needed to engineer a second half pick-up in growth.
NEW DELHI — Foreign direct investment in India slid by 78 percent in June, official figures showed on Friday, amid mounting worries about corruption, bureaucratic delays and lack of economic reforms.
LONDON - Gold prices eased on Friday as waning appetite for higher-risk assets and a firmer dollar prompted investors to cash in gains after a seven-session rally to 4-1/2 month highs, though they stayed on track for their biggest weekly rise since early June.
MUMBAI — India’s Reliance Power announced on Friday it had signed a deal with China Datang Corp to develop and operate power and energy projects in the energy-hungry South Asian nation and abroad.
NEW YORK - Gold rose 1 percent to a four-month high above $1,670 an ounce on Thursday, bolstered by hopes for a new round of US monetary stimulus and news that Spain is negotiating conditions for a possible aid package.
Qatar Holding, the investment arm of the nation’s sovereign-wealth fund, bought a 22 per cent stake in Chinese private equity firm Citic Capital Holdings as the country accelerates spending on overseas acquisitions.
In a few weeks, about 2,800 cars, trucks and buses will start talking to each other on the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan, in a giant experiment that government officials are hoping will lead to safer roads.
NEW YORK/LONDON - World business surveys on Thursday painted a picture of economic malaise stretching from Beijing to Berlin, adding to concerns that the world economy was slowing down.