Economy & Finance – National

RIYADH The Saudi government has decided to allow businesses in the kingdom to operate for 24 hours as the country is seeking to…

BRUSSELS/LONDON The European Union is bracing for either a no-deal Brexit or another delay if Boris Johnson becomes Britain’s…

LONDON Global stocks struggled to cling to recent gains on Tuesday and the dollar lingered with markets awaiting US data and a…

GENEVA The United States did not fully comply with a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling and could face Chinese sanctions if it…

SINGAPORE/ LONDON/ NEW YORK Oil prices steadied on Tuesday as a resumption of production in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane…

RIYADH Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has acquired a 40 per cent stake in a joint venture between state energy producer…

WASHINGTON/ KARACHI:The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that revenues of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)…

LUXEMBERG The China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved the membership of Benin, Djibouti and…

LONDON World shares came within a whisker of posting their first weekly loss since May on Friday and the dollar was down for a…

NEW YORK A US interest-rate cut may be on the horizon, but a JPMorgan Asset Management fund is shying away from emerging-market…