Economics Gold traded flat on Wednesday, perching near a 1-1/2-week high hit in the previous session as the US Federal Reserve reassured investors of its commitment to loose monetary policy, …
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Economics After months of political wrangling, passage of Iraq's $118 billion budget still hangs on the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region's insistence that the government allocate $3.5 billion to pay oil companies …
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Economics Brent futures slipped below $114 a barrel on Monday, reversing some of the gains made in the previous session. More from Arabian Business Lebanese private school teachers have …
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Earlier this week, the US Ambassador to Lebanon gave a speech at Beirut’s Lebanese American University in which she made an explicit appeal to the government to make a move …
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Economics A senior Qatar aviation official has said that the new Hamad International Airport, which is set to open in April, will be one of the world's best. More from …
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Economics Oil extended losses for a second session on Thursday, with Brent slipping toward US$115 a barrel after market rumours that a hedge fund was forced to liquidate substantial commodity …
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Economics A fall in electricity demand in Iran's sanctions-hit economy led to a 29-percent rise in its power exports over the last 11 months, the state news agency IRNA has …
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Economics Brent crude held steady above $117 per barrel on Tuesday after settling down for the third straight session the previous day, with traders looking ahead to Italy's upcoming elections. …
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Economics Gold rebounded from a six-month low on Monday as bargain hunters resurfaced and jewellers in China returned to the physical market after the Lunar New Year holiday, but a …
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Lebanon will launch a tender to run its two state-owned mobile phone operators, currently managed by Kuwait’s Zain and Egypt’s OTMT, as part of a plan to revamp the telecoms …