Business

Brussels/Berlin: Overcoming years of poor health and crisis, the euro zone economy grew at its fastest pace in five years in the first quarter, driven by...

Brussels: Greece and its international lenders are close to a deal on a package of bailout reforms and are working to agree further contingency steps by May...

Washington: US economic growth braked sharply in the first quarter to its slowest pace in two years as consumer spending softened and a strong dollar...

Paris: French growth accelerated more than expected at the start of the year, as the strongest increase in consumer spending since 2004 and a pick-up in...

Mumbai: South Asia's clothing and textiles industry can create millions of jobs for the region's working-age women, boosting economic growth and...

Mumbai: ICICI Bank, India’s second-largest lender by assets, reported the biggest drop in quarterly profit in at least 15 years after setting aside...

Seattle: Amazon.com’s sales and profit topped estimates on robust demand for quick-turnaround delivery, cloud services and gadgets like the Kindle and...

San Francisco: Facebook’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg picked a good time to ask for more freedom. The company reported sales and profit that...

San Francisco: LinkedIn forecast earnings that beat estimates on improved performance from its main recruiting tools, suggesting a surprise slowdown earlier...

With the government announcing Isra’a Wal Miraj holiday, it continued to dominate the news agenda this week in Oman. 1. Private sector companies and...