Business & Finance Essilor posts better-than-expected H1 profit rise PARIS : Essilor International, the world's biggest maker of corrective eye lenses, posted a better-than-expected 31 perc Published 26 Aug, 2011 06:56am
Business & Finance Lion to launch China's first oil and gas QDII fund SHANGHAI : China 's Lion Fund Management Co will launch next week the country's first mutual fund that invests in overs Published 26 Aug, 2011 06:47am
Top News Boeing's Dreamliner becomes commercial reality CHICAGO : After years of headaches and occasional heartbreak, Boeing Co is ready on Friday for the US government to de Published 26 Aug, 2011 06:40am
Markets Singapore Stocks-Down ahead of Fed speech; Tiger Air falls SINGAPORE : Singapore shares slid around 0.7 percent by midday on Friday as investors grew more cautious ahead of a Published 26 Aug, 2011 06:33am
Business & Finance India's GVK reaches $2.2bn Hancock mines deal: Report MUMBAI/SYDNEY: India 's GVK Power & Infra is close to finalising a deal to buy two Australian coal mines owned by Hanco Published 26 Aug, 2011 06:01am
Business & Finance India Kingfisher OKs $434mn rights share issue MUMBAI: Private-sector carrier Kingfisher Airlines Ltd said on Friday its board had approved a rights issue of shares to Published 26 Aug, 2011 05:48am
Top News Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals Q1 net profit 737mn ringgit KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia 's Petronas Chemicals: Net profit 737 million ringgit ($247 million) for the quarter ended Jun Published 26 Aug, 2011 05:43am
Business & Finance VW set to invest in renewable energy sources: Report FRANKFURT : The biggest European automaker, Volkswagen, plans to invest almost one billion euros ($1.44 billion) in rene Published 26 Aug, 2011 05:30am
Markets Thailand says sells 300,000 tonnes rice to Indonesia BANGKOK: Thailand, the world's biggest rice exporter, has signed a contract to sell 300,000 tonnes of 15 percent broken Published 26 Aug, 2011 05:30am
Business & Finance Polish Getin Holding Q2 net surges on unit IPO WARSAW : Poland 's financial group Getin Holding reported a seven-fold rise in earnings on Friday thanks to proceeds fr Published 26 Aug, 2011 04:15am
Top News China has 'essential role' in G20 talks: Sarkozy BEIJING: China has an "essential role" to play in efforts to boost the global economy at the next G20 meeting in Novembe Published 25 Aug, 2011 11:09am
World Libya's Moscow embassy takes down Qadhafi flag: Official MOSCOW: Libya's embassy in Moscow, which had maintained ties to the old regime, has removed the flag of the Moamer Qadha Published 25 Aug, 2011 11:05am
Sports Ireland win toss and bowl against England DUBLIN: England gave debuts to James Taylor, Ben Stokes and Scott Borthwick as the one-day side were put into bat by Ire Published 25 Aug, 2011 10:57am
Business & Finance Malaysia's Sime Darby swings back to profit KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby said Thursday it swung back to a profit in the most recent quarter on Published 25 Aug, 2011 10:54am
World UN chief Ban urges progress on test-ban treaty VIENNA: UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for new steps to achieve a nuclear-free world, ahead of next week's inte Published 25 Aug, 2011 10:53am
Markets Asian markets jump after Wall Street rally HONG KONG: Asian markets surged on Thursday, following another rally on Wall Street and ahead of a speech by Fed chief B Published 25 Aug, 2011 10:45am
Markets KSE seeks NCB certificate KARACHI: Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has asked its members to submit a certificate of Net Capital Balance (NCB) as on J Published 25 Aug, 2011 10:31am
Business & Finance China's AgBank H1 net profit up 45.4pc SHANGHAI: Agricultural Bank of China said Thursday its first-half net profit soared 45.4 percent from a year earlier on Published 25 Aug, 2011 10:26am
World Eight Syrian soldiers killed in attacks: SANA DAMASCUS: Eight Syrian soldiers, including an army officer, have been killed in separate attacks in the country's centra Published 25 Aug, 2011 10:09am
Top News Greek austerity woes to feature in creditor talks: Minister ATHENS: Greece's troubles in enforcing a tight austerity plan in return for EU-IMF bailout loans will be discussed in ta Published 25 Aug, 2011 10:01am