Business & Finance Credit Agricole Q2 net falls less than feared PARIS : French bank Credit Agricole posted a 10.6 percent drop in second-quarter earnings on Thursday, weighed by well-f Published 25 Aug, 2011 06:18am
Business & Finance India's L&T says secures $173mn orders MUMBAI: Larsen and Toubro, India's largest engineering and construction conglomerate, said on Thursday that it has secur Published 25 Aug, 2011 06:12am
Markets CBOT Dec wheat to retrace to $7.31/bushel SINGAPORE : CBOT Dec wheat will fall to $7.31 per bushel, a low touched on Aug 18, as a rebound that started at the July Published 25 Aug, 2011 06:10am
Top News Philippines' posts $624mn budget deficit in July MANILA : The Philippines' Department of Finance on Thursday released fiscal data for July: revenues were 106.96 billion Published 25 Aug, 2011 06:04am
Markets LME copper steady, US data supports SHANGHAI : LME copper was steady on Thursday as encouraging US durable goods data and a rise in equities supported senti Published 25 Aug, 2011 06:02am
Markets Indian bonds yields inch up on US cues, oil MUMBAI: Indian federal bond yields edged higher on Thursday as traders trimmed positions, tracking a steep rise in US yi Published 25 Aug, 2011 05:54am
Business & Finance China Development Bank 1-year bond yield at 4.30pc SHANGHAI : China Development Bank auctioned 16 billion yuan ($2.5 billion) of one-year fixed-rate bonds in the interbank Published 25 Aug, 2011 05:46am
Markets Aussie & NZ$ under mild pressure, eyes on Fed WELLINGTON/SYDNEY: The Australian and New Zealand dollars eased on Thursday, underperforming a firmer greenback on uncer Published 25 Aug, 2011 05:42am
Business & Finance LG Chem JV to invest $4bn in Kazakhstan petrochem complex SEOUL : LG Chem, South Korea's top chemical company, said on Thursday that its joint venture would invest $4 billion to Published 25 Aug, 2011 05:26am
Business & Finance Virgin Australia reports full year loss SYDNEY : Budget airline Virgin Australia reported a full year net loss of A$67.8 million (US$70.7 million) on Thursday, Published 25 Aug, 2011 05:17am
World Africans to pledge funds for Horn drought crisis ADDIS ABABA : African leaders will Thursday pledge funds in the Ethiopian capital to help more than 12 million people ac Published 25 Aug, 2011 05:12am
Business & Finance Turkish Central Bank injects 10bn lira in repo ISTANBUL: The Turkish Central Bank injected 10 billion Turkish lira (5.65 billion) into the market in a two-week repo au Published 25 Aug, 2011 05:05am
Business & Finance Air New Zealand earnings plunge after disasters WELLINGTON : Air New Zealand announced a 45 percent slump in annual earnings on Thursday as natural disasters in Christc Published 25 Aug, 2011 04:59am
World Merkel conditions rock Begrade's EU hopes: Official BELGRADE : Belgrade has been taken aback by the German Chancellor's insistence that Serbia improve relations with Kosovo Published 25 Aug, 2011 04:50am
Top News Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO SAN FRANCISCO : Apple's legendary co-founder and top ideas man Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive Wednesday in a mo Published 25 Aug, 2011 04:50am
Top News Gold climbs to record above $1,910 on growth fears SINGAPORE : Spot gold soared to an all-time high above $1,910 on Tuesday, scoring a record top for a fourth consecutive Published 23 Aug, 2011 08:18am
Markets Cairn says focused on closing India deal LONDON : British oil firm Cairn Energy said it was focussing on concluding a long running deal to sell a stake in its In Published 23 Aug, 2011 08:07am
Markets Malaysia eyes first gas in 2013 for $5.1bn project KUALA LUMPUR : National energy company Petronas will develop a $5.1 billion gas project off Malaysia 's east coast with Published 23 Aug, 2011 07:53am
Markets South African bonds weak on auction JOHANNESBURG : South African government bonds took a break from a sharp rally in the previous session. Bonds gave up Published 23 Aug, 2011 07:40am
Markets South Africa's rand steady against dollar JOHANNESBURG : South Africa 's rand held steady against the dollar in early trade on Tuesday and dealers were expecti Published 23 Aug, 2011 07:34am