Top News Apple's China revenues surpass Lenovo TAIPEI : Apple's second quarter revenue in greater China -- an area including Taiwan and Hong Kong -- have surpass Published 19 Aug, 2011 09:15am
Markets Oil prices slide further LONDON : Oil prices fell sharply for a second day running on Friday, mirroring the situation across world stock markets, Published 19 Aug, 2011 09:10am
Pakistan Taj Haider pays tribute to Waja Karimdad ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh General Secretary Taj Haider on Friday said that the path to progressiv Published 19 Aug, 2011 09:06am
Markets Euro suffers as stocks slide, dollar supported LONDON : The euro fell broadly on Friday on the back of a sell-off in European shares, after a raft of weak US economi Published 19 Aug, 2011 09:05am
Markets Hungarian stocks down 3pc, OTP underperforms BUDAPEST : Hungary 's stock market was down 3.4 percent by 0800 GMT on Friday, with the country's leading bank OTP unde Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:56am
Business & Finance Russia Central bank injects 1.54bn roubles via repo MOSCOW : The Russian central bank injected 1.54 billion roubles ($54.32 million) of one-day funds into the banking syste Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:52am
Markets Sinopec starts up refining unit in Iran's Arak plant BEIJING: Sinopec Engineering Inc. (SEI), an arm of Sinopec Group, started up a unit this week in Iran's Arak refinery, o Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:48am
Business & Finance Sky challenged over pay-TV movie dominance LONDON: Britain's Competition Commission set out measures to make the pay-TV movie market more competitive and break Sky Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:42am
Markets Spot silver four-week target $45.79/oz SINGAPORE: Spot silver is expected to gain more than 10 percent to reach $45.79 per ounce or a higher level over the nex Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:39am
Markets Frankfurt stocks lose more than 3.0pc FRANKFURT : Frankfurt 's DAX index of leading shares fell by more than 3.0 percent in early trading on Friday as invest Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:25am
Markets French stocks down more than 3pc PARIS : French stocks lost more three percent in early trading on Friday, with banking and cyclical stocks hit hard, as Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:23am
Markets Spanish stocks slump 3.21pc in early trade MADRID : Spanish share prices slumped 3.21 percent in early trade Friday as fears the world is teetering on a new recess Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:20am
Markets London stock market tumbles more than 3.0pc LONDON : London 's main stock index slumped by more than 3.0 percent on Friday, mirroring a rout across global indices. Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:18am
World Syrian coalition against Assad formed: Statement NICOSIA : More than 40 Syrian "revolution blocs" have forged a coalition to unite their efforts against the regime of Ba Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:14am
Top News India imports dried dates worth Rs3.42bn from Pakistan ISLAMABAD : India has emerged as the major importer of dried dates from Pakistan as it imported 9,147,817 kilograms Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:11am
Business & Finance Flood protection walls constructed at D.I.Khan PESHAWAR : The political administration of FR D. I.Khan has constructed flood protection wall at Khannak Kach area in a Published 19 Aug, 2011 08:02am
Markets Short-covering pushes yuan lower against dollar SHANGHAI : The yuan closed down against the dollar on Friday as traders said a weaker-than-expected central bank fixing Published 19 Aug, 2011 07:58am
Pakistan Production of jeeps, cars, LCVs increases ISLAMABAD : Production of jeeps and cars increased 9.8 percent during the fiscal year 2010-11 as compared to last year, Published 19 Aug, 2011 07:54am
Business & Finance Thai Air to launch new regional airline in July 2012 BANGKOK : Thai Airways International Pcl said on Friday its new regional airline will start operations in July 2012 to t Published 19 Aug, 2011 07:51am
Markets South Africa rand weaker, bonds rally on foreign demand JOHANNESBURG : Renewed risk aversion kept South Africa 's rand on the back foot against the dollar and a flight to safe Published 19 Aug, 2011 07:49am