India’s Sitharaman ranks 34th in Forbes’ powerful women list.
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TOKYO: Japan’s government will issue an additional 2.2 trillion yen ($20.25 billion) of deficit-financing bonds to make up for a tax revenue shortfall, Finance Minister Taro Aso said, after the cabinet approved on Friday an extra budget for the fiscal year ending March 2020. The extra budget will be compiled along with an annual budget […]
All products in UAE markets are in compliance with national and GCC standards: Esma
Moscow: The Bank of Russia delivered a fifth consecutive bout of monetary easing and said it would consider more cuts in the first half of next year as inflation continues to fall below target. The bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent, according to a statement published on […]
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Shabbir Merchant: Dubai-based Pakistani businessman who turned his Dh1,500 monthly salary into millions
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Dubai: Shabbir Merchant was an 18-year-old boy with a dream to succeed when he set foot for the first time in the UAE. The year was 1976. Today, at 61, he only has gratitude for all the blessings bestowed upon him and his family. For he knows that none of it could have been achieved if […]
An alarming number of children have fallen to their death from buildings, according to a top police official.
British expats in the UAE said they are relieved that the Brexit confusion is finally over.
US President Donald Trump signed off on a so-called phase-one trade deal with China, averting the December 15 introduction of a new wave of US tariffs on about $160 billion of consumer goods from the Asian nation, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal presented to Trump by trade advisers Thursday included a […]
Tokyo: Microsoft Corp showed off its new game console, the Xbox Series X, for the first time, confirming the machine would go on sale in the 2020 holiday period. That sets up a clash with Sony Corp’s PlayStation 5 console, scheduled to release at the same time. The US company’s new console boasts an unusual […]
New York, Milan (Bloomberg): Airbus is poised to finish the year ahead of Boeing for the first time since 2015, with an increase of roughly 50 per cent since the start of January, compared to the US company’s less than 10 per cent gain. With the uncertainty of approvals for the Max to resume flying, […]