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China property giant Country Garden warns of up to $7.6bn loss

Country Garden, which is one of China's biggest property developers, has warned that it could see a loss of up to $7.6bn (&pound;6bn) for the first ...

Mort de Jeremie Cohen : deux hommes mis en examen

Le procureur de Bobigny a répété qu’à ce stade il n’existait toujours « aucun élément objectif permettant de caractériser un motif discriminatoire, en particulier antisémite, à l’origine de ces violences ». ...

Au procès du 13-Novembre, Salah Abdeslam livre pour la première fois sa vérité sur la nuit des attentats

L’accusé a rompu son silence pour révéler qu’il devait se faire exploser dans un café du 18e arrondissement de Paris. Il dit avoir renoncé à la dernière minute par « humanité ». ...

طائرة تصطدم بخطوط الكهرباء.. وتهوي فوق "تقاطع مروري"

قتل متدرب يدرس الطيران، وأصيب اثنان آخران، في حادث تحطم طائرة صغيرة، وقع عند تقاطع طريق بمدينة ميرامار، في ولاية فلوريدا الأميركية. ...

مفاجأة جديدة في ملابسات سقوط الطائرة الإثيوبية وعلاقتها بالإندونيسية!

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EU-Japan trade: Five things about the world's biggest deal

Cheaper wine and cheese for Japan, cheaper cars for the EU - part of what the EU-Japan trade deal, now in force, means. ...

Italy in recession amid sluggish eurozone

Italy's economy tipped into recession at the end of last year, according to latest figures. ...

The Middle East's Once-Hot LNG Market Faces a Decade-Long Slump

The Middle East was a bright spot for global liquefied natural gas demand in 2015. Now imports have plummeted so much that it could take a decade to recover. ...

Middle East an important market for Cleartrip's expansion

India-based Cleartrip is reportedly looking at expanding its Middle East operations through acquisitions and organic growth. ...

Mammoet expands tug and barge services in GCC with Astro

  Both companies are major players in the transportation market for oversized cargo and are pre-qualified with the main EPC contractors around the globe. ...

UAE economy to fare well on higher infrastructure spend

The UAE economy fared better in the last quarter of 2018 as compared to previous year and will perform better in 2019 as well on the back of higher infrastructure spending, less monetary tightening and other non-oil activities, professionals and business executives said. A new survey conducted by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Institute of Management Accountants has shown that overall confidence was higher in fourth-quarter of 2018, recovering some of the ground lost in the previous quarter. ...

Swiss lead campaign to support Middle East entrepreneurs

Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis has unveiled plans to help entrepreneurs in the Middle East to set up businesses. He is asking other countries to contribute to the scheme aimed at boosting the economies of the region. ...

Middle East merger and acquisition deals value climbs 50% boosted by mega transactions

The value of merger and acquisition deals in the Middle East soared 50 per cent year-on-year in 2018 as the number of transactions valued at $1 billion (Dh3.67bn) or more climbed, with the UAE claiming the top spot. ...

WEF: Dubai shows the way to growth in Middle East

Emirate a global magnet for international firms, helping transform plans and ideas to reality ...

Two Gulf Banks Close to Deciding on Mega Merger

Kuwait Finance House and Bahrain’s Ahli United Bank BSC’s boards will meet this week to consider valuation reports on a potential merger, a deal that would create the Gulf’s sixth-biggest lender with $92 billion in assets. ...

Bahrain got first funds from GCC aid last year

Bahrain has received the first instalment of a $10 billion aid package pledged by its Gulf allies last year, its central bank governor told Bloomberg TV in an interview. “This has been within the programme we have agreed. The first payment was last year and I think this year this will continue,” Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj said in Davos. ...