Lebanon’s ‘lung’ to Persian Gulf markets choked by politicsLebanese exporters rejoiced last month when the Syrian government opened a key land crossing with Jordan that had been closed by years of war, restoring a much-needed overland trade route to lucrative...
Goldman Sachs bankers ‘cheated’ Malaysia over 1MDB: PM MahathirBankers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc "cheated" Malaysia in dealings with state fund 1MDB, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said, amid growing calls in the country for more aggressive steps to recoup fees...
IMF: Gulf economy recovering but faces oil volatilityEconomic growth in the energy-rich Gulf will recover in 2018 from a contraction last year but remains vulnerable to volatility in crude oil prices, the IMF forecast on Tuesday. The global lender predi...
Fears of peak iPhone rattle Asian Apple suppliersShares in Asian suppliers and assemblers for Apple Inc. fell on Tuesday after several component makers warned of weaker than expected results, leading some market watchers to call the peak for iPhones...
UK pay growth fastest since 2008 as firms face staff shortagesAverage pay in Britain is rising at the fastest rate in nearly a decade, amid a record fall in the number of eastern European workers ahead of Brexit and business complaints about a shortage of qualif...
Vietnam’s newest airline Bamboo gets aviation licenceVietnam's newest carrier Bamboo Airways has been granted a licence to fly, officials and the airline said, paving the way for its inaugural flight in a region crowded with competitors. Run by one of t...
Cathay says ‘most intense’ period of data breach lasted monthsThe world's biggest airline data breach, affecting millions of Cathay Pacific customers, was the result of a sustained cyber attack that lasted for three months, the carrier admitted, while insisting...