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Baghdad: Iraq will hold an auction to award exploration and development contracts to international energy companies on Thursday, the oil ministry said in a...

Seoul: General Motors Co's South Korean unit on Monday said it has reached a tentative wage deal with its labour union, meeting a key condition laid...

Sydney: Australia's competition watchdog on Monday supported massive increases in financial penalties for companies caught doing the wrong thing, after...

Dubai: Bahrain's Gulf Air is counting on Middle East routes to help drive passenger growth and turn around the loss-making airline, its deputy chief...

New York: The potential for an intensifying trade dispute to undercut the US stock market could become clearer next week when a host of multinational...

Dubai: Foreigners bought a record $384 million of Saudi Arabian stocks on a net basis last week, showing international interest in the market is continuing...

London/Soul: Britain and South Korea are in talks to protect an arrangement of tax breaks for Korean buyers of North Sea crude beyond Britain's upcoming...

Shanghai: Chinese funds have slashed valuations of ZTE after the United States banned American companies from selling components to the telecoms equipment...

Sydney: Asian stocks dipped on Monday as investors braced for a bevy of earnings from the world's largest corporations, while keeping a wary eye on US...

Bonn (Germany): That the personal data of tens of millions of Facebook users fell into the wrong hands is troubling politicians, but Germany's top...