The organisation's chief economist said growth projections to be released this month will likely be worse than the 3% contraction estimated in April
The global economy is recovering more slowly than expected from the coronavirus pandemic and will bear lingering...
The company, which saw a hit to its ad revenue during the pandemic, is now seeing more business from traditional sectors like telecoms and automobiles
Snap, the company that owns social media platform Snapchat, said it has made up for...
A financial crisis can leave residents more vulnerable to scams or taking on credit they cannot afford to repay
An expression that has seen some people get rich through the ages is "when there’s blood on the streets, buy property"....
The country could see one of the developed world’s deepest recessions in 2020
The UK economy shrank a record 20.4 per cent in April as businesses and workers reeled under the lockdown designed to control the coronavirus pandemic.
The contraction, which...
Each new week with no virus solution pushes back prospects of a 2021 upturn
No early blooming for the world economy. The International Monetary Fund will be putting out its latest outlook on likely prospects later this month.
Washington: The global...
It was a turmoil set off by a chance remark on banks' dividend plans this year
Kuwaiti investors didn't warm up to the idea of banks not issuing any dividends this year. Stocks crashed and the regulator had to intervene....
Dow Jones down 6.9%, bourses in Paris, Frankfurt, London down at least 4%
A Wall Street sign near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen on May 8, 2020 in New York City.
New York: After a rally lasting more...
It becomes the latest entity to extend trading in shares to overseas investors
Dubai: Foreign investors can take up shareholding in Commercial Bank of Dubai up to 40 per cent, effective from June 14.
"The bank has received substantial interest from...
Customers ordering through these will not be charged for delivery, which will be decisive
Restaurants in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are coming together to launch their own apps and take on the order-and-delivery portals. Residents will benefit as they won't...
Rule of thumb is to make do with a three-step in and out process on such usage
In the previous commentary, we talked about the diversity of the key functions at any IT department, and that each function has a...
