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Greece seeks a debt deal ‘in principle’ on Monday
Feb 16, 2017
ATHENS — Greece said Thursday it intends to reach “a political agreement in principle” with its creditors on Monday, in order to unblock loans required by the cash-strapped country to repay its debts.For months, Athens and its European and International Monetary Fund (IMF) lenders have failed to concur over the terms of the latest review of Greece’ ...
Tokyo stocks up, Toshiba dives on loss fears
Feb 15, 2017
Tokyo — Tokyo stocks jumped on a weak yen Wednesday as Federal Reserve boss Janet Yel ...
Premier encourages Turkish investments in Jordan
Feb 14, 2017
AMMAN — Prime Minister Hani Mulki on Tuesday stressed the importance of considering a ...
Hundreds of Uber drivers in Qatar go on strike after price cuts
Feb 13, 2017
DOHA — Hundreds of drivers with ride-hailing service Uber in Qatar went on strike on Monday for the second time in a year to protest against ...
Egyptians ditch imports and buy local as pound sinks
Feb 12, 2017
CAIRO — Egyptian chocolate spread maker Swifax has doubled its sales and is struggling to keep up with demand since the pound currency dived ...
JPMC to supply phosphate, phosphoric acid to Bangladesh
Feb 11, 2017
AMMAN — Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) and the government of Bangladesh on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding, under which ...
Jordan, Spain exert efforts to boost economic cooperation
Feb 09, 2017
AMMAN — A forum to strengthen economic partnership between Jordan and Spain opened this week, according to a statement received by The Jorda ...
Boutique bank 1Moelis wins advisory role for mammoth Saudi IPO
Feb 08, 2017
NEW YORK/LONDON/DUBAI — Boutique investment bank Moelis & Co has been chosen as an adviser by Saudi Aramco on what is expected to be the ...
BP returns to profit in 2016 on slashed costs
Feb 07, 2017
LONDON — BP returned to profit in 2016 as cost-cutting and lower charges linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill offset weaker crude prices, ...
Chinese firms on US sanctions list say they only exported ‘normal’ goods
Feb 05, 2017
BEIJING — Executives of two Chinese companies included on a new US sanctions list targeting Iran said on Sunday they had only exported "norm ...
Apple to start building iPhones in India
Feb 04, 2017
NEW DELHI — Apple is to start making iPhones in India this year, a local government official said Friday, as the company seeks to tap into a ...
China factory activity stabilises in January
Feb 01, 2017
BEIJING — Chinese factory activity expanded last month, data showed Wednesday, the latest indication that the world's second largest economy ...
Alitalia and Royal Jordanian enter into codeshare agreement
Jan 31, 2017
AMMAN — Royal Jordanian (RJ) and Alitalia signed a codeshare agreement to offer more travel choices and enhanced network connectivity betwee ...

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