Lebanon’s credit ranking was cut deeper into junk by Fitch Ratings as one of the world’s most indebted nations finds its finances stretched with a dwindling flow of cash from abroad.

As Europeans threaten to block access to Brazilian exports over President Jair Bolsonaro’s environmental policies, some of the agribusiness players loyal to the former Army captain are starting to fret about the consequences of his rhetoric.

US President Donald Trump on Friday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some $550bn in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world’s two largest economies.

The United States and Japan have reached the broad framework of a trade agreement, Japan’s Nikkei business daily said yesterday, with Tokyo making concessions on its agriculture but none immediately apparent from Washington on automobiles.

Taking notice of plunging into severe slowdown, Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed his economic team to prepare a roadmap for revival of national economy aligned with IMF conditions to kickstart sluggish economic activities.

Amazon.com Inc struck a deal that gives it the right to eventually buy a stake in India’s Future Retail Ltd, as the US giant seeks to bolster its presence in one of the world’s fastest-growing retail markets.

President Donald Trump’s latest missives against China on Friday sent the dollar tumbling and fuelled chatter about a possible US move to weaken the currency. Trump took to Twitter to bemoan a “very strong dollar and a very weak Fed,” and said that he’ll be responding to China’s

If you’re seeking reassurance that the global economy will soon pull out of its funk, don’t look to copper. That’s the view of analysts including Mike McGlone of Bloomberg Intelligence and Max Layton of Citigroup Inc

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The divergence in performance across the euro area is a serious problem for policymakers and the European Central Bank (ECB) in particular, QNB has said in an economic commentary.

HSBC Qatar has appointed Shamsa al-Fahd as new head of its human resources in Qatar. Shamsa has more than 13 years of Human Resources experience in Qatar

United Development Company (UDC) has clinched two new awards at the 10th edition of Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards, which celebrate excellence in HR and recognise the achievements of organisations