21+ hour, 48+ min ago   (253+ words) PARIS: A cash-strapped customer split an entrecôte steak with a companion the other day at David Zenouda’s Paris restaurant while others increasingly share starters, skip wine at lunch or opt only for a main course. It’s a sign of the…...

11+ hour, 9+ min ago   (317+ words) Russia's nuclear chief accuses Ukraine of attacking fuel trucks at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, killing two servicemen and endangering nuclear safety. The head of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation accused Ukraine on Sunday of attacking diesel fuel trucks, killing…...

21+ hour, 48+ min ago   (123+ words) Business Recorder PARIS: French central bank chief Emmanuel Moulin said on Friday that France was not in catastrophic economic danger but the government must act to reduce the country’s public deficit. Moulin was speaking after INSEE revised its economic forecast…...

21+ hour, 48+ min ago   (203+ words) IMF’s austerity advice Business Recorder This is apropos a news item titled ‘Oxfam says IMF pushed for larger austerity cuts in borrowing countries’ carried by this newspaper recently; according to which, the IMF has pushed borrowing countries to make bigger…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (479+ words) The Sindh government has decided that employees retiring from January 1, 2027 will receive their pension and other basic financial dues on the day of their retirement. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Sindh Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (288+ words) South Korean shares fell on Friday amid a sell-off in US treasuries while the inflation data there reinforced bets on an imminent Federal Reserve interest rate hike. The won strengthened, while the benchmark bond yield rose. The benchmark KOSPI was…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (535+ words) The dollar strengthened and yen slipped amid Middle East energy disruption fears, driving up oil prices and bond yields, while markets anticipate a Fed rate hike. SINGAPORE: The dollar held near its highest ​levels of the past week and the…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (284+ words) LONDON: The global platinum market will swing to a surplus for the first time since 2022 this year due to weaker investment and jewellery demand, the World Platinum Investment Council said. Spot platinum prices are down 10% so far this year to…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (73+ words) Business Recorder - The baht was steady at 32.89 versus the dollar, after trading in a range of 32.880 to 32.945 BANGKOK: The Thai baht was steady against the US dollar on Wednesday. At 0158 GMT, the baht was steady at 32.89 versus the dollar, after…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (330+ words) LONDON: London’s mid-cap stocks logged their biggest weekly fall in three months on Friday, pressured by concerns over soaring government debt and inflation, while Experian slid after the US housing regulator criticised the sector’s practices. The FTSE 100 index closed flat…...