Gold steady after sell-off, US talks eyedGold steadied on Thursday to trade in a narrow range, after suffering its biggest daily decline in nearly four weeks in the previous session, as investors nervously eyed a looming deadline for averting a US fiscal crisis. More… |
Iraqi Kurds see sharp decline in oil exportsCrude exports from Iraq's northern Kurdish region have dropped to 50,000-60,000 barrels per day from 160,000 bpd since late last month, several Iraqi government sources said on Saturday. The reason for the decline was unknown, they sai More… |
New born deaths on the decline, says studyFewer newborns are dying worldwide, but progress is too slow and Africa particularly is being left further behind, said a new study published in the medical journal PLoS Medicine. The study covering 20 years and all 193 World Health Organi More… |
Gulf stock markets decline continuesStock markets in the the Gulf continued their decline in early trading as a sharp fall in Asian, European and American stocks dent investor sentiment regionally. Qatar's main index tumbled more than 7 per cent to its lowest level in almost More… |
Oil extends decline on recession fearsOil fell on Monday, extending the past three sessions' decline, as the growing threat of a US economic downturn outweighed supply worries in Iran and Nigeria. US light crude for February delivery fell 23 cents to $92.46 a barrel by 0106 GM More… |








