- On Wall Street, the broad-based S&P 500 had its best December in over a decade, and scored a third straight...
On Wall Street, the broad-based S&P 500 had its best December in over a decade, and scored a third straight year of double-digit gains with a 27.1% jump
In Asia, Hong Kong's main stocks index finished with gains Friday, on surging Chinese tech shares
- Experts believe that 2022 will be a milestone year for bitcoin, with the ups outweighing the downs. Cryptos may suffer...
Some experts believe that improved use and legality of cryptocurrencies will help reduce the wild swings in their prices
The Dubai World Trade Center has announced it would become a specialized area in encrypted assets, including digital assets
- The Lebanese pound has lost more than 90 percent of its purchase power since end-2019, due to its devaluation against...
Fuel distributors issued a statement urging ministers to shore up the value of the Lebanese pound against the dollar
Their statement, read by representative Fadi Abu Shakra, stressed that ‘the schedule of fuel prices will be issued next Tuesday’
- Given the current trends, the country’s GDP is expected to grow by 13.8 percent by the end of the current...
As a percentage of the GDP, the deficit was down from 15.5 percent in 2020 to 3.8 percent this year
All credit rating agencies amended Oman’s future outlook during this year to ‘stable’ and ‘positive’
- Tunisian President Kais Saied is preparing to ask the public for their thoughts on a new constitution.
President Kais Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, and seized wide-ranging powers on July 25
The former law professor has long called for an overhaul of the country's post-revolution political system
- The election, set for December 24, was meant to be the culmination of UN-led efforts to drag Libya out of...
Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah chaired a cabinet meeting on Thursday, marking his return to the post
This happened despite concerns that postponing of the country's presidential election could jeopardize his position
- Having more than trebled in value to $60,000 between December 2020 and April, bitcoin has lost some shine to trade...
Having more than trebled in value to $60,000 between December 2020 and April, bitcoin has lost some shine to trade at under $50,000 heading into the new year
The record high in April occurred with the stock market debut of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
- International oil prices surged by around 36.5 percent and reached a 7-year peak, exceeding US$ 82 a barrel at the...
International oil prices surged by around 36.5 percent and reached a 7-year peak, exceeding US$ 82 a barrel at the end of November 2021, the highest level since October 2014
Increased demand from major oil consumers like China, South Korea, India, and the European Union was responsible for the rise.
- Earlier this month Turkey and Armenia named special representatives to work on the normalisation of ties.Turkey will be represented by...
Arch-enemies Armenia and Turkey have recently made tentative moves to improve relations
Arch-enemies Armenia and Turkey have recently made tentative moves to improve relations
- Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati urged citizens to sue economists who comment on social media about the lira's slide. His remarks...
Lira entered a tailspin that saw it lose nearly half its value from the start of November to the moment President Erdogan announced new currency support measures last week.
Nebati accused the commentators of using "psychological warfare" by urging Turks to buy gold and dollars in order to preserve their savings against further lira declines.





















