Publication: Khaleej Times

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 29 mins ago - 1 reports

World stocks fall on China, Fed worries

Stock markets worldwide fell sharply on Thursday as surprisingly weak data from China and Europe raised worries about slow growth a day after US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke broached the possibility of reducing stimulus that has buoyed investor ... [Published Khaleej Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: China, Stocks, Index

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Image maker

Hollywood’s VFX guru now offers a strong vision on how the new age of visual effects could turn things around for BollywoodGeorge Murphy, the northern California-based photographer and visual effects (VFX) supervisor, has over 30 years of traditional ... [Published Khaleej Times - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Bollywood, George Murphy, Visual Effects, Hollywood, Reliance MediaWorks Ltd

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Biting the bullet

Local author Alexander McNabb’sBeirut effortlessly brings to life a Levantine political intrigue in spy thriller formWhile we eagerly lap up thrillers and spy fiction set mostly — but where else — in the Western world, there has been a serious dearth ... [Published Khaleej Times - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Lebanon, Nuclear Warhead, Jack Higgins, Beirut

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan)

Coordination committee of MQM dissolved

KARACHI - The Coordination Committee (Rabita Committee) of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday was disbanded a day after the party founder and chief Altaf Hussain announced cleansing it of undesirable elements.A party statement said that the ... [Published Khaleej Times - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan), Karachi, Altaf Hussain

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Aldar Properties PJSC

Gulf markets fall as global sell-off spooks investors

Most Gulf markets fell on Thursday as a sell-off on international bourses spurred regional investors to cash in gains from an early-year rally.Dubai’s benchmark slipped 0.8 per cent, down for a third day in four since Sunday’s 42-month high.In Egypt, ... [Published Khaleej Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: NBK Capital, Sorouh Real Estate, Aldar Properties PJSC, Arabtec Holding PJSC, Bank Muscat SAOG

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Li for broader cooperation

ISLAMABAD - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met Pakistan’s new leader Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and invited him for an official visit to China after he takes over as prime minister early next month.Sharif reportedly sought help from ... [Published Khaleej Times - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, China, Friendship, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Muhammad Nawaz Sharif

Sharif expects $15b Saudi bailout package

ISLAMABAD - With an ‘amiable’ government in place, Saudi Arabia is expected to extend a bailout package of about $15 billion to Pakistan’s highly indebted energy sector by supplying crude and furnace oil on deferred payment to enable it to resolve the ... [Published Khaleej Times - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Dubai among top four in prime global cities index

Dubai recorded 18.3 per cent surge in luxury home prices to rank among the top four in “Prime Global Cities Index” as prime property prices across the world fell by 0.4 per cent in the first quarter 2013.While Tokyo led worldwide luxury residential market ... [Published Khaleej Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Dubai, Knight Frank LLP, Index, James Lewis

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Banks seek to reduce debt burden of Emiratis

The UAE’s banking industry showed significant growth in the first quarter of the year as assets grew 4.8 per cent year-on-year and customers deposits climbed six per cent, reflecting significant improvement in liquidity, and increasing consumer and investor ... [Published Khaleej Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: United Arab Emirates, Encumbrance, Abdul Aziz Abdulla, Abdulla Al Ghurair

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Malayalam actor Mani gets anticipatory bail

TRIVANDRUM - The Kerala high court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to cine actor Kalabhavan Mani in connection with a case filed against him for allegedly assaulting two forest officials while discharging their official duty.While accepting Mani’s ... [Published Khaleej Times - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Kalabhavan Mani, Bail, Discharge, Police, Assault

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

60% of any brand audience is youth

DUBAI - On the second and final day of the Digital Media Forum (DMF) 2013, held at the One and Only Royal Mirage Hotel, close to 1,000 industry peers, executives and students participated in a debate over digital growth in the Middle East.Guy Yalif, Head ... [Published Khaleej Times - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Social Media, Digital Media, Media Services Group Inc, case studies, Twitter

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

Motorcyclist performing road stunts hit by car

The General Department of Traffic of the Dubai Police has arrested a number of motorcyclists, including a youth who was performing road stunts just ahead of a BMW X6, driven by a woman, which hit his bike as he made a sudden turn on the road.The motorcyclist ... [Published Khaleej Times - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Dubai Police, BMW X6, Chaos, Road Fatalities, Dhahi Khalfan Tamim

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