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Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index dropped 18.64 points, or 0.19 percent, when the bourse closed trading at 10,044.45 points Wednesday. The volume of shares traded decreased to 194,780,827 from 238,269,114 on Tuesday and the value of shares increased to QR531,619,574.504 from QR528,578,454.650 on Tuesday. Indices of four sectors ended in …

Qatar’s foreign merchandise trade balance, which represents the difference between total exports and imports depicted a surplus of QR 13.5 billion in January this year, increased around QR 1.1 billion or 8.7 percent as compared to January 2020, and as compared to December 2020, has escalated about QR 4.9 billion …

On a lush, green patch of rolling farmland in Australia’s Queensland, cows are quietly grazing in a scene that is replicated around the world. A closer inspection, however, would reveal that these particular bovines are a bit more high-tech than normal. Behind one ear, each carries a device roughly the …

Now is “not the time for tax rises” as they could undermine the UK’s economic recovery from Covid – but they may be needed at a later date, MPs have said. Ahead of the Budget announcement on Wednesday, a Treasury Committee report says public finances are on an “unsustainable long-term …

Analysis shows that unemployment rates are higher around major UK airports than across the UK. According to parliamentary data, the number of people claiming unemployment benefits went up 112% across the UK between January 2020 and January 2021. But analysis by a group of MPs with interest in aviation found …

Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon has rejected remote working as a “new normal” and has labelled it an “aberration” instead. Mr Solomon said the investment bank had operated throughout 2020 with “less than 10% of our people” in the office. His eagerness for workers to return to the office is …

BBC WhatsApp users who do not accept its updated terms and conditions by the 15 May deadline will be unable to receive or send messages until they do so. Their account will be listed as “inactive”. And inactive accounts can be deleted after 120 days. Calls and notifications will still …

Facebook on Sunday deleted the main page of the Myanmar military under it standards prohibiting the incitement of violence, the company said, a day after two protesters were killed when police opened fire at a demonstration against the Feb 1 coup. “In line with our global policies, we’ve removed the …

WhatsApp is pushing ahead with controversial changes to its terms of service, but altering the way it notifies users following a backlash. After its first announcement in January, millions of users downloaded apps from WhatsApp’s competitors.   The Facebook-owned platform previously said it had been the victim of “misinformation” around …

Google has fired the founder and co-head of its artificial intelligence ethics unit, claiming she violated the company’s code of conduct. In a statement, Google said an investigation found Margaret Mitchell had moved files outside the company. The ethics unit has been under scrutiny since December, following the departure of …