Doha's residential market experienced robust growth in transaction volumes, sales prices and rental prices led by high–end areas such as West Bay and the Pearl. Key drivers behind this trend are the high population influx on the demand side and ongoing …

Chairman Bernanke's careful scripting of his legacy continued with his epigrammatic speech, about the Fed's “finest hour”, fighting back political encroachment whilst saving the global economy. This speech was in fact Bernanke's “finest hour” in …

It is difficult to forecast global economic growth in contemporary times because of the high volatility and uncertainty in an inter-connected world. Slow recovery from the 2008/2009 global economic crisis and external shocks has further aggravated the …

But lately, shipping rates have turned around nicely — following the rebounding in the global economy — boosting revenue growth and operating margins for major shipping companies (see table). I like DryShips (NASDAQ:DRYS) as a short-term speculative …

Stock markets shrugged off scary headlines to set record highs in 2013. Now economic indicators are finally validating investors' faith. “We no longer believe that every new thing is going to be the end of the world,” said one of our experts.

In the global economy this week, data will probably show U.S. manufacturers are expanding at a faster rate than their counterparts in China and Europe. Growth at American producers held close to the highest level since early 2011. Elsewhere, Brazil may …

Global economy: hopes and fears for 2014. Will the coming year be one of tax cuts, pay rises and good cheer, or will the legacy of the financial crisis still haunt us? And what of China, Japan, the eurozone … Observer writers try to predict the …

… growing worldwide protectionism including competitive devaluation in Japan, declining real incomes, income polarization, declining union memberships, high unemployment and downward pressure on federal and state and local government spending.

I don't care how young, pretty, handsome, affluent or intelligent – all drunks are the same: ugly. I say this because since my big night, I have been abstaining from drinking – well, OK, limiting myself to safe driving levels of consumption. And oh …