LONDON- The number of hedge funds focused on trading cryptocurrencies more than doubled in the four months to Feb. 15, despite sharp falls in the value of the virtual coins in recent weeks, data from fintech research house Autonomous NEXT showed Thursday. The firm recorded a...

Turkish and South Korean companies on Thursday signed a concession agreement to build the Big Almaty Ring Road (BAKAD) project in Kazakhstan. The Turkish firms, Makyol Construction and Alsim Alarko, and South Korean companies -- Korean SK and Korea Expressway Corporation -- inked the...

Qatar Airways’ chief executive said Tuesday the carrier will post a loss this year because four other Arab countries have severed land, air and sea links with Qatar. Akbar al-Baker said that the boycott on Qatar’s flagship airline flying to neighboring Saudi Arabia, the United Arab...

 France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe promised lower taxes and a business-friendly France at a global summit in Dubai Sunday, seeking investment from the oil-rich Gulf region. "France is undergoing great transformation", Philippe said, addressing a thousand-strong audience at...