Bloomberg Gulf oil exporters must cut spending and narrow their budget shortfalls to keep their currencies pegged to the dollar, the International Monetary Fund said. While substantial foreign assets have allowed the countries to fix the value of their currencies to the greenback, keeping the status quo comes at a price as lower crude prices strain public finances, the …

  Geneva / WAM The UAE has been elected to chair the Finance Committee of the International Labour Organization during their 105th conference that was held in Geneva, votes cast by the participating states of the committee marked the UAE as the leading representative. The Finance Committee comes with great responsibilities and was formed by the organization to study, discuss, adopt …

  DUBLIN / Reuters Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is set to buy a major stake in Irish telecoms firm Eir, the Irish Times reported on Thursday, in a move that would likely support its plans to hold off from a stock market flotation for now. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is on course to acquire York Capital, Eir’s second-largest shareholder’s …