Doha / Emirates Business Single expatriates in Qatar can expect more housing options as some real estate agents seem willing to offer them flats vacated by families, it is learnt. As some middle-income expatriates have reportedly left the country or are planning to send their families back home, flats occupied by them – or targeted at such residents – are ...

Indianapolis / Bloomberg Republic Airways Holdings Inc. doesn’t plan to cut aviators’ jobs or seek to throw out their four-month-old contract in bankruptcy court, according to the pilots union. A potential bankruptcy filing had been part of monthly discussions between leaders of Republic’s pilots union and airline executives, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 357 executive board told members in ...

Bloomberg Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the conglomerate controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett, said fourth-quarter profit climbed 32 percent on investments and earnings from the company’s expanding stable of operating businesses. Net income rose to $5.48 billion, or $3,333 a share, from $4.16 billion, or $2,529, a year earlier, the company said in a statement. Operating earnings, which exclude some investment results, ...