Bank of America Merrill Lynch plans to increase lending to businesses in the Middle East as Gulf investors show more appetite for acquisitions, a senior banker at the US financial services firm said. Read Article Bank of America to increase Gulf lending
Euro Zone: The meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) nations in Cannes concludes, with an agreement to combat the problem of banks that are "too big to fail", but no resolution to the Greek sovereign debt crisis. Read Article G20 tells banks to raise capital
A leading American academic has called for the removal of top executives and shareholders as part remedy for the country's troubled financial institutions. Read Article Heads must roll for US banks to recover
Few people could have foreseen the mess the world economy would become after the issuance of billions of dollars of subprime mortgages, guaranteed by federal banks. Read Article Prelude to a global financial disaster
Analysis Saudi Arabia's banks have had little reason to celebrate since the central bank froze the accounts of some of the kingdom's most influential businessmen. Read Article Saudi banks see life after scandal
Most people don't know anything about the Algerian city selected by the Arab League's cultural arm to be the capital of Arab culture in 2015. Alice Fordham reports from Constantine Constantine, the most beautiful city you've never heard of
Former England cricket captain Adam Hollioake has morphed into a cage fighter and wants to show off his new boxing skills against Carlos Spencer at Fighting Chance Dubai, writes Paul Radley. Hollioake not short on confidence ahead of Fighting Chance
Star Trek's technological feats are ahead of the times - dreamt up almost half a century ago, much of its technology is today a reality. Can’t you beam me up, Scotty?
Istanbul's famous mosque tries to strike balance between religion and tourism money by providing tourists with coverings. Thomas Seibert reports Turkey tightens Blue Mosque dress code
