Qatar's economy grows more than 6% in 2014

Doha (AFP) - Qatar's economy grew by more than six percent in 2014, official figures showed, driven by spending on huge construction projects ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

Luxembourg and Juncker under pressure over tax deals

French, German and Dutch finance ministers have rounded on Luxembourg for allowing multinational companies to create complicated structures to avoid billions of dollars of tax.

EU, US aim to overcome key trade talks barrier by January

Differences on norms set for anything from food and aviation safety, to standards for electric cars or the regulation of financial services, stand in the way of efforts to strike an ambitious transatlantic deal creating the world's largest free trade area.

EU wants to include financial services in US trade talks

BRUSSELS: The European Union's top trade official said on Saturday he wants financial services to be included in negotiations on an ambitious EU-U.S. free trade pact.