KUWAIT, Dec 20 (KUNA) -- The price of Kuwaiti oil barrel went up 75 cents to USD 79.66 per barrel on Tuesday compared to USD 78.91 on Monday, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Wednesday.

PANAMA CITY: The Panama Canal delivered $2.5 billion to the national treasury for last year’s operations, the government said Monday, despite record-low water levels that limited ship transits.

TAIPEI: The chairman of Taiwan’s semiconductor giant TSMC, Mark Liu, will retire from the company next year, the firm announced Tuesday.

WASHINGTON: India’s economy showed robust growth over the past year. Headline inflation has, on average, moderated although it remains volatile.

KUWAIT: The gross foreign assets of the six GCC countries are expected to swell to around $4.4 trillion in 2024, supported by oil export-driven current account surpluses, projected at $146 billion, according to a new report.

WASHINGTON: Japan’s Nippon Steel agreed to buy US Steel Corp for $14.1 billion, the companies announced on Monday, sparking criticism about the firm’s ownership in an industry crucial to US national security.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google parent Alphabet has agreed to pay $700 million as part of an antitrust settlement made public on Monday, with the funds going to US customers of its Android app store and state governments. 

BRUSSELS: France stood up for nuclear power as part of the EU’s low-carbon energy mix on Tuesday, raising the hackles of anti-nuclear Germany.

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan on Tuesday maintained its long-standing, ultra-loose monetary policy and offered no guidance on its plans in the new year, sending the yen down against the dollar and boosting stocks.