PARSI: French unions on Thursday staged a new day of disruption against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform after he defiantly vowed to implement the change, with refineries at a standstill and mass transport cancellations.

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday, as it sought to strike a balance between curbing high inflation and averting further upheaval in the commercial banking sector.

KUWAIT: Zain Group, the Middle East’s leading digital ICT service provider, has completed the technical prototype validation of RedCAP based on 5.5G technology in Kuwait. RedCap is defined as part of the 3GPP Internet of Things architecture.

KUWAIT: Chairman of Boubyan Bank Abdulaziz Abdullah Dakheel Al-Shaya reiterated the bank’s ongoing endeavors to achieve excellent and accelerating growth of financial indicators and market shares in a manner that benefits all its shareholders and the Kuwaiti economy, in addition to focusing on quality customer service and upskilling the bank’s human resources, which turns Boubyan into a banking and digital powerhouse in Kuwait and the region.

By Majd Othman

KUWAIT: Food security is in focus recently due to the political and economic situations around the world including the Russia-Ukraine war, financial crises and debates whether to raising the interest rate to control growing inflation.

BERLIN: Balancing on a sloping tiled roof, apprentice Pascal Ode installs a solar panel under the watchful eye of his trainer. Hopes are high that Ode may soon be able to install the systems on both homes and businesses.

Kuwait: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, announces its platinum sponsorship of the second edition of Microsoft’s Smart Government Summit, held in collaboration with the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT).

WASHINGTON: Sales of existing homes in the United States made their biggest monthly jump since 2020 in February, ending a year of declines according to industry data released on Tuesday.

KUWAIT: In celebration of International Women’s Day 2023, Gulf Bank’s ‘Lead The Way Conference’ commenced on Tuesday at Grand Hyatt 360 Mall in the presence and with the participation of various economic, banking, diplomatic and government figures in addition to several public associations.