Singapore stocks marginally weaker at open, STI retreats 0.31pc
SINGAPORE: Singapore stocks opened marginally lower on Thursday following a retreat overnight in US equities, with the Straits Times Index ...
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South Korean stocks flat at open, KOSPI skids 0.04pc
SEOUL: South Korean stocks opened nearly flat Thursday in an atmosphere of caution heading into the upcoming U.S. rate-setting meeting. ...
Philippines exports fall by 10.8% YoY to $4.59bn in Oct
MANILA: Exports in October dropped by 10.8 percent year-on-year to $4.59 billion, down from the $5.15 billion posted in the ...
Growers advised to complete sunflower cultivation by Jan
FAISALABAD: The growers in Punjab have been advised to complete sunflower cultivation by mid January to get bumper crops. A ...
Egypt boosts crude oil imports from Kuwait
CAIRO: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has agreed to supply Egypt with about 500,000 barrels of crude oil per month, to be ...
Taiwan stocks tumble at start, TAIEX dives 0.5pc
TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks fell to their lowest in more than two months on Thursday as weakness took hold of regional ...
Italy wants to develop agro-based industry in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Italian Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has called on Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reform Ahsan Iqbal and expressed interest ...
Russia loses military satellite after launch
FRANCE: A military satellite named Kanopus ST is reported to have been lost in space after it failed to separate ...
The race to land a robot on moon is officially set for 2017
MEXICO: The race to put the first private robot lander on the moon is heating up as a second company ...
Indonesia to import 1m metric tons Pak rice from 2016
ISLAMABAD: Indonesia will import more than one million metric tons of Pakistani white rice worth $400m from next year to ...
Australian stocks shed at open, S&P 200 slumps 1.05pc
SYDNEY: Australian stocks have slipped more than one percent on Thursday, led by heavy losses in Australia's banks weighing on ...
Berjaya Food reveneu jumps 79.8% to RM135.42mil
KUALA LUMPUR: Berjaya Food Bhd (BFood) reported a 96.21% fall in its net profit for its second quarter ended Oct ...
Bangladesh anti-drugs officers seize cocaine worth $6.2m
DHAKA: Bangladesh anti-drugs officers seized US$6.2 million of cocaine at Dhaka airport and arrested a Spanish national on suspicion of ...
KSE opens with positive note, gains 107pts
KARACHI: The stocks Thursday opened keeping positive note as Karachi Stock Exchange gained 107.46 points to reach 33127.72 level, with ...
Hong Kong stocks decline in early trade, Hang Seng retreats 0.16%
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks slipped in the first few minutes of trade Thursday, extending a sell-off to six straight ...
China stocks jump at open, Shanghai Composite shoots up 0.6pc
SHANGHAI: China stocks rose on Thursday as investors responded positively to a government announcement that it would shift to a ...
Tokyo stocks open skid at open, Nikkei 225 down 1.32pc
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks tumbled Thursday as a strong yen dented exporter shares, and after Wall Street fell on oil prices ...
Solar superflare enough to destroy our blue planet
CANADA: On spotting the enormous solar flare on the star, KIC9655129, scientists speculate that our sun could produce a similar ...
US stocks dip at close, S&P dives 0.8%
LONDON:U.S. stocks fell for a third day as Apple Inc. paced declines among technology shares, overshadowing a rebound in commodity ...
Japan’s Akatsuki orbiter sends back images of Venus
TOKYO: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Venus Climate Orbiter, nicknamed Ataksuki (which means "dawn" in Japanese), has sent back images ...
