Year: 2015

CANBERRA: The nation's biggest bank says the federal government's $500 million-a-year tax on bank deposits might be passed on to ...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's export growth accelerated at a faster-than-expected pace in February, figures from the Census and Statistics Department ...

MOSCOW: Belarus and the European Union (EU) pledged to enhance customs cooperation to counter Russian customs Union. State Customs Committee's ...

SINGAPORE: The shipping company that helped cement Singapore's status as a global trade hub may be shaping up as a ...

CANBERRA: Australian government has decided to cap domestic research and development tax incentives to help drive the development of new ...

SINGAPORE: Over 800,000 Singaporean households in Housing Board flats will receive $45 million worth of GST vouchers to offset utility ...

TOKYO: Grand Theft Auto V, soon to arrive on PC platform later this month. In building to the hype, a ...

BEIJING: China stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mobile and Media sectors led ...

JAKARTA: A court in Indonesia will hear the final arguments from lawyers seeking to save Australian drug smugglers Andrew Chan ...

PERTH: The Australian stocks has closed weaker as further COMMODITY PRICE declines put mining and resources stocks under pressure, fuelling ...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks rallied Wednesday after an official gauge of CHINA'S MANUFACTURING activity showed a rebound in March. ...

DUBAI:Dubai Government Achievements Exhibition has provided a perfect platform for Dubai Customs to showcase its ground-breaking internally-created projects. Among these ...

SINGAPORE: Total bank lending in Singapore fell in February from the previous month, as a drop in loans to general ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran are likely to resolve impediments in bilateral trade during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Pakistan. ...

SYDNEY: Microsoft launched a revolutionary new operating system MS-DOS Mobile for their Lumia Smartphone line. The company says it's trying ...

ISLAMABAD: The country’s foreign exchange reserves have surged to $16.5 billion after receiving the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) sixth tranche ...

BEIJING: China will punish Internet companies Tencent Holdings Ltd, Youku Tudou Inc and Baidu Inc's iQiyi for hosting videos containing ...

BANGKOK: Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday, with Indonesian benchmark extending gains to an all-time high as a ...

SEOUL: The South Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar Wednesday on the back of the country's record-high trade surplus ...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks have fallen 0.90 per cent after a disappointing business confidence survey showed Japanese firms are increasingly pessimistic ...