Year: 2015

LONDON: The dollar slipped versus the yen at the start of a new quarter on Wednesday, as a soft reading ...

Number of call centres up by 12%: IT exports increase 35% in first 8 months of FY2014-15, nearing $500m

ISLAMABAD: The country’s IT sector has witnessed a huge growth in exports, which have increases by 35 per cent during ...

Researchers use satellite measurements of natural radio waves emitted from Earth’s surface

WASHINGTON: An international team of scientists, led by Australians, has used 20 years of satellite data to analyse the total ...

Pak rupee depreciates by 15 paisas in open market to 102.60

KARACHI: Though Pakistani rupee remained unchanged against US dollar in interbank, however, it weakened in open market despite bullish trend ...

China to boost ties with Turkey to increase trade volume up to $100b

ANKARA: Qingwei Kong, the secretary of the Finance Committee of the ruling Communist Party of China – which is known ...

China to boost ties with Turkey to increase trade volume up to $100b

ANKARA: Qingwei Kong, the secretary of the Finance Committee of the ruling Communist Party of China – which is known ...

BMW M4 appears with water-injection system at Moto GP World Championship

SYDNEY: BMW introduced a new water-injection system on its M4 safety cars at the MotoGP World Championship opener in Qatar. ...

German unemployment slips 0.1% to 2.932m in March, lowest in country’s history

BERLIN: Reunified Germany has never had so few people out of work. The data is another sign that Europe’s largest ...

German e-commerce giant Limango stops operations in Turkey

ANKARA: Popular e-commerce site Limango announced it has stopped operations in Turkey. Germany’s leading private shopping community “for women and ...

Orange Business Services secures enterprise mobility of Belgium foreign affairs

BRUSSELS: Orange Business Services said it’s securing the enterprise mobility of Belgium Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs to support ...

DP World to facilitate Port of Antwerp’s development with open access container terminal

BRUSSELS: In a bid to boost business growth for the Port of Antwerp, global terminal operator DP World is helping ...

South Korean stocks trade 0.49pc lower at noon, KOSPI sheds 10.03pts

SEOUL: South Korean stocks trade 0.49 percent lower late Wednesday morning as institutions offloaded their holdings, analysts said. The benchmark ...

Every 20th worker in Denmark possesses foreign nationality

COPENHAGEN: According to the Industry advocate organization Dansk Industry (DI), the Denmark is becoming a cultural melting pot with every ...

Greece fails to satisfy creditors to unlock €3.7b on reform proposal

ATHENS: Greece’s reform proposal has so far failed to satisfy creditors. Greece has submitted a list of proposals to euro ...

Emerson wins $76m contract to automate PowerStation in Poland

WARSAW: Emerson has been awarded a $76 million contract to automate PowerStation in Poland. Emerson will serve as the project’s ...

Greece, creditors want privatization of Piraeus port to raise €500m

ATHENS: Greece official stated that it expects to raise at least €500 million from the privatization of the Piraeus port. ...

Stockman transaction covers 82 Seppälä in Finland

HELSINKI: Finland’s Stockmann has signed an agreement regarding the selling of its subsidiary. The transaction covers over 82 Seppälä stores ...

Cosco seeks majority stake in 67% sale of Greece port

ATHENS: Cosco Pacific will bid for a majority stake in Greece’s port after the country's new government reversed course on ...

Poland remains most attractive destination for new investment in 2014