Year: 2015

NEW YORK: Sprint customers are getting Android 5.1 Lollipop update for Nexus 6 smartphones in the US. Moreover, Verizon customers ...

Rangers’ raid on Nine Zero: Wheel-jam strike affects clearance work at PICT, KICT

byAbul Hassan Usmani

KARACHI: Following the Rangers’ raid on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters known as ‘Nine Zero’, the entire metropolis witnessed a ...

French Total to challenge ExxonMobil in LNG development

PARIS: Total will join existing LNG operator ExxonMobil as a leader of LNG development in PNG, which started exporting gas ...

Japan savers hold $25 billion in tax-free investment accounts

TOKYO: Japan’s savers held almost $25 billion in the nation’s tax-free investment accounts at the end of the program’s first ...

Kuwait Customs seizes illicit sorcery tools, clutches American

KUWAIT CITY: Officers at Al-Abdali Customs confiscated sorcery tools from an American citizen who came from Iraq and he tried ...

Irish Revenue Commissioners collect €23 million from tax evaders

DUBLIN: Concert promoter Oliver Barry has made a settlement with the Revenue Commissioners of €2.21m for the underpayment of income ...

Bajwa to inaugurate seminar on communication strategy in collaboration with British DFID, HMRC

byM Arshad

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will inaugurate one day seminar on communication strategy here today (Thursday). International experts ...

“Facebook has become about the advertisers more than it is about the users,” Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales slaps Facebook

SYDNEY: Wikipedia co-founder and technology entrepreneur Jimmy Wales has accused Facebook of putting advertisers ahead of its 890 million users. ...

US govt launches US-Pakistan Partnership for Access to Credit program

byM Arshad

ISLAMABAD: The two-day 3rd Pak-US Business Opportunities Conference concluded here with reiteration of firm resolve by the US businessmen and ...

Kuwait Customs seizes illicit weapon, liquor bottle, nabs two culprits

KUWAIT CITY: Customs officers assigned at Nuwaiseeb Border arrested a GCC national for trying to smuggle an unlicensed weapon into ...

Apple’s 13.1 mm MacBook lighter than MacBook Air

NEW YORK: Apple MacBook the thinnest Mac ever made (it’s only 13.1 mm thick) and it also comes in a ...

Indian indirect tax revenue hits 7.4% to Rs4786.3b

NEW DELHI: Indian indirect tax revenue collection increased 7.4 percent to Rs4786.3 billion during April-February 2014-15. A provisional statement from ...

Milky Way Galaxy may be 50% bigger than thought

PARIS: Rings of stars thought to surround the Milky Way are actually part of it, according to new research, meaning ...

Dastgir to highlight achievements of Pak-US Business Opportunities Conference today

byM Arshad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan will highlight achievements and milestones achieved in two-day 3rd Pak-US Business Opportunities ...

Indian rupee declines 67.78 per dollar at start

Mumbai: The rupee on Thursday opened flat against the dollar on weak Asian currencies. The Indian currency opened at 62.78 ...

Android 5.1 OS update rolling out for Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 on T-Mobile, Nexus 6 on Sprint

NEW YORK: Google's Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS update is rolling out on Nexus smartphones across the US, reported International Business ...

Italy to commit €8b to Juncker’s plan to boost economic growth

ROME: Italy is to commit €8.0 billion ($A11.16 billion) to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s plan to boost economic growth. ...

Kuwait Customs seizes 4kg bootleg heroin worth KD200,000

KUWAIT CITY: Customs officers at Kuwait International Airport intercepted a shipment containing four kilograms of heroin worth KD 200,000. According ...

Norwegian shipping firm registers in Bermuda at cost $300 million