Year: 2015

KARACHI: Dr. Brigitta Blaha, Ambassador of Austria has said that Austria was keen to develop economic, trade and commercial relationship ...

Trade volume jumps by $27b: SK becomes second largest trade partner of Qatar

DOHA: H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, said here the other day that ...

UK to impose 25% Google tax on tech giants profits, says Chancellor George Osborne

LONDON: Head of the national election in the UK this May, Chancellor George Osborne has proposed a ‘Google Tax’, a ...

SH equity rises by 5.8%: Kuwait’s NBK earns KD261.8m net profits in 2014

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) held its annual General Assembly meeting here the other day at the bank's headquarters. ...

HM Revenue & Customs ramping up tax avoidance crackdown with £1m fine

LONDON: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is ramping up its tax avoidance crackdown by forcing ‘high risk’ schemes to reveal ...

Apple watch priced at $10,000, this is Apple’s costliest product ever

NEW YORK: Apple has launched its much-awaited Apple watch. With its top-end model priced at $10,000, this is Apple’s costliest ...

Kuwait’s Al-Mazaya reports net profit of KD 8.09m in 2014

KUWAIT CITY: Al-Mazaya Holding held its Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of 2014 here the other day at Al- Mazaya Tower ...

Environmentalists see more monarch butterflies for protection

WASHINGTON: A butterfly being considered for federal protection is emblematic of the plight that pollinating insects face in part because ...

FBR trying to bring all Customs operations on WeBOC by June 2015: Chief Collector Burki

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LAHORE: Pakistan Customs will facilitate the business community in clearance of goods to increase their competitiveness through Web Based One ...

Rs 200m released for 38-km Lyari Expressway project, 14,811 families to get a plot, Rs50,000 each

KARACHI: For Lyari Expressway Project which spreads over 464 acres with a total length of 38 kilometres, the government has ...

$800,000 fine imposed: German ship owner company admits violation of Clean Water Act

BERLIN: The owner of a vehicle carrier ship discharged thousands of gallons last year in Alaskan waters, a hundred-plus miles ...

Oil value mixed in Asia, Brent eased 8 cent to $58.45

SINGAPORE: Oil prices were mixed in Asia on Tuesday as dealers weighed a strengthening US dollar with ongoing geopolitical tensions ...

Fall of oil prices: Kuwait real estate sales witness drop in January

KUWAIT: Sales in Kuwait’s real estate market were down in January for the second month in a row to KD ...

Bharti Airtel plans to double its 4G network from 2016, spending $3 billion every year on networks

DELHI: Bharti Airtel plans to double its 4G network by next fiscal as it gears up to take on competition, ...

Switzerland to sign tax deal with Germany to exchange tax information

BERLIN: Switzerland expects in the future to sign a deal with Germany to automatically exchange tax information, Swiss Finance Minister ...

Despite 1,500MW more electricity till May, urban areas to face 6-hour loadshedding, rural 8-hour

MULTAN: 1500-megawatt electricity will be added to national grid till May to overcome prevailing power crisis in the country, claimed ...

Kuwait’s KCB starts auto loan approval project

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB) is financial institution wholly owned by the State of Kuwait, specialized in granting social ...

Apple watch, thinner MacBook Tim Cook’s first product as Apple’s CEO

NEW YORK: Apple has launched its much-awaited Apple watch. With its top-end model priced at $10,000, this is Apple’s costliest ...

Bajwa to participate in panel discussion of 3rd Pak-US Business Opportunities’ Conference today

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