Year: 2015

TOKYO: The dollar held steady in Asia Thursday after US central bank chief Janet Yellen suggested that a December US ...

PERTH: Australian scientists have found a gene in native tobacco plant Nicotiana benthamiana which they assert will open the door ...

NEW DELHI: India's oil imports from Iran fell 41.5 percent in October from a year ago to the lowest in ...

MUMBAI: The rupee fell by 16 paise to 65.65 against the dollar in early trade due to fresh demand for ...

BEIJING: Chinese commercial banks saw a 1.59 percent rise in the overall bad loan ratio at the end of the ...

BEIJING: China aims to deliver 50 billion express parcels annually, generating 800 billion yuan ($126.3 billion) in business revenue, by ...

NEW DELHI: India’s Ministry of Finance issued a notification raising the basic custom duty on imports of wheat to 25% ...

BEIJING: Outbound direct investment made by Chinese companies to countries along the Belt and Road Initiative hit $12.03 billion in ...

NEW DELHI: This may come as a shocking news to many, as air quality in Delhi continues to get worse, ...

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Ports―the master developer, operator and manager of ports and industrial zones in the Emirate―participated in HR ...

JAKARTA:  Indonesian state energy firm PT Pertamina does not expect to import any gas oil in 2016 following government rules ...

BEIJING: China's gold consumption rose 7.83 percent year on year to 814 tons in the first three quarters, industry data ...

BEIJING: China has imported $2.11 billion worth of farm products from Vietnam in the first nine months of the year, ...

AMSTERDAM: An aquarium being built at Rotterdam Square Mall is expected to open in February — a critical part of ...

TEHRAN: Iran imported 19,700 tons of products worth over $37 million from the U.S. in the first half of 2015, ...

ANKARA: Turkey’s Fibabanka has joined the ranks of banks interested in buying HSBC’s Turkish unit, two sources close to the ...

TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks were barely changed on Thursday as investors paused after recent gains, but exchange traded funds (ETFs) targetting ...

MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to grant a 100-million-U.S.-dollars loan to China to support the country's efforts ...

VICTORIA: Hong Kong’s polished diamond imports declined 10 percent year on year to $13.5 billion in the first nine months ...

NEW YORK: Facebook FB +0.97% mobile advertising engine keeps revving up, as the company’s growing suite of apps continues to ...