Tractors sale declined by 28% to 6,745 units in Q1
LAHORE: The country’s tractor industry witnessed 28 per cent decline in sales on YoY basis as 6,745 units were sold ...
Year: 2015
US unveils plan to deal with space weather
LONDON: The U.S. government is getting more serious about dealing with the dangers posed by powerful sun storms. On Thursday ...
Warid introduces “Go Global Offer”
LAHORE: Warid has the largest postpaid customer base in Pakistan and has always been a pioneer in customer satisfaction by ...
Researchers develop new hybrid magnetic sensor
SINGAPORE: Researchers have developed a new hybrid magnetic sensor that is over 200 times sensitive than commercially available sensors. This technological ...
Vietnam consumer confidence index gain 5.8 points to 141.1 in Oct
HANOI: The ANZ-Roy Morgan Viet Nam Consumer Confidence Index gained 5.8 points to 141.1 in October, rising well above the ...
S Punjab traders calls for transparent implementation of PM package
ISLAMABAD: The traders of South Punjab have urged the United Business Group to monitor prime minister’s relief package for farmers ...
South Korean stocks trade 0.51% higher at noon
SEOUL: South Korean stocks traded 0.51 percent higher late Tuesday morning as investors snapped up local shares in line with ...
Production in garment, textile sector expecting big in Q4 of 2015
HANOI: Production in the garment and textile sector would be higher in the last quarter of this year as several ...
HCM City seeks to increase private sector’s contribution
HCM CITY: Developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is one of the ways to increase the private sector's contribution to ...
Vietnam expects to see economic growth of over 6.5% this year
HANOI: Many businesses operating in Vietnam are not making any profit and most of them are too small to keep ...
China stocks flat by break, Shanghai Composite edges up 0.02%
BEIJING: Shanghai stocks were flat by the break on Tuesday, as gains in global markets overnight failed to provide a ...
Rubber wood imports pressure in local market
KOCHI: Rising imports from China and other SE Asian countries is posing a threat to the domestic rubber wood industry ...
People use smartphones for 5 hours every day
LONDON: People use their smartphones for an average of five hours a day - about a third of the time ...
Scientists develop battery-free pacemakers powered by heart
EUROPE: Scientists are developing battery-free implantable pacemakers that may be powered by an unlikely source — the heart itself. The ...
Antarctica is actually gaining ice, says NASA
HARROW: An increase in Antarctic snow accumulation that began 10,000 years ago is currently adding enough ice to the continent ...
China’s soyabean imports likely to reach 22MT in Q4
BEIJING: China's soyabean imports are likely to reach 22 million tonnes in the fourth quarter, up 18 percent on a ...
US sets abrupt duties on imports of melamine from China
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday set steep duties on imports of melamine from China and Trinidad and Tobago after ...
Hong Kong stocks jumps 1.37% by midday
HONG KONG: The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong rose 1.37 percent, or 306.13 points, to end the morning at ...
Researchers found world’s smallest snail in northeastern Borneo
WASHINGTON: Researchers have reported in journal ZooKeys about the smallest snail measuring only 0.02 inches (or 0.5 to 0.6 mm) ...
Chinese yuan devalues by 6.3310 agaisnt US dollar
BEIJING: The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened by 156 basis points to 6.3310 ...
