Tokyo stocks surge 0.63% at noon, Nikkei 225 gains 111.10pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks climbed 0.63 percent Friday morning, after US stocks soared and as a weaker yen boosted exporter shares, ...
Year: 2015
Iraq cuts budget nearly $3 billion due to falling oil prices
BAGHDAD: Iraq cut its 2015 budget nearly $3 billion (2.7 billion euros) due to the falling price of oil, on ...
Seven Customs, Inland Revenue officers of BS 17-20 assume charge
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued notifications regarding charge relinquishment/assumption by the Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) and Inland ...
Taiwan’s Kaohsiung port handles 10.59m TEU of container volumes in 2014
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Kaohsiung port handled 10.59m teu of container volumes in 2014, an increase of 6.6% compared to 9.94m teu ...
Singapore’s transport and storage sector becomes top performing industry in 2014
SINGAPORE: The transport and storage sector emerged as Singapore’s top performing industry over the past year, according to a study ...
Investment in Bangladesh Export Processing Zones up 12.17%
DHAKKA: Data from Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority showed that investments in the eight export processing zones or EPZs went ...
Sri Lanka police probe political links to drug kingpin
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka police investigated whether a man who confessed to smuggling over 1,000 kilos of heroin to the island ...
3,000 stores target in 105 countries: Subway opens 2,000th store in UK, Irland
DUBLIN: Subway established itself as the world’s biggest quick-service restaurant brand in the world and has 3,000 stores in over ...
Trade activities after MQM strike props up KSE-100 Index by 83.75 points to 34492.49
Karachi: The KSE-100 Index surged by 198.18 points or 0.58 percent to 34606.92 points and 153,115,840 till mid day trade ...
Ireland sells €500m in bills on lowest rate of 0% to mature in 6 months
DUBLIN: The country borrowed half a billion euro from investors in the form of short-term bills, with no interest at ...
Price of north sea oil falls to less than 46 USD per barrel
OSLO: The price of north sea oil fell to less than 46 USD per barrel. Analysts in the American bank ...
Taiwan police gun down Malaysia drug racket
KUALA LUMPUR: Taiwan Police gunning for a Malaysian-based drug syndicate that has been smuggling heroin into Taiwan. The syndicate’s activities ...
Illegal use of compressor major cause of low gas pressure
ISLAMABAD: The people have protested against the illegal use of compressor on natural gas connections and demanded stern action against ...
£260,000 haul: UK customs seizes millions of illicit cigarettes
LONDON: Illicit cigarettes were seized by UK Customs during an operation across Sandwell and Birmingham in an attempt to disrupt ...
Court allows Hong Kong Customs to confiscate illegal properties worth $112 million
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs successfully obtained a Confiscation Order under the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance from the Court ...
India’s soymeal exports set to hit 26-year low in 2014-15
NEW DELHI: India’s soymeal exports are set to hit a 26-year low in the 2014-15 year ending March as easing ...
Indonesia BNN destroys 862kg meth worth $136m, nabs four Hong Kong smugglers
HONG KONG: Indonesia National Narcotics Agency (BNN) set alight 862 kilograms (kg) of methamphetamine worth Rp 1.7 trillion (US$136 million) ...
Saudi customs seizes 56m narcotic pills in 2014
ABU DHABI: Saudi Customs have revealed that they seized a total of 56 million narcotic pills in 2014 besides huge ...
Qatar exports fall by 21.7%, imports decline by 18.3%
DOHA: Qatar’s trade balance of goods, which represents the difference between total exports and imports, showed a surplus of QR22.7bn ...
China copper imports touch 11.87m tonnes in 2014, up 17.75% over 2013: Customs
BEIJING: China imported 11.87 million tonnes of copper concentrate through 2014, up 17.75% over 2013, Customs data show. High spot ...
