Didi Chuxing gets $4.5bn in its second round of fundraising

MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has partnered with Microsoft Philippines to deliver seamless service to Filipinos. According to BOC...

Customs office foils illegal beef import from Oz, New Zealand

JAKARTA: The Customs and Excise Directorate General has announced that it managed to foil an alleged illegal import of seven...

Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock quotation board at the window of a securities company in Tokyo on April 8, 2016.
Tokyo stocks fell morning trade on April 8 as market heavyweight Fast Retailing, operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, plunged more than 11 percent after forecasting a big decline in annual profit. / AFP / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

Asian shares rebound with oil as Brexit risk abates; yen sinks

TOKYO: Asian stocks rebounded from a three-week low, the pound strengthened and oil snapped a six-day losing streak after the...

Banks lead European stocks lower as Brexit worries dominate

MILAN/LONDON: European shares fell on Thursday, with banking stocks dragging regional equity indexes towards their lowest point in almost four...

CANADA STOCKS-TSX falls as resource stocks follow commodities lower

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index fell on Thursday as energy and mining stocks dragged due to lower oil prices and...

Stocks climb, breaking losing streak

NEW YORK: U.S. stocks climbed Thursday, snapping a five-session streak of declines as telecommunications and utilities shares gained. The Dow...

Businessmen hail Pakistan’s upgradation to emerging markets status

ISLAMABAD: Businessmen in a meeting at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) hailed upgradation of Pakistan Stock Exchange to...

Govt can save billion dollars by curbing smuggling: LCCI

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has said that elimination of serious issues like smuggling, which are...

Foreign reserves surge to $21.415b

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $21,415.1 million on June 10, 2016, a weekly...

Senate adopts 139 recommendations for budget 2016-17

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday adopted 139 recommendations regarding the Finance Bill 2016-17 for its incorporation in the budget for...

RTA collects Rs15.7m revenue in five months

FAISALABAD: Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has issued 8,210 route permits and collected revenue of Rs 15.7 million during the last...

Shipping activity at Port Qasim

KARACHI: Brisk shipping was recorded at the port where five ships C.V Maersk Stepnica, M.V Orion-3, M.V Horizon and M.T...

Number of mobile users reaches 133.02m till May

ISLAMABAD: The number of mobile phone-users in the country has reached 133.02 million till May this year as five mobile...

Customs office foils illegal beef import from Oz, New Zealand

JAKARTA: The Customs and Excise Directorate General has announced that it managed to foil an alleged illegal import of seven...

New Honda Civic Type-R sets lap records

LONDON: There are fast cars and then there’s really, truly, rapid cars. Honda reckons it’s got a hustler in the...

84% cotton sowing target completed

MULTAN: Punjab Agriculture Additional Secretary Hussain Sardar Wednesday said that cotton sowing on 84 percent land of total taget had...

Dastgir says Pakistan wants to set up port infrastructure on Afghan border

ISLAMABAD: Federal Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that Pakistan desired to set up port infrastructure along Pak-Afghan border...

Six-story building put to earthquake test

SAN DIEGO: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego rocked and rattled a six-story steel frame building on a...

Ahsan lauds Italy’s 20m euro assistance for olive plantation project