ISLAMABAD: The federal government will establish a dry port in Sargodha to facilitate the export of fruits and minerals, produced...

DOHA: Qatar’s unprecedented $9 billion Eurobond sale has pressed the re-set button for the Gulf region’s debt market. The country...

KARACHI: Hascol Petroleum has announced to establish a 200,000-tonne oil storage facility at Port Qasim with the total cost of...

KUWAIT: Kuwait is expected to sign within two weeks a $1 billion contract with Italy’s Salini Impregilo and Turkey’s Limak...

GENEVA: Will a financial revolution follow the Jasmine uprising in Tunisia? A Swiss start-up, Monetas, is proposing just that, saying...

PARIS: A study on attractiveness across Europe shows that while the continent is generally on the up, France is the...

DUBLIN: Aer Lingus could increase its long-haul fleet to 20 over the next five years, creating 300 jobs in the...

COLOMBO: The envoy for Denmark, home to the world’s biggest container shipping line, met Sri Lanka’s ports and shipping minister...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s exports decreased for the twelfth consecutive month in April, though at a slower-than-expected pace, figures from...

ATHENS: The volume of trade between Russia and Greece fell by 16 percent in January-March 2016, Russian presidential aide Yuri...

LONDON: The tit-for-tat sanctions between Russia and the European Union have nearly halved Russia-UK trade, according to the Russian Embassy...

OSLO: Shareholders in the Norwegian company Opera Software have accepted a bid from a Chinese consortium valuing the group at...

TAIPEI: Production output from the local contract electronics industry might decline this year on the back of Apple Inc’s lower...

WASHINGTON: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd wowed investors when it went public in the US in September 2014...

YUMA: A U.S. citizen was arrested with drugs in her vehicle when she attempted to drive through the Interstate 8...

BEIJING: Profits of China's major industrial firms rose 4.2 percent year on year in April, slowing from an 11.1-percent rise...

BEIJING: China’s Lenovo Group, the world’s biggest PC maker, yesterday reported its first loss in six years, hit by exceptional...

BEIJING: The pace of decline in China's national rail freight volume, an indicator of economic activity, narrowed in April as...

SINGAPORE: Singapore's manufacturing output increased 2.9 percent in April on a yearly basis, said the country's Economic Development Board (EDB)...

VANCOUVER: Investment and financial leaders gathered here  the other day to explore new approaches to expand Canada's trade and investment...