Brazil’s inflation at 10.71% in Jan
BRASÍLIA: Brazil's inflation in January was more than expectations at 10.71% y/y, as compared with December's 10.67% y/y, disproving the...
Morocco annual inflation eases to 0.3% in Jan
RABAT: Morocco's annual consumer price inflation eased to 0.3 percent in January from 0.6 percent in December, mainly due to...
Italy, Portugal bond yields fall
LISBON: Yields on Italian and Portuguese debt, the focal point of recent concerns about the health of Europe's financial sector,...
Tokyo Steel cuts March prices 14% to scrap imports
TOKYO: Tokyo Steel Manufacturing , Japan's top electric arc furnace steelmaker, said it will cut prices for March delivery, by...
Finland oil prices to remain low in this year
HELSINKI: Oil prices will remain low at 40-50 U.S. dollars later this year, due to shale oil revolution and others,...
Nib New Zealand’s H1 profit nearly triples
WELLINGTON: Nib Holdings' New Zealand unit nearly tripled operating profit in the first half of the current financial year as...
Beef, pork exports value decrease for 2015
WASHINGTON: Beef and pork export values for 2015 were below the 2014 record totals according to the USDA’s latest Trade...
CII signs MoU with Dubai exports to boost trade
DUBAI: Aiming to strengthen India-UAE economic ties, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has signed an MoU with Dubai Exports to...
All possible measures to be taken to address key issues of traders
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry led by its President Atif Ikram Sheikh called on Sheikh...
GM review plans to invest $1.6 bln in Brazil
SAO PAULO: General Motors Co <GM.N> will reconsider plans for new investment in Brazil if the economic and political situation...
Diplomats should make efforts to boost exports: LCCI chief
LAHORE: Diplomats would have to take concrete and result-oriented efforts to expedite exports of the country so that Pakistan could...
Vietnam technology production needs boost
HCM CITY: Viet Nam must act quickly to improving production technologies in all industries to ensure the competitiveness of its...
Ukrainian food export to EU increases 16%
KIEV: Ukrainian food export to the EU member countries increased by 16% in January after the free trade regime came...
Gemfields revenues fall in 2016
LONDON: Gemfields posts net after-tax profits of USD8.2 million for the six months to the end of December - down...
Turkish PM announces plan to bolster tourism sector
ANKARA: Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu unveiled a plan on Monday to support Turkey's tourism sector, hit by tensions with Russia...
Nepal inflation hits 7-year high of 12.1%
KATHMANDU: As a result of Tarai strikes and disruption of trade routes, inflation rate reached nearly seven year high of...
VPT to provide transit facilities to Nepal-bound cargo
KATHMANDU: Following the recent visit by Nepalese prime minister KP Shamra Oli's visit to India, the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT)...
Sinopec plant resumes diesel export after 5-mth gap
LONDON: A Sinopec Corp -operated refinery in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin resumed exporting diesel this month after a...
9,090MW by 2017: Nawaz for timely completion of power projects
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, chairing meeting of Cabinet Committee on Energy, Monday directed timely completion of different ongoing...
Kingspan reports 47% increase in 2015 revenues
WASHINGTON: Building materials group Kingspan has reported a 72% jump in its trading profit for 2015, on the back of...
