Dubai Customs Consultative Council reflects on business group’s role in Dubai Plan 2021
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has sagely handled the heightened turbulence in global economy, becoming a successful model of sustainable...
Colombia, UAE cooperate on trade lines
ABU DHABI: The decision was made at a high-level meeting between Colombia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Minister for Multilateral Affairs, Francisco...
Hong Kong, India sees big potential in tech cooperation
HONG KONG: Hong Kong and India are set to broaden trade cooperation and see technology corporation as an area of...
Vinamilk revenue increases 14% in 2015
HANOI: Vietnam Dairy Products, better known as Vinamilk, had sales of 40 trillion dong ($1.7 billion) in the year through...
Commonwealth Bank of Australia to post slow revenue growth
SYDNEY: Australia's major banks kick off their reporting season this week with their shares suffering the worst start to a...
Vodafone Portugal launches The QyouU’s linear channel
LISBON: Vodafone Portugal has launched The QyouU’s linear channel on its IPTV service, Vodafone TV. The service will air to...
Botswana’s diamond exports down 38% in 2015
GABORONE: Exports of diamonds mined in Botswana fell 38% to $2.4-billion last year from $3.9-billion in 2014, the southern African...
Germany runs up highest trade surplus
FRANKFURT: Germany clocked up its highest-ever trade surplus in 2015 as both exports and imports powered ahead to new records,...
UK trade deficit widens in 2015
LONDON: Britain’s trade deficit worsened in the final quarter of 2015 amid global market turmoil and a slowdown in emerging...
Bank resources rise 10.5% to P11.9 T in Philippine
MANILA: Total resources of banks in the Philippines strengthened further, booking a double-digit growth in end-November amid external shocks brought...
Bangladesh’s top phone operator’s revenue reaches $1.33 bln
DHAKA: Bangladesh's top cell phone operator Grameenphone (GP) on Monday reported a revenue of 104.8 billion taka (about $1.32 billion)...
Russia’s wheat exports expected to increase 7%
MOSCOW: Russia’s unfavorable dry weather conditions last autumn during planting of the winter cereal crops for harvest in July-August 2016,...
Kuwait bans imports of live birds from UK
KUWAIT CITY: The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) banned on Monday imports of live birds, eggs...
Russia-Turkey trade contracted 25% in 2015
MOSCOW: Trade turnover between Russia and Turkey fell to $23 billion last year and will continue to fall in the...
China imports sunflower seed from Kazakhstan
BEIJING: According to official data, since the beginning of the 2015/16 season sunflower seed exports from Kazakhstan reached 63.6 KMT...
Value of exports from Finland to Russia continue to drop in 2015
HELSINKI: The value of exports from Finland to Russia continued to plummet in 2015, suggest preliminary statistics published by the...
Iraq raises March OSP for Basra Light crude to Asia
BAGHDAD: Iraq has raised the March official selling price (OSP) for Basra Light crude to Asia by $0.20 to minus...
Kh Tanveer Ahmad takes helm of I&I-IR as director general
ISLAMABAD: Khawaja Tanveer Ahmad, a BS-21 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of post of Director General,...
Haroon Tareen takes charge as Director General (WHT)
ISLAMABAD: Haroon Muhammad Khan Tareen, a BS-21 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of...
Kh Adnan takes charge as Lahore Chief Commissioner-IR (OPS)
ISLAMABAD: Khawaja Adnan Zahir, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Chief...
