Shipping movements report of KPT
KARACHI: Following were the movements of ships at Karachi Port Trust (KPT) during the last 24 hours, ending at...
Customs Superintendent Aslam retires
ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Aslam Bhatti, a Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-17, has retired from the government service on attaining...
Pak industrialists in India to participate in leather expos
KARACHI: A delegation of Pakistan leather industrialists, who is on a study tour in India, will participate in the...
Traders show dissatisfaction over insufficient cut in prices of POL products
ISLAMABAD: Businessmen in a meeting at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry have shown resentment over insufficient cut in the...
Western Australia ports reopen after cyclone
CANBERRA: The ports of Hedland and Dampier have reopened following closure because of a cyclone Stan, which has weakened to...
SOCAR’s oil shipments via Russia up 52% in Jan
BAKU: Azerbaijan's SOCAR shipped 258,000 tonnes of oil via Russia in January 2016, up from 169,507 tonnes in the same...
Port of Oakland’s second-largest terminal operator files for bankruptcy
OAKLAND: The operator of the Port of Oakland’s second-largest terminal filed for bankruptcy Monday less than two weeks after it...
Lenovo’s tablet shipments fall 13.5% in Q4
WASHINGTON: Lenovo’s tablet shipments fell 13.5 percent during the crucial holiday season, which nonetheless was slightly better than the overall...
Grain shipments from Black Sea ports set new record
WASHINGTON: Black Sea ports in grain exporting countries increased grain handling to a record high, mainly owing to export shipments....
Uganda inflation eases to 7.6% YOY in Jan
WASHINGTON: Uganda inflation has eased to 7.6% year-on-year in January from a revised 8.4% in December. This is attributed to...
RBI expects retail inflation to ease to 5% by March 2017
MUMBAI: Normal monsoon and subdued oil prices are expected to bring down retail inflation to around 5 per cent by...
Expenditure to social protection grows 3.7%
HELSINKI: Expenditure directed to social protection grew most, by 3.7 per cent and amounted to EUR 52.2 billion in 2014,...
Oman’s oil production targets at 990,000 barrels bpd
MUSCAT: Oman’s oil production this year is targeted at around 990,000 barrels per day (bpd), said Minister of Oil and...
BP reports 91% decline in Q4 earnings
LONDON: BP reported a 91 per cent decline in fourth-quarter earnings after average crude oil prices dropped to the lowest...
Poland moves up in Index of Economic Freedom
WARSAW: Poland has moved up to 39th place globally in the latest Index of Economic Freedom report, its best result...
Revenue collection improves clearly in sixth month
KATHMANDU: Revenue collection improved markedly during the sixth month of the fiscal year as imports entered the country through alternate...
Pak rupee depreciates by five paisas against dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Tuesday depreciated against the US dollar in cash-free market. According to the local money market, the...
Bangladesh imports textile machinery in last fiscal year
DHAKA: Bangladesh textile millers have imported machinery worth TK71.19 billion in the fiscal year of 2014-15, a short up by...
Digital currency booming in Spain with introduction of bitcoin ATMs
MADRID: A lack of trust within the banking sector is fuelling Spain’s digital currency market. More and more people are...
Russia to leave its grain tax scheme intact
MOSCOW: Russia, one of the world's largest wheat exporters, is not expected to change its current regime of taxes on...
