Brazil posts trade surplus of $923 mln in Jan
BRASÍLIA: Brazil posted a trade balance of of $923 million in January, government data showed on Monday, nearly double market...
Turkish exports to Russia decrease 185% in Jan
ANKARA: Turkish exports to Russia shrank 185 percent in January due to sanctions imposed on Turkey by Moscow. While Turkish...
Japan’s agricultural exports increase 21.8% in 2015
TOKYO: Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products increased 21.8 per cent from a year earlier to $6.15 billion...
Korea posts steepest decline in monthly exports in 77 months
SEOUL: The Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy announced on February 1 that Korea’s exports and imports on a customs...
PetroChina slides after profit alert
BEIJING: PetroChina Co, the country's biggest oil and gas producer, fell in Hong Kong after saying 2015 profit may have...
India to see $16.8 bln investment in electronic manufacturing offers
NEW DELHI: India has witnessed a six-fold jump in proposed investments in local electronic manufacturing to Rs 1.14 lakh crore...
Beijing cracks $8bn investment fraud case, arrests 21
BEIJING: Beijing police have busted a major fraud ring accused of using E Rent Treasure, an online financial platform, to...
India plans to raise $12.6 bln in overseas loans to fund irrigation projects
NEW DELHI: India plans to raise 860 billion rupees ($12.6 billion) in overseas loans to fund irrigation projects after two...
Chinese-Russian trade has a bright future: minister counselor
MOSCOW: Chinese-Russian trade cooperation has great prospects despite contracted volume in 2015, said Zhang Di, economic and commercial minister counselor...
India’s farm sector imports rise
NEW DELHI: India's farm sector imports are on a rise pushed by two back to back droughts and untimely rainfall....
ATR inks $1.1b plane deal with Iran
BLAGNAC: European manufacturer of turboprop aircraft ATR said yesterday it had signed a 1-billion-euro (US$1.1 billion) deal with Iran Air...
Macau gambling revenues falls 21.4%
MACAU: Gambling revenues for Macau dropped 21.4 percent in January, ahead of a Lunar New Year week-long holiday which is...
Saudi Arabia industrial gases market to cross $1.6 bln by 2021
RIYADH: According to a recently published TechSci Research report "Saudi Arabia Industrial Gases Market By Type, By End User, Competition...
Yahoo to announce job cuts: report
CALIFORNIA: Embattled Internet pioneer Yahoo will announce job cuts when it releases its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, according to...
Worldwide tablet computer sales fall 13.7% in Q4
NEW YORK: The global market for tablet computers ended 2015 with a whimper, as the once sizzling market cooled further,...
Iraq’s southern oil exports rise slightly in Jan
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s southern oil exports rose slightly in January to an average of 3.285 million barrels per day (bpd), from...
Vietnam decides to resume groundnut imports from India
HANOI: Vietnam has decided to resume its groundnut imports from India which were suspended in April last year after recovery...
Singapore’s property investment sales in 2015 drop to record low since 2009
SINGAPORE: Singapore's property investment sales in 2015 declined by 15 percent to 16 billion Singapore dollars (11.3 billion U.S. dollars),...
Sri Lanka Customs seizes foreign currency worth over Rs.12m
COLOMBO: Customs officials attached to the Katunayake Customs Clearance Office have seized a stock of foreign currency worth over Rs.12.6...
Argentina’s imports of LNG may decline 20% in 2016
WASHINGTON: Argentina's imports of LNG could decline by 20% or more in the 2016 winter season compared with last year,...
