Albania’s exports fall 7.7% in Dec 2015
TIRANA: Albania's exports fell by 7.7 percent in December 2015 compared with December 2014, official figures showed Thursday. Exports in...
Ukraine appears to trade with Africa to increase agricultural exports
KIEV: Africa, the continent home to world’s fastest growing middle class, has become the latest target for Ukraine’s farmers amid...
Dubai Customs successfully fulfills COBIT 5 criteria
ABU DHABI: Dubai Customs has successfully fulfilled the audit criteria of the latest generation of the COBIT 5 framework -...
State Bank of Vietnam’s reference rate falls again
HANOI: The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) yesterday announced its reference rate of VND21,886 per US dollar. The new rate...
Vietnam’s GDP to likely grow 6.82% in 2016
HANOI: Viet Nam's gross domestic product (GDP) will likely grow 6.82 per cent this year, 0.12 percentage points higher than...
Italy’s black economy equals third of GDP
ROME: Italy's black economy is worth at least 540 billion euros ($752 billion), or around a third of its gross...
Australian shares end 0.6% higher
SYDNEY: Australian shares ended 0.6 per cent higher on Friday in see-saw trade, after the Bank of Japan unexpectedly slashed...
Swiss firms seeking business opportunities in Pakistan: Roger M. Kull
ISLAMABAD: Many big Swiss companies were doing successful business in various sectors of Pakistan’s economy and more were interested to...
Bank of Japan sends interest rates negative
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan has shocked global markets by driving its official interest rates into negative territory. In a...
Brazil seeks free auto trade with Argentina
BRASÍLIA: Brazilian government will propose the full liberalization of vehicle trade with Argentina from July, newspaper Valor Econômico reported on...
S. Korea’s industrial production rise 1.2% in Dec
SEOUL: South Korea's industrial production rose 1.2 percent in December from a month earlier, posting the first rebound in three...
S. Korea luxury car sales increase 52% in last year
SEOUL: Sales of luxury cars priced over 100 million won topped the 20,000 mark last year for the first time...
Blueberry exports to Japan decrease in recent years
PORTLAND: Blueberry exports to Japan, a major destination for the crop, have decreased in recent years but experts aren’t alarmed...
Algeria sugar import bill down in 2015
ALGIERS: Sugar imports (raw beet, sugar cane, lactose and solid lactose syrup) fell to USD 714.76 million in 2015 against...
80% of Dutch firms are now one-man companies
AMSTERDAM: There are now over 1.5 million companies in the Netherlands but 1.2 million of them have no more than...
Canada closely monitoring country’s military exports
OTTAWA: Canada’s foreign ministry is closely monitoring all of the country’s military exports, but won’t revisit the controversial decision to...
Turkey’s foreign trade deficit decreases 27.4% in Dec 2015
ANKARA: Turkey's foreign trade deficit decreased by 27.4 percent to $6.183 billion in December 2015 from $8.519 billion in the...
Flour millers ask Govt to scrap 25% import duty on wheat
PUNE: Flour millers have asked the government to scrap the 25% import duty on wheat from April due to worries...
India’s Bharti Airtel posts 22.2% fall in profit
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's largest telecom operator, posted a 22.2 percent fall in profit in its latest quarter, missing...
Greece, Israel and Cyprus to explore gas pipeline to Europe
ATHENS: Greece, Israel and Cyprus will explore the possibility of building a natural gas pipeline to Europe, tapping huge gas...
