India business confidence increases in Jan
NEW DELHI: Business sentiment in India rose for the first time in three months to the highest since October 2015...
4-year investment strategy being evolved: Abdullah
KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday said the unity government was working on a four-year investment strategy...
Polish budget deficit breakthrough
WARSAW: According to estimates from the Ministry of Finance, Poland’s budget deficit in 2015 did not exceed an EU limit...
Six Inland Revenue officers take charge as Commissioners-IR (OPS)
ISLAMABAD: Six Inland Revenue Service officers of BS-19 assumed the charge of Commissioners-IR (OPS) in different cities. Imran Munir assumed...
China’s industrial profit falls 4.7% YoY in Dec
BEIJING: Profits of China's major industrial firms fell 4.7 percent year-on-year in December, accelerating from a 1.4-percent drop registered in...
Crude oil prices expected to recover at year end
MUSCAT: Crude oil prices are expected to start recovering marginally towards the end of the year, said a top-level official...
Apple sees first sales dip in more than a decade as super-growth era falters
NEW YORK: Apple Inc forecast its first revenue drop in 13 years and reported the slowest-ever growth in iPhone shipments...
Dr Malik assumes charge as Commissioner-IR in Sargodha
ISLAMABAD: Dr Malik Muhammad Khan Awan, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post...
China’s rail freight falls sharply in 2015
BEIJING: China's national rail freight volume, an indicator of economic activity, fell significantly amid an economic slowdown in 2015, official...
Ahmad Shuja takes charge as Commissioner-IR in Sialkot
ISLAMABAD: Ahmad Shuja Khan, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Commissioner-IR...
Iranian firms seek to expand trade in Oman
MUSCAT: Iranian companies are seeking to establish or expand their presence in Oman after the lifting of the economic sanctions...
Shanghai plans to invest $127b into 100 major projects
SHANGHAI: Shanghai plans to launch 100 major projects this year, with a total investment of 835.52 billion yuan ($127 billion),...
Abid Raza assumes charge as Commissioner-IR (Sahiwal Zone)
ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Abid Raza Bodla, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of...
Greater implementation of PPP projects seen in 2015
BEIJING: Chinese local governments are making progress in making proposed public-private partnership (PPP) projects into realities, said a finance official....
One third of real estate developers suffered a loss in 2015
BEIJING: Among 50 mainland-listed property developers, 23 reported profit decline in 2015, said Beijing Times on Tuesday. Fifteen Chinese real...
China’s crude oil stockpile declines 0.72%
BEIJING: China's commercial crude oil stocks edged down 0.72 percent in December from November, while stocks of refined oil products...
New electricity dam to build in Kanchanaburi
BANGKOK: The Cabinet has approved the construction of a new hydro-electric powered dam in Kanchanaburi by the Ministry of Energy,...
Africa’s economy projected to grow 4.4% in 2016: UN Report
ADDIS ABABA: Africa's economic growth has been forecast to grow 4.4 percent in 2016, up from 3.7 percent in 2015,...
UAE imports raw sugar on record at end of 2015
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates, home to the world’s largest port-based sugar refinery, imported the most raw sugar on...
Philips reports revenue, profit rise in 2015
THE HAGUE: Philips had an increase of revenue and profit in 2015, the Dutch electronics giant announced here the other...
