HARARE: Zimbabwe’s year-on-year inflation rate was steady at at-2.47 percent, shedding 0.01 percentage points on the November rate of -2.46...

KAMPALA: Uganda's inflation is expected to reach 10 percent through the February election period, but rate hikes last year mean...

JEDDAH: Oil prices slipped back below $30. This has raised questions about global growth on one hand and left investors...

PUNE: Buoyed by the levels and changes of demand both in the domestic and global activity, cargo traffic at India's...

BEIJING: Compal Electronics Inc, the world’s No. 2 contract notebook computer maker, yesterday said it expects its total shipments to...

LONDON: 2015 was a record year for Rotterdam port, with throughput rising almost 5% to 466 million tonnes, the port...

WASHINGTON: Steel shipments or the amount of steel mills actually sell to customers, fell 12.4 percent in November, a 15.5...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's trade balance moved back into surplus last year, after three years of deficits, but the turnaround mostly showed...

BEIJING: China's first-ever shipment of imported beef from Hungary has arrived in Shanghai, local authorities said Saturday. The 12-tonne frozen...

TOKYO: Japan’s national wealth at the end of 2014 totaled ¥3.11 quadrillion, up 2.0 percent from the year before and...

BEIJING: General Electric Co. said it would sell its appliance business to China’s Haier Group for $5.4 billion in cash,...

BEIJING: China's Premier Li Keqiang attends the 4th Meeting of Heads of Government of China and Central and Eastern European...

NEW DELHI: IT firm NIIT Technologies said its net profit has increased 53.9% to Rs 74.2 crore for the December...

COLOMBO: Pakistan and Sri Lanka are striving to boost the bilateral trade to $1 billion from the current $325 million....

WASHINGTON: GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), the parent company of Japanese online trading giant GMO Click Securities, today posted its...

NEW YORK: The Stillwater Chamber of Commerce announced the hiring of Ted Allison as the new President/CEO of the Stillwater...

  ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotic Force (ANF) seized huge quantity of drugs, including 23kg heroin, 10kg Ice (refined methamphetamine), 68kg charas...

  ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government will set up small industrial estates in seven districts of the province. This was stated...

  BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday said that the newly-established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will enhance investment in...

LONDON: Bestway, the new owner of the Co-operative Pharmacy, released its financial results for 2015 showing turnover for its new...