Consumer confidence drops on likely impact of social security reform
ATHENS: Greece’s consumer confidence index took a tumble in January, as developments on the social security front have dented forecasts...
Italy’s unemployment rates unexpectedly unchanged in Dec
ROME: Italy’s jobless rate was unexpectedly unchanged in December, signaling the risk that the effect of new labor legislation on...
Australia’s Dec imports likely decline as exports grew
CANBERRA: Australia's preliminary official data for goods imports showed that that dropped for the second consecutive month in December and...
Pipfruit New Zealand expects to hit $1 bln in exports early
WELLINGTON: Export apple returns have increased by 105 percent in the past four years from $341 million in 2012 to...
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...
