Creative sector earns $120bln for British economy: figures
LONDON: Britain's creative industries earn the county's economy almost 14 million U.S. dollars every hour, according to figures released here...
Fed keeps key interest rate unchanged
WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0.25...
Two drivers jailed for smuggling contraband goods
LONDON: TWO drivers have been jailed after they were caught with half a million contraband cigarettes, almost exactly a year...
Chinese national gets 9 years for smuggling nuclear materials to Iran
BOSTON: A Chinese national was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Boston in connection with obtaining technology from a Massachusetts...
East Slovakia Customs seizes 300kg of illegal tobacco
BRATISLAVA: Illegal tobacco weighing 300 kilograms has been seized by customs officers in the East of Slovakia. The financial evasion...
Kazakhstan reduces oil export customs duty
ASTANA: Kazakhstan has reduced the oil export customs duty up to $40 per ton since January 1, 2016, according to...
Bulgarian Customs collected BGN 8.1 billion in revenues in 2015
SOFIA: The Bulgarian customs agency collected a total of BGN 8.1 B in revenues in 2015, which was the largest...
US Customs seizes counterfeit hoverboards worth $6m
CHICAGO: Chicago customs officers have seized a record amount of counterfeit hoverboards, fakes that could pose serious health and safety...
HK Customs officer claims marriage to Chinese woman charged with fraud was not based on love
HONG KONG: A man has denied ever having a genuine marital relationship with his legal wife, a mainland Chinese woman...
UK authorities seize over 3,000 illegal cigarettes
LONDON: Over 3,000 cigarettes and 3,200 packs of chewing tobacco have been seized in a crackdown on illegal tobacco. The...
LCCI calls for aggressive strategy to win Bulgarian market
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has decided to explore Bulgarian Market with the help of Pakistani embassy...
Pak-Spain bilateral trade to reach $1 billion: Spanish Ambassador
ISLAMABAD: Spain is the 7th largest trading partner of Pakistan in the European Union and both the countries have good potential to...
Pakistan keen to benefit from Turkish experience in housing sector
ANKARA: The Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health of the government of Punjab, Tanveer Aslam Malik, leading a...
Sialkot FIA arrests four human traffickers
SIALKOT: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team raided at Gujranwala and Gujrat on other day and arrested four human traffickers including...
Business, industrial community not to accept Friday as weekly holiday: KCCI
KARACHI: The leadership of Businessmen Group (BMG) and Office Bearers of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have...
EAD, World Bank sign agreement on water sector management
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Tariq Bajwa and Country Director World Bank, Patchamuthu Illangovan signed agreement of $34.95 million...
STBA appeals FBR to extend date of filing income tax returns
SIALKOT: The Sialkot Tax Bar Association (STBA) has asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the date of filling...
Bangladesh stocks continue slide for fifth day
DHAKA: Bangladesh stocks continue sliding for the fifth day. Indices at the twin bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and...
Ghana producer inflation jumps to 10.5% in Dec
ACCRA: Ghana's producer price inflation rose sharply to 10.5 percent in December from 3 percent the month before, pushed by...
Export turnover of Vietnam likely to touch VND308,202b in Jan
HANOI: The export turnover of Viet Nam is estimated to touch VND308,202 billion in January, slightly increasing by 0.5 per...
