MOSCOW: Russian economy expected to shrink 0.6% in 2016. The World Bank predicts that Ukraine's economy in 2016 will grow...

KIEV: Ukraine’s state-run energy company, Naftogaz, is hoping to launch its fourth tender this quarter for natural gas for the...

BEIJING: China's foreign exchange reserves fell to $3.33 trillion at the end of December, the central bank said Thursday. The...

ISLAMABAD: Zaigham Abbas, a BS-19 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Additional Commissioner-IR,...

BEIJING: The continued depreciation of the yuan has prompted several Chinese companies to take active measures to cut their dollar-denominated...

NEW DELHI: Coal imports in India fell 34% in December 2015. It follows a 49% year-on-year decline from the previous...

HONG KONG: The southwestern province of mainland’s Guizhou, which has the most tea plantations in the country, exported almost 600...

SINGAPORE: Singapore based aircraft leasing firm BOC Aviation said yesterday that it has ordered 30 Airbus A320 aircraft worth more...

LONDON: House prices reached a record high of £208,286 in December after leaping by 9.5pc during 2015, according to Halifax....

PARIS: Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook’s compensation rose 11.5 percent to US$10.3 million in 2015, the company said on...

LONDON: UK wholesale natural gas prices gave up some of the gains of the first two trading sessions of 2016...

TAIYUAN: China will provide full support for the coal and steel sectors, which suffer serious overcapacity, to help them out...

  KARACHI: The country’s foreign exchange reserves decreased by $264 million to $20.81 billion in the week ended January 1...

BEIJING: The latest import statistics indicate that the scrap imports by Thailand during October 2015 increased modestly over the previous...

BEIJING: China announced Thursday night that it will from Friday suspend the stock market "circuit breaker" mechanism that has been...

TOKYO:  Japan's aluminium imports are expected to shrink for a second year running in 2016, after buyers skipped or trimmed...

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid decreased last week, echoing an healthy job market. In the...

DUBLIN: Ireland on Thursday raised 3 billion euros (about 3.27 billion U.S. dollars) through the syndicated sale of a new...

  KARACHI: The Customs Enforcement South collected Rs499 billion revenue during the first half (July-December) of the current 2015-16 fiscal...

WASHINGTON: U.S. imports of gold jewelry rose to a seven-year high in October while platinum jewelry imports surged by more...