BEIJING: Fundraising by China's new IPOs in 2016 is estimated to hit 250 billion yuan ($40 billion) to 300 billion...

BEIJING: The yuan fell again yesterday after China’s central bank set the reference rate at the lowest since May 2011...

ISLAMABAD: The successful implementation of difficult but much needed reforms by the government has improved the image of the country...

SEOUL: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co said it expects a difficult business environment in 2016 due to weak...

ABU DHABI: UAE imported approximately 412,400 cu m of softwood lumber from main European and North American exporters between January...

SEOUL: Auto sales in the South Korean market by five domestic carmakers hit the highest in 19 years in 2015...

SEOUL: South Korea's economy posted the longest current surplus for 45 months in a row due to faster fall in...

ITALY: Italy imported slightly less fresh and frozen pork, year-on-year, in the first nine months 2015 but increased its intake...

LONDON: The British manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index (PMI), a gauge of industry activities, registered 51.9 in December 2015, down from...

BERLIN: German Mercedes and BMW submitted a plaint to the Minister of Finance about their objection on the cars prices...

WASHINGTON: Imports at the container ports surrounding New York Harbor grew in November compared with a year earlier, after falling...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a...

KAMPALA: Ugandan police said Monday they were investigating reports nearly $4 million worth of cocaine seized by customs officers at...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Red sanders smuggling, since the beginning of New Year, continued unabated in the Seshachalam forests and areas surrounding...

NEW DELHI: In September the Indian government took the decision to close all but one of the country's ports to...

VISAKHAPATNAM: The V. Madugula police arrested four members, including two-inter State ganja smugglers and seized around 300 kgs of dry...

ABUJA: National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),   Seme Command in Lagos State, yesterday, said it seized 907.4 kg of hemp...

SINGAPORE: More than 3,750 cartons of contraband cigarettes were found stashed in two Malaysia-registered vehicles at Singapore’s land checkpoints in...

ANKARA: Turkey's November imports of bituminous thermal coal firmed almost 1% year on year to 2.642 million mt, following the...

GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemalan anti-narcotics officers have seized 540 kilos (1.2 tons) of cocaine hidden on a boat and arrested the...