Kenyan shilling steady, shares fall
NAIROBI: The Kenyan shilling was unchanged against the dollar on Monday, with traders saying activity was likely to remain subdued...
Rise in Norwegian salmon prices could lead to higher prices for U.S. salmon
OSLO: With Norwegian salmon prices starting to climb, could this help to boost demand in the U.S. salmon industry? The...
US Customs seizes hashish oil, cocaine at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport
MINNEAPOLIS: U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Internatonal Airport seized cocaine and hashish oil from the luggage...
Danish exports to Iran increased as sanctions lifted
COPENHAGEN: The EU and US have lifted sanctions on Iran after it was certified on Saturday that it has met...
Indonesia to export lesser palm oil in 2016
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesia will export lesser palm oil this year as it uses more of the commodity at home to...
US Customs arrests wanted passenger in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to West Palm Beach,...
Italian Biodynamic kiwifruit makes its way to US
ROME: AJ Trucco, Inc. (Trucco) the year-round distributor of fresh fruits, dried fruits and nuts, announced the arrival of its...
Greece accuses Turkey of facilitating people smuggling
ATHENS: Greece’s President Prokopis Pavlopoulos accused Turkish border authorities of facilitating people smuggling by turning a blind eye to the...
China starts beef imports from Hungary
BUDAPEST: China's first-ever shipment of imported beef from Hungary has arrived in Shanghai, local authorities said here the other day....
ACAA revenue up by 11% this year
KABUL: The Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) on Monday said its revenue collected this solar year had increased by 11...
Iraq Etihad Food’s $100 mln edible oils refinery to start production by year end
BAGDAD: Iraq's Etihad Food Industries Co. will start production at a new $100 million edible oils refinery by year end,...
Swiss central bank racks up massive loss in curbing strong franc
ZURICH: Switzerland’s central bank posted its heaviest ever annual loss in 2015, a byproduct of the bank’s decision one year...
Germany tops EU countries in non-oil trade with Dubai
DUBAI: The value of Dubai’s non-oil trade with the European Union (EU) countries reached AED145 billion in the first nine...
KIA refusing to cooperate in sale probe
KUWAIT: Head of the National Assembly’s public funds protection committee MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji yesterday accused the state-run Kuwait Investment Authority...
Trade-in-goods pact talks halted for now: MOEA
TAIPEI: The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will suspend talks with China over the controversial cross-strait trade in goods agreement...
OPEC sees oil market rebalancing in 2016 – Iran orders oil output boost, UAE sees ‘harm’
MUSCAT: OPEC forecast yesterday that oil supply from non-member countries will post a larger-than-expected decline this year due to the...
Brazil’s pulp exports increase 9% in 2015
BRASÍLIA: Brazil's exports of pulp, wood panels and paper increased between January and November 2015. Pulp exports totaled 10.5 million...
Zimbabwe inflation closes 2015 in negative
HARARE: Zimbabwe's Year on-year inflation rate (annual percentage change) for the month of December 2015 as measured by the all-items...
Masraf Al Rayan net profit rises 3.6% to QR2.07bn in 2015
DOHA: Masraf Al Rayan has recorded a net profit of QR2.07bn for the full year 2015, an increase of 3.6...
Zimbabwe proposes 49% hike in electricity prices
HARARE: A proposed 49 percent hike in electricity prices by Zimbabwe’s state-owned power utility, Zesa Holdings Pvt Ltd., has been...
