Airtel Kenya relocates for next growth phase
NAIROBI: Airtel Kenya has embarked on strategic restructuring that will reposition the business and reinforce its competitiveness in the market...
Eurostat: Tax Revenue at 39% of GDP in Greece
ATHENS: The European Union statistical office reported that the ratio of tax revenue and social contributions to GDP was 41.5%...
Smuggling of herbs, timbers rampant in Karnali
HUMLA: Herbs and timbers from forests of Humla, Mugu and Dolpa districts of Karnali and Bajura of Seti zone are...
Samsung starts assembling televisions, refrigerators in Zimbabwe
HARARE: South Korea telecoms giant, Samsung, has started assembling televisions and refrigerators in Zimbabwe, Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa heard this...
Services exports fall 3.8% YOY in Nov 2015
MUMBAI: Services exports fell by 3.8 per cent year-on-year to $12.01 billion in November 2015, the RBI data showed today....
Australia, New Zealand dollars forecast to fall in 2016
CANBERRA: The Australian and New Zealand dollars are poised for tumbles as policy makers consider interest-rate cuts to spur growth,...
Pharmaceuticals account for two-thirds of jump in exports
WASHINGTON: Pharmaceuticals accounted for nearly two-thirds of the growth in Irish goods exports last year. The latest trade numbers for...
Japan trade falls 4.5% in 2015
TOKYO: A report by Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting (NRIC), a subsidiary of Japan’s largest freight forwarder, Nippon Express Co....
Myanmar Thilawa port to expand
TOKOYO: Japan’s Toyo Construction Co. and JFE Engineering Corp. have won a contract to build a new container terminal at...
S.Korea’s Iran crude oil imports drop 62.2% in Dec
SEOUL: South Korea's crude oil shipments from Iran slid 62.2 percent in December from a year ago, with imports in...
Call of Duty: Black Ops III declared biggest game of 2015
LONDON: The latest instalment of "Call of Duty" video game, which was released in November, has been declared the...
Brazil posts $19.68b trade surplus for 2015: report
SÃO PAULO: Brazil posted an annual trade surplus of $19.68 billion for 2015, but this rare piece of good economic...
Thailand plans to raise trade with Iran to $5b
TAIPEI: Thailand hopes to bring its trade transactions with Iran to $5 billion from the current $356 million as the...
38% drop in private sector Saudi employment
RIYADH: The rate of employment among Saudis declined by 38 percent in the private sector during 2015 as compared to...
Saudi Arabia oil dips below $30
JEDDAH: Oil prices slipped back below $30. This has raised questions about global growth on one hand and left investors...
Irish exports down in November 2015
DUBLIN: Irish exports in November 2015 fell by over €1.1bn in the month but were still higher than November 2014,...
Briton makes history with first spacewalk
MIAMI: The United Kingdom has witnessed the historic day in space science as the first Briton, Astronaut Tim Peake,...
Dar in China to attend inaugural meeting of AIIB
BEIJING: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has reached Beijing to attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Governors...
Vietnam’s Vinacomin targets to produce 39.87 mil mt coal in 2016, up 7% on year
HANOI: Vietnam National Coal Mineral Industries Holding Corp., or Vinacomin, plans to produce 39.87 million mt of coal in 2016,...
UK Nov thermal coal imports drop 49% to 1.2 million mt: Customs data
LONDON: The UK imported 1.2 million mt of thermal coal in November, down 49% over year, marking the ninth consecutive...
