Asian stocks slump to new lows
SINGAPORE and TOKYO: Asian stocks slumped to three-and-a-half-year lows yesterday as brief gains earlier in the session gave way to...
Taiwan-Canada ink deal to prevent taxation of same income
OTTAWA: Taiwan and Canada have signed an agreement to prevent the taxation of the same income twice in the two...
Thailand plans to raise trade with Iran to $5bn
BANGKOK: Thailand hopes to bring its trade transactions with Iran to $5 billion from the current $356 million as the...
Compal sees 10% growth in shipments: president
TAIPEI: Compal Electronics Inc, the world’s No. 2 contract notebook computer maker, yesterday said it expects its total shipments to...
India gold import bill increases 12%
NEW DELHI: India's gold import in December 2015 is estimated to have crossed 100 tonnes following sharp increase in demand...
African exports to China descend by 40%
CAPE TOWN: African exports to China fell by 40 percent in 2015, China’s customs office reports. China is Africa’s greatest...
Qatar, Pakistan to finalise LNG price soon
DOHA: Pakistan is still in negotiations to finalise a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract with Qatar and expects...
Fiza Batool takes charge as Lahore Internal Audit-IR Addl Director
ISLAMABAD: Fiza Batool, a BS-19 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Additional Director,...
Over 90 business deals to be signed at ‘Covertech 2016’
DOHA: Over 90 deals are expected to be signed at the second edition of the upcoming ‘International Exhibition for Wall...
South Africa poultry import target set for 15 March
CAPE TOWN: A proclamation from US President Barack Obama said this week that South Africa's duty-free access to US markets...
Customs agents at airport busted for taking bribes
KUWAIT: Residency Affairs detectives arrested two employees at the airport for their involvement in enabling wanted persons and those with...
Port of Rotterdam crude oil throughput up 8.1% in 2015
AMSTERDAM: The port of Rotterdam said Friday its handling of crude oil cargoes rose 8.1% in 2015, attributing the rise...
Large-scale manufacturing sector grows by 4.73%
ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector of the country has grown by 4.73 per cent in November as compared...
Ample scope for Oman-India joint ventures in plastics, says official
MUSCAT: There is good potential for further cooperation and establishment of joint ventures between India and Oman in the plastics...
Hungary’s industrial output grows by 9.5% in Nov 2015
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s industrial output grew by an annual 9.5% in November 2015, easing from a 10.1% increase in the previous...
PM forms committee to monitor CPEC
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has formed an eleven-member committee to oversee the progress on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...
Over 100 Afghan Companies to Invest in Chabahar
KABUL - Over 100 Afghan companies have registered to invest in the Chabahar free trade area, officials said here the...
Iraq’s Kurds to start natural gas exports to Turkey in 2019-2020
ERBIL: Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region plans to start exporting 10 billion cubic meters a year of natural gas to Turkey...
Taiwan stainless steel imports, exports rise in Dec
TAIPEI: The most recent statistics released by the Taiwan Customs authorities indicate that the country’s imports and exports of stainless...
Switzerland returns stolen Etruscan treasures to Italy
GENEVA: Rare Etruscan artefacts stolen during illegal excavations and hidden away for more than 15 years at Geneva’s free port,...
