Timber smuggling bid foiled in Bandipur
NEW DELHI: Forest guards opened fire on a gang of timber smugglers in Maliyur range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve area...
Ivorian consumer inflation rises to 1.3% in Dec
LONDON: West African economic powerhouse Ivory Coast's consumer price inflation rose to 1.3 percent year-on-year in December, up from 0.8...
Alpha Networks revenues decline in Dec
WASHINGTON: Alpha Networks has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.112 billion (US$63.34 million) for December 2015, representing a 30.24% increase on...
Mobile shipments expected to grow 5.3% in 2016
DUBAI: Mobile phone shipments in the Middle East region are expected to grow at a faster rate then PCs and...
Rwanda’s inflation rate slows down to 4.5% YOY in Dec 2015
KIGALI: Rwanda's inflation rate slowed down to 4.5 percent year-on-year in December 2015, down from 4.8 per cent in November,...
Bank of France keeps French Q4 GDP forecast unchanged at 0.3%
PARIS: The Bank of France kept its estimate of French economic output growth for the fourth quarter unchanged at 0.3...
China’s inflation rate rises to 1.6% in Dec 2015
BEIJIN: China’s inflation rate rose to 1.6% in December 2015 from a year prior. It was 1.5% in November 2015....
Czech inflation falls again in Dec
BEIJING: China’s stock market woes had only small impact on regional FX markets yesterday. Both the forint and the zloty...
Ukrainian Govt decides to ban imports of food products
KIEV: The Ukrainian government has decided to ban imports of food products, including meat, from Russia. The move is a...
National Assembly launches social media accounts
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly of Pakistan has launched its official social media accounts for wider parliamentary outreach to the public. The...
Saudi exports rise to 54 million tonnes in 2015
RIYADH: The volume of Saudi exports in 2015 surged to 54 million tonnes at a value of SAR158 billion, compared...
Russian gas exports to Europe increased 8% in 2015
MOSCOW: Russian natural gas exports to Europe rose by nearly eight percent in 2015 despite tensions with the West over...
Exports increased by 7.58% to $1.788b in Dec
ISLAMABAD: The merchandise exports from the country surged by 7.58 percent to $1.788 billion in December as compared to the...
Singapore economy slows amid Asian export slump
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s trade-dependent economy grew by an estimated 2.1 percent last year, its worst performance since the 2009 recession, as...
Inflation drops to 1.9%: NA told
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Finance Rana Mohammad Afzal Tuesday told the National Assembly that inflation has come down to 1.9...
Ukraine starts market for Canadian meat imports
KIEV: Ukraine in the scope of a free trade zone agreement has allowed imports of pork and beef from Canada...
German exports drop in October
FRANKFURT: Germany's trade with the rest of the world weakened in October, as exports and imports declined from September, in...
Japan stainless steel scrap imports surge over 20% in Nov 2015
TOKYO: According to latest statistics released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF), the country’s imports of stainless steel scrap increased...
Inception of Plant-III enhances production capacity of Adhi field
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) Tuesday said that after the inauguration of third plant, the capacity of the Adhi...
Norway exports 108.4 bcm of pipeline gas to Europe in 2015
OSLO: Norway exported 108.4 billion cubic metres (bcm) of pipeline gas to Europe in 2015, a more than 7 percent...
