Indian coal imports fall 15% to 132.3mt
NEW DELHI: India's coal imports fell 15 per cent to 132.3 million tonnes during the first nine months of the...
Pineapple farmer sees export crisis in West Bengal
WEST BENGAL: Reeling under heavy losses, the pineapple farmers in West Bengal have urged the authorities to take steps to...
Nordic central banks to continue with low interest rates rule
OSLO: Just as there are differences in their economic outlooks, interest-rate projections also vary across the Nordic countries. Denmark appears...
Nigerian Customs seizes illegally imported goods worth N2, 7b in 2015
ABUJA: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) arrested some 316 suspects and intercepted illegally imported goods worth N2, 7 billion during...
NZ Fonterra announces record export volumes in Dec 2015
WELLINGTON: New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has announced it exported record volumes for the month of December 2015. Export data...
Russian currency falls to 2.15 of Azerbaijani gapik
MOSCOW: The bi-currency basket, revived by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, does not describe fully the disposition of currencies of...
Nigeria’s plans to acquire first JF-17 export operator
ABUJA: Nigeria's plans to acquire three CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder multirole fighters in 2016, Nigeria's Punch newspaper reported on 6 January....
Sri Lanka’s earnings from exports decline 6.0% in Oct
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s earnings from exports declined by 6.0 per cent in the month of October to US dollars 847.3...
Italian rubber, plastic equipment exports increase in 2015
MILAN: Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association for plastic and rubber processing equipment makers, has said the 2015 full-year forecast is...
Malaysia’s GDP expected to grow at slower pace of 4.5% in 2016
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at a slower pace of 4.5 per cent this...
Saudi Customs seizes 101,296 banned religious items
RIYADH: Saudi customs officials have managed stop over 1,000 attempts to smuggle religious materials into the country over the past...
Hungary’s industrial output up 9.5%
Industrial output in Hungary increased by a year-on-year 9.5%, according to a first release of data published by Hungary’s Central...
Polygon exploring opportunities in Greece
Polygon Global Partners’ European Equity Opportunity Fund returned 10.3 percent last year, according to two people with knowledge of the...
Taiwan’s exports fall in 2015
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s exports in 2015 fell by a 10th compared to a year ago, the largest annual decline since 2009,...
Indian Customs seizes 15kg gold at Delhi Airport
NEW DELHI: About 15 kilograms of gold, valued about Rs. 4 crore, has been seized by the Customs department from...
Portugal gets back 4 public holidays in anti-austerity drive
LISBON: Happy days are here again in Portugal — four of them, at least. The country's new Socialist government got...
Finland’s Fortum bids $115 million for Polish utility
Finnish state-controlled utility Fortum said it has launched a public tender offer worth up to 106 million euro ($115 million)...
S.Korea’s Daehan seeks 83,200 tons of Canadian wheat
SEOUL: South Korea’s Daehan Flour Mill Co Ltd issued an invitation to bid seeking 30,100 tonnes of Canadian wheat for...
Prospex agrees to acquire 49% stake in Hutton Poland
Prospex Oil and Gas plc announced Friday that it has conditionally agreed to acquire a 49 percent stake in Hutton Poland...
