China-Macao trade rises by 32% to $3.95bn
BEIJING: Trade between the Chinese mainland and Macao increased by 32 percent year on year to 3.95 billion U.S. dollars...
UAE investor lauds KP CM’s efforts for construction of $500m oil refinery
PESHAWAR: An oil investor from Middle East has lauded the efforts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for construction of oil refinery...
HK, China trade fall 12.1% to $259.98bn in first ten months of 2015
HONG KONG: The Chinese mainland's trade with Hong Kong totaled US$259.98 billion in the first ten months of 2015, down...
UK business confidence fall to lowest level in above a year in Nov
LONDON: UK business confidence fell to its lowest level in more than a year in November, with concerns about global...
China capital outflows to hit $500bn in 2015
BEIJING: China will post record capital outflows in 2015 of more than US$500 billion, according to a report by the...
Pertamina to cut import of low octane gasoline
JAKARTA: State-owned energy company Pertamina will cut its import of low-octane gasoline, branded Premium, by half, to five million barrels...
China real estate investment rises 1.3% YoY in 2015
BEIJING: Investment in China's property sector continued to slow in the first 11 months of 2015, official data showed Saturday,...
Asphalt Products sets up new bitumen processing plant
HARARE: A Bulawayo-based builder, Asphalt Products, has set up a new bitumen processing plant to improve its capacity to handle...
Illicit financial flows cost Zimbabwe over $500m in 2015
HARARE: ILLICIT financial flows have this year cost Zimbabwe more than $500 million, which is enough to buy about over...
Unigroup buy stakes in Taiwan firms for $2.1b
BEIJING: Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd is buying stakes in two Taiwan-based chip companies for 13.5 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) as part...
Nigeria Customs records 17.6 MMT of commodity in 2015
ABUJA: Less than two months after it reversed the policy which restricted the importation of polished and brown rice to...
China fixed-asset investment grows 10.2% YoY in first 11 months of 2015
BEIJING: China's fixed-asset investment grew 10.2 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2015, level with the...
China retail sales rise 11.2% to $434bn in Nov
BEIJING: China's retail sales of consumer goods rose 11.2 percent year on year in November, the highest monthly growth rate...
China approves 2,288 Taiwan investment projects
BEIJING: The Chinese mainland approved 2,288 projects with investment from Taiwan in the first 10 months of 2015, a year-on-year...
Jamica police seize 1,000 pounds of ganja worth J$5 million
ST JAMES: The narcotics police seized more than 1,000 pounds of ganja during operations in St James last Thursday and...
Japan’s naphtha imports fall 8% in Nov 2015
TOKYO: Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector fell 8 percent in November from the same month a year earlier,...
Indian police seize 50kg of ganja worth Rs. 5 lakh
MUMBAI: The Sivaganga police on Sunday night arrested four persons at Tirumayam and seized 50 kg of ‘ganja’ worth about...
Bulgarian authorities arrest Customs officers at border crossing with Turkey
SOFIA: Bulgarian authorities have detained customs officers at Kapitan Andreevo crossing on the border with Turkey over suspected corruption on...
India’s DRI seizes narcotics worth Rs 30 million
CHENNAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized narcotic substance worth nearly `3 crore from two passengers at the Central...
Spanish police seize 1.5 tonnes of cocaine worth £240m
VALENCIA: Six Britons have been arrested after police found 1.5 tonnes of cocaine worth £240m disguised as wooden pallets at...
