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1.8m tonnes of fuel annually smuggled into Afghanistan
KABUL: The Afghanistan National Standards Authority (ANSA) on Monday said 1.2 million tonnes of fuel was imported to the country...
25% of Spain’s high-speed AVE train stations used by less than 100 people per day
MADRID: Large sections of Spain’s high-speed railway are deserted, according to new data. In total, one in four AVE stations...
Germany agrees to toughen inheritance-tax rules
BERLIN: Germany’s ruling coalition agreed Monday to restrict tax exemptions on some corporate successions, allowing them only for smaller companies...
Pernia expects GDP growth to reach 6.5% in 2016
DAVAO CITY: The economic team of President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte sees the economy expanding by at least 6.5 percent this...
Rabobank to stop offering its own brokerage services
AMSTERDAM: Rabobank is pulling the plug on its own brokerage and research services with the loss of 30 jobs, further...
NPL problem is huge but road is now open for its management
ATHENS: Seven out of 10 loans that had been entered into a payment scheme by households and corporations struggling under...
Warden bribed to smuggle drugs
KUWAIT CITY: A 30-year-old Kuwaiti inmate in the Central Jail tried to bribe a first lieutenant assigned in the General...
Difficult to slash Indonesia’s benchmark interest rate: World Bank
JAKARTA: Despite the recent moderate inflation in Indonesia, cutting the benchmark interest rate is not an easy task due to...
Rough year for Thai imports
BANGKOK: An uncharacteristic slump in imports from Thailand since the start of the year is the result of lower oil...
U.K Vote on EU to Curb German Exports
BERLIN: The economic uncertainty caused by the U.K.’s referendum on its European Union membership this week will put a lid...
US Customs seizes 101 pounds of marijuana
DONNA: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Donna International Bridge intercepted 101 pounds of...
US Customs seizes narcotics worth over $500k
SALTON CITY: El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station Highway 86 checkpoint arrested a man suspected...
Lao man arrested for smuggling heroin into Vietnam
THANH HOA: Border guards in the central province of Thanh Hoa Province have cooperated with police in Laos to arrest...
Vigilance enquiry into missing gold from customs vaults
NEW DELHI: The CBEC’s vigilance wing has been asked to probe the disappearance of gold worth about Rs 9 lakh...
Greek taxes strangle funds industry in name of austerity
ATHENS: Greece’s latest austerity measures are choking off one of its few sources of local private investment, the funds management...
Oil prices slow development
DOHA: A $200 billion infrastructure program could see higher costs and delays because of the slump in oil prices, the...
Pace of export-order contraction slows
TAIPEI: The nation’s export orders contracted 5.8 percent year-on-year to US$33.73 billion last month, less than the government’s estimated fall...
Hong Kong Customs officers seize HK$24,000 worth of bogus cosmetics
HONG KONG: Customs officers were working to track down the suppliers of bogus cosmetics and skincare products following the arrest...
Germany coalition reaches deal on inheritance tax
BERLIN: Ministers have generally supported preferential tax treatment for family-owned businesses, arguing it secures corporate succession and protects jobs. However,...
Nigerian Customs arrests 12 over job scam
ABUJA: Twelve suspects have been arrested by men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in connection to a ‘scam’ recruitment...
