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Oman’s bank credit grows 8.8% in January
MUSCAT: Oman’s commercial banks have achieved a year-on-year growth of 8.8 per cent in total credit at OMR18.44 billion by...
Stocks close 1.5% higher as big miners, banks rally
CANBERRA: The Australian sharemarket closed higher on Thursday as big banks and miners improved following strong leads from Wall Street....
Mubadala 2015 revenues hit $9.3bn
ABU DHABI: Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), the Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company, has posted revenues of Dh34.1 billion ($9.3...
UAE announces $408m new development projects
ABU DHABI: The UAE government plans to develop 17 new projects worth Dh1.5 billion ($408 million) during 2016-2017 period in...
Allianz to sell US$5b life insurance portfolio in Italy
LONDON: German insurer Allianz is looking to sell a US$5 billion portfolio of life insurance policies in Italy, sources familiar...
Shell Nigeria deal probed in Italy
ROME: Italian prosecutors are investigating Royal Dutch Shell as part of a probe into the acquisition of a Nigerian oil...
Thai export growth this year at 0-2%
BANGKOK: The Thai National Shippers’ Council forecasts the country’s export growth this year at no more than 2%. It says...
Kazakhstan’s PE imports down 48% in Jan-Feb
MOSCOW: Imports of polyethylene (PE) into Kazakhstan dropped 48% in January-February 2016 compared to the same two-month period in 2015,...
Ukraine, OPIC, IFC seek investment for natural gas purchases
KIEV: Ukraine, jointly with the International Finance Corporation and Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), is working on arranging private financing...
Gas price for Ukraine to comply by contract from April 1
KIEV: The discount on the gas price for Ukraine that was valid in the first quarter of the year expires...
Vietnam GDP grows by 5.46% in Q1
HANOI: Việt Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.46 per cent in the first quarter, slower than the 6.12...
Vietnam insurance value hits $524 bln
HANOI: The insurance market saw total insured value reach VNĐ11.7 quadrillion (US$524 billion) from 2011-15, said Phùng Ngọc Khánh, head...
New Zealand shares rise, posts 6.2% quarterly gain
WELLINGTON: New Zealand shares rose, pushing the NZX 50 Index to a fresh record and rounding out a 6.2 percent...
Kenya mango exports rise in 2015/2016
NAIROBI: Kenya registered a significant increase in mango production across the 2015/2016 season compared to the previous season, witnessing an...
Turkish exports rise first time in 4 months
ANKARA: Turkey’s trade gap shrank in February from a year earlier as exports rose for the first time since October....
Thailand’s economic recovery still slow
BANGKOK: Thailand's economic conditions had a slow pace of recovery in February, with growth mostly driven by tourism and public...
S. Korea’s industrial output rebounds in Feb
SEJONG: South Korea's industrial output rebounded in February to snap a three-month losing streak on a rise in the chip...
India seeks $500m loan for solar projects
NEW DELHI: India hopes to receive one of the first loans issued by the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)...
Asia’s Feb imports of Iran oil hit 2-year high
TEHRAN: Asian imports of Iranian oil jumped nearly a quarter from a year earlier to a two-year high in February,...
Japan Feb crude oil imports by source
TOKYO: Following is a table of oil statistics for February released by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)...
