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South Africa’s Imperial Holdings H1 profit rises 6%
JOHANNESBURG: South African logistics company Imperial Holdings Ltd reported a 6 percent increase in half-year profit as lower demand for...
Govt to cut spending, just not on infrastructure
JAKARTA: The government is seeking to maintain infrastructure funding at current levels while trimming other sectors’ funding amid a cash-strapped...
Hellenic Petroleum to buy 60,000 bpd from Iran
TEHRAN: Greece’s biggest oil refiner, Hellenic Petroleum, will buy 60,000 barrels a day of crude oil from Iran, which could...
QEWC’s AGM gives approval for QR825m cash dividend
DOHA: Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) yesterday held its Annual General Assembly (AGM) and approved the Board of Directors’...
S. Korea’s terms of trade improve in Jan
SEOUL: South Korea's terms of trade improved from a year earlier last month but mostly due to import prices falling...
Nigeria’s N2 trillion petrochemical imports
ABUJA: Nigeria is paying a huge price for failing to develop its petrochemical industry. The country currently spends about N2...
UAE food imports to reach $400 bln by 2026
ABU DHABI: The UAE's food imports will reach US $400bn in 10 years, from $100bn in 2014, according to the...
EU increases rye imports from Russia
LONDON: Despite the 36% reduction of rye production in Russia in 2015, exports of this crop are growing. During the...
US, EU talk deal’s divisive proposal
BRUSSELS: Top negotiators on a huge transatlantic trade treaty between the EU and US opened new talks yesterday with the...
China overtakes Germany in net capital exports in 2015: Ifo
MUNICH: China overtook Germany in net capital exports in 2015, German think tank Ifo institute reported here on Monday. According...
IMF’s Lagarde calls on Gulf states to raise tax, cut spending
KUWAIT: The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday urged member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...
Customs seizes $100,000 at Presidio port
PRESIDIO: Authorities made a big discovery at the Presidio port of call. More than $100,000 in cash was hidden in...
Border Patrol agents confiscate meth worth $266,700
SALTON CITY: El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station Highway 86 checkpoint, arrested a woman suspected...
USA Customs seizes hoverboards worth over $1.8m
HOUSTON: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Houston Seaport seized more than 3,500 hoverboards, valued at more...
US Customs seizes meth worth over $40,000
DALLAS: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) arrested a man after finding more...
Schengen collapse could Cost EU $1.5 trillion – Study
COPENHAGEN: The strain of the ongoing migration crisis has sparked fears the EU's much celebrated passport-free Schengen travel zone could...
Brazil’s inflation at 10.71% in Jan
BRASÍLIA: Brazil's inflation in January was more than expectations at 10.71% y/y, as compared with December's 10.67% y/y, disproving the...
Morocco annual inflation eases to 0.3% in Jan
RABAT: Morocco's annual consumer price inflation eased to 0.3 percent in January from 0.6 percent in December, mainly due to...
Italy, Portugal bond yields fall
LISBON: Yields on Italian and Portuguese debt, the focal point of recent concerns about the health of Europe's financial sector,...
Tokyo Steel cuts March prices 14% to scrap imports
TOKYO: Tokyo Steel Manufacturing , Japan's top electric arc furnace steelmaker, said it will cut prices for March delivery, by...
