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HELSINKI: The consumption of petroleum products in the country reduced by 1.2 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year,...

HANOI: Vinaphone's 3G subscribers could switch to 4G for free if within a week and use 4G at the same...

KIEV: Ukraine's information technologies (IT) industry has generated 2.5 billion U.S. dollars of exports revenues last year, becoming one of...

KIEV: Ukraine has raised its grain export forecast for the 2015/16 season to around 37 million tonnes from 36 million,...

CANBERRA: Australia's second-largest energy retailer AGL Energy Ltd on Feb. 10, Australia time, reported a statutory loss after tax of...

ANKARA: Turkey’s banking sector grew by 18 percent last year, with lenders’ overall balance sheet size reaching 2.3 trillion Turkish...

BRASÍLIA: Brazil's Tiete-Parana waterway, a key transport corridor for soybeans, corn, cellulose, fertilizer and other agricultural products, has reopened after...

TEHRAN: Iran’s oil and gas industry will require $185 billion in investments for 2016-2020, acting Deputy Petroleum Minister Masoud Hashemian...

MOSCOW: Russia and Iran have signed documents for opening a $2.2 credit line within the visit of Iran's delegation to...

CAPE TOWN: With 70% of platinum being produced in South Africa, the government is working towards opening a new industry-based...

BANGKOK: The Thai government has agreed to increase cigarette excise tax. Effective immediately, smokers can now expect to pay between...

BANGKOK: Annual trade between Bangladesh and Thailand could quadruple to $4.8 billion thanks to an agreement on Tuesday to establish...

BANGKOK: Russian tourists spent almost $2 billion in Thailand in 2015, Vladimir Sosnov, the chief of the consulate department at...

KUWAIT: Drugs Control General Department (DCGD) officers arrested 15 suspects of different nationalities yesterday on drug smuggling charges. DCGD officials...

DOHA: Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) has announced the financials for 2015 and reported a net profit of QR168.8m ($46.35m)...

JAKARTA: State revenues are estimated to fall between Rp 67 trillion (US$4.91 billion) and Rp 100 trillion this year, as...

TAIPEI: Beef exports to Taiwan rose to a record in 2015, propelling it to the country's third-largest beef market behind...

BRUSSELS: The EU installed record wind-power capacity last year as the technology leapfrogged hydropower to become the third-biggest source of...

BERLIN: Betsson is to pay SEK113m (USD13.4m) in past gambling tax to the German Government in the hope of securing...

KABUL : The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) on Tuesday complained the complex tax system, bureaucracy and corruption...