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Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
General electric signs $600 mln investment deal in Italy
MILAN: General Electric said on Sunday it had signed an agreement to invest $600 million in Italy in research and...
Intel Israel’s exports fall slightly to $4.1 bln in 2015
JERUSALEM: Intel Israel's exports fell slightly to $4.1 billion in 2015, 11% of Israel's high-tech exports (industry and services). Exports...
New Zealand honey exports soar 41% to new record in 2015
WELLINGTON: New Zealand honey exports soared 41 percent to a new record last year as the country benefited from demand...
Brazil’s Petrobras to cut investment plan by 5%
BRASILIA: Petroleo Brasileiro SA will cut its 2016-2020 investment plan by 5 percent to $93 billion as the state-run oil...
Israeli, Turkish energy firms sign gas deal worth $1.3 bln
ANKARA: Israeli and Turkish energy firms signed an agreement on Sunday to sell $1.3 billion worth of gas to Edeltech,...
Rwanda to raise exports by 28% annually
KIGALI: The government is setting up an export credit and insurance facility aimed at improving Rwanda’s trade competitiveness in the...
Japan Post Bank plans to start in-house stock investments in 2016
TOKYO: Japan Post Bank plans to start in-house investments in stocks in the second half of 2016, according to Katsunori...
Egypt’s NBE bank sells $2.5 bln in 3 months to cover imports
CAIRO: Egypt's biggest lender, the state-owned National Bank of Egypt, provided more than $2.5 billion to cover import payments in...
Norway’s largest bank calls for total end to cash
OSLO: Norway’s largest bank, DNB, has said that cash has fallen out of favour with everyday Norwegians and is instead...
Discount supermarket chain Rema 1000 announces 130 new stores
COPENHAGEN: The Norwegian discount supermarket chain Rema 1000 is stepping up the competition with its main rival Netto by announcing...
Japan’s fresh fruit imports lead bananas
TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Finance has released official import statistics for 2015, with bananas, pineapples and grapefruit leading fruit imports...
Car sales at seven-year high in Spain
MADRID: Car sales at seven-year high in Spain, the association of Spanish car producers (ANFAC) confirmed that 2015 was the...
Australian thermal coal exports to China fall 30% in 2015
CANBERRA: Chinese thermal coal imports tumbled last year, mirroring the decline seen in coking coal imports over the same time...
Iran container ships set for EU sailings after 5 years
TEHRAN: Iran’s biggest shipping line hopes to start calling again at European ports, with plans for a bi-weekly service connecting...
Port of Hamburg: New strategy for Germany’s ports – Federal cabinet endorses new National Port Concept
BERLIN: German ports face fresh challenges: Cargo handling growth, tougher competition, stiffer demands on environmental protection and security. To enable...
Macau’s gold jewelry imports fall 31.2% YOY
WASHINGTON: Macau’s gold jewelry imports fell 31.2 percent year-on-year to 7.04 billion patacas in 2015, the Statistics and Census Bureau...
Iran establishes first brain bank
TEHRAN: Iran has established its first brain bank at Iran University of Medical Sciences, in Tehran, to promote research on...
US attacks EU tax probes as unfair
BRUSSELS: The United States has attacked high-profile EU tax probes into American companies as unfair and encroaching on the US...
Zimplats revenue falls 11% to $96,3 mln
HARARE: Revenue fell 11 percent to $96, 3 million on reduced sales and falling commodity prices. Platinum, Palladium, Gold and...
HK Customs seizes 48kg cocaine worth HK$51.6m
HONG KONG: Four suspected drug traffickers were arrested after Hong Kong customs officers seized about 48kg of suspected cocaine among...
