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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
Walter Chidhakwa says Zimbabwe contains over 950m in chrome reserves
HARARE: The government has asked two ferrochrome producers, including a unit of China's Sinosteel Corp Ltd, who own 80 percent...
GCC family businesses generate $100bn in annual revenue across the region
DOHA: GCC family businesses collectively generate $100bn in annual revenues across the region. Most of the businesses have diversified significantly...
Qatar’s Investcorp adds $400m to US property portfolio
DOHA: Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products, yesterday announced that its US-based real estate arm, through...
Siemens signs 18-year contract with Dolphin Energy for Qatar gas project
DOHA: Siemens has signed a long-term service contract with Dolphin Energy Limited for their Dolphin Gas Project in Qatar, Siemens...
Indonesia’s Sinar Mas acquires Alphabeta Building for $397m
JAKARTA: Sinar Mas Land Group has acquired one of London's iconic commercial buildings, the Alphabeta Building, for 259.3 million pounds...
Arkansas poultry industry seeks to increase trade with Cuba
HAVANA: While most U.S. businesses have been shut out of Cuba for 55 years, Arkansas’ poultry industry has exported broiler...
Cuba, trade facilitation, marine pollution and LNG top agenda for CSA Conference
HAVANA: Hundreds of delegates representing maritime interests from the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and Europe will arrive in Cartagena,...
Oil experts to discuss Venezuela oil price band proposal: Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY: A technical meeting of oil experts from OPEC and non-OPEC countries later this month will discuss a proposal...
Mexico, Nigeria, Russia ranked as countries with high corruption index
MEXICO CITY: International non-government organisation- Transparency International, listed Nigeria among nations with 'worrying' records in its most recent Corruptions Perceptions...
Puerto Rico seizes $12m in cocaine abandoned at sea
SAN JUAN: Authorities in Puerto Rico say they have seized $12 million worth of cocaine found floating in waters off...
Venezuela calls on OPEC to control output, seeks $70 floor price
CARACAS: Venezuela, whose economy has been decimated by low oil prices, this month will unveil a bold new strategy to...
Illegal diamond mining threatens Brazil’s indigenous communities
BRASILIA: Brazil’s Amazon jungle is home to some of the world’s richest diamonds deposits. But for the Cinta-Larga indigenous group...
Bolivia to sign deal on electricity exports to Argentina
LA PAZ: Bolivia will sign a deal in the coming weeks for electricity exports to Argentina totaling some 1,000 megawatts,...
Cuba: 570 firms from 70 countries to participate in Havana Trade Fair 2015
HAVANA: Around 570 foreign firms from more than 70 countries will attend Cuba’s most important trade event, the 33rd Havana...
Argentina reveals oil operations by Italy’s Edison near Falklands illegal
BUENOS AIRES: The oil and gas operations being undertaken by Italy’s Edison International S.p.A. on “the Argentine continental shelf” near...
Mexican industrial output up 1%
MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s industrial production climbed 1 percent in August compared with August 2014, thanks to increases in three of...
Colombia navy seizes 600kg of cocaine, 3 men arrested
BOGOTA: The navy seized 600 kilos of cocaine and detained three men aboard a vessel in Colombia’s Pacific waters, officials...
Mexico increases global agricultural exports
MEXICO CITY: In the period from January to July 2015 the value of food exports from Mexico to the European...
Iran releases 9 Indian oil smugglers, $2.9m fine imposed
TEHRAN: Nine Indian sailors held in Iran for two years on charges of smuggling oil returned home after being freed...
Nigeria customs seizes 112 cartons of contaminated poultry products
KATSINA: The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has seized 112 cartons of contaminated poultry products smuggled into the country through the...
