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WELLINGTON: Sky Network Television is feeling the pressure of competition as its market share dropped in the year ended June,...

New Zealand Rail Company organizes more job cuts

WELLINGTON: A New Zealand Treasury Department report released last month recommended that the government consider shutting down “most or all”...

India calls demand to raise import duty on aluminum as ‘tricky’

NEW DELHI: The government today said the demand by primary producers to raise import duty is a "tricky" case as...

India’s NCB seizes cocaine worth Rs 20 crore

BENGALURU: Drugs worth about Rs 20 crore has been seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) from a passenger at...

Bluff’s South Port profit up by 16% on record volumes in New Zealand

WELLINGTON: Bluff’s South Port has booked record cargo volumes during the past year, underpinning an almost 16% increase to after-tax...

NZ’s Spark announces 19% decline in annual profit

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Spark has posted 19 per cent decline in its annual profit. However, Spark, one of New Zealand’s...

S. Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says Southeast Asia to boost economy

CANBERRA: South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says the state is looking to Southeast Asia to boost its economy, especially in...

Insurance Australia Group says exploring opportunities for bigger presence in China

CANBERRA: Insurance Australia Group on Friday said it was exploring opportunities for a bigger presence in China and would scale...

Australia’s Santos posts 13% rise in production to 28.3m barrels of oil equivalent in H1 of 2015

CANBERRA: Australia’s Santos posted a 13% rise in production to 28.3 million barrels of oil equivalent in the first half...

Norway to build 12.7b euro gas field at North Sea

OSLO: Norway has nodded to build the huge Johan Sverdrup gas field worth 12.7 billion euros in the North Sea....

2 in Zimbabwe court for smuggling gold worth R3.8m

PLUMTREE: Two men who tried to smuggle gold worth R3.8m out of Zimbabwe in the fuel tank of their car...

Colombia urges Venezuela to reopen border

BOGOTA: Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos urged Venezuela to reconsider its decision to close its border in response to an...

Exports to help Brazilian economy in 2016: Pereira

BRASILIA: Rising exports should help the Brazilian economy in 2016 despite lingering uncertainties that could drag down activity, central bank...

Qatargas, Trafigura agree to supply LNG to Jordan

DOHA: Qatari supplier Qatargas has reached an agreement with energy trader Trafigura to supply LNG cargoes to Jordan’s National Electric...

Nigerian customs’ acting boss targets N35b weekly revenue collection

JULIET ALOHAN: The acting comptroller-general (CGC) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr John Atte, has ordered the customs area...

Mexico increases customs inspections of southbound pedestrians in San Ysidro

MEXICO CITY: Southbound pedestrians at the world’s busiest border crossing, San Ysidro, face increased customs inspections with Mexico’s launch of...

Guyana’s wood product exports increase by 11% in H1 2015

GEORGETOWN: In the first half of 2015 earnings from Guyana’s wood product exports increased by just over 11% on the...

Argentina’s steel distribution sector activity hurt by rainstorms

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s steel distribution sector has been severely impacted by the heavy rains that swamped the country’s low-lying capital...

Govt, private sector needs to strengthen ‘Brand Jamaica’ to improve exports

KINGSTON: If Jamaica is to improve it's exporting capacity, both the Government and private sector will need to "strengthen Brand...

Jamaica’s Carreras calls for regulation of raw tobacco cultivation