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CANBERRA: After a week-long delay, Westpac Banking Corp has lifted its standard variable interest rate for investment property borrowers by...

KUWAIT: Farwaniya police authorities closed two locally run liquor factories in Riqee and Andalus. A security source said the two...

HANOI: JFE Steel, Japan's second-biggest steelmaker, said it would invest 27 billion yen (US$220 million) in a steelworks being built...

NAYPYIDAW: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the Myanmar Customs Department in developing its Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) scheme,...

MELAKA: The Melaka Royal Malaysian Customs Department Melaka collected RM112.6 million in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for April...

NAIROBI: Kenya's ARM Cement swung into a first-half pretax loss of 473.52 million shillings ($4.6 million) from a profit of...

WELLINGTON: Customs Minister Nicky Wagner says mid-winter marks the end of another successful yacht season, with many of the remaining...

TAMIL NADU: In a joint operation by the Kadapa police and the forest personnel, 19 red sanders smugglers from Tamil...

NAIROBI: Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) said it expects a better performance in the second half 2015 after reporting higher first-half...

NAIROBI: Kenya's East African Breweries posted on Friday a 36 percent rise in pretax profit to 14.15 billion shillings ($138.52...

HARARE: The cash-strapped Zimbabwe government has splurged about US$50 million on 633 vehicles which include all-terrain troop-carrying trucks, water cannons,...

TOKYO: Japan's unemployment rate in June rose to 3.4 percent for the first increase in five months, government data showed...

HELSINKI: Nokia achieved an increased turnover and made a remarkable profit during the second quarter of 2015, the Finnish network...

HARARE: The government has banned the importation of second-hand clothes and shoes with effect from September 1 this year, as...

HARARE: Air Zimbabwe is facing yet another crisis with the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Dr Obert Mpofu confirming...

HANOI: Two Vietnamese husbandry associations are appealing to the government to launch a probe to determine whether U.S. businesses are...

HA NOI: The agro-forestry-fishery sector’s export turnover was estimated at US$16.93 billion in the first seven months of 2015, the...

TOKYO: Indonesia’s aluminum exports to Japan have not stopped, even though the government took over full control of the sole...

TOKYO: Japan’s exports of cars, trucks and buses increased 3.3% on year in June for the first time in two...

TOKYO: The Environment Ministry plans to ban imports of non-native red-eared sliders, a type of turtle popular as pets in...