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WILLING TON: New Zealand dollar eased against the US dollar today ahead of what may be a larger-than-expected fall in...

Brazilian SEC confirms digital currency niobium coin (NBC) is not a financial asset

BRASILIA: Brazil’s capital market, the equivalent of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), made a decision at the start...

Global economy time to shift focus from tech to standards

TOKYO: There are also cases in which the rules surrounding products have a significant influence on business. How do Japanese...

South Korea’s Kim says global trade dispute is expanding

SEOUL: Says that trade friction is a rising risk to the South Korean economyPlans to appeal South Korea's interest to...

India’s exports imports hit as banks tighten credit checks

MUMBAI: India’s infamous Punjab National Bank scam has cast a long shadow over the export-import trade with lenders becoming extra-cautious...

Moving from creative industries to creative Philippines

MANILA: Creative Philippines was the battle cry used at a highly interactive roundtable organized by Arangkada Philippines last week to...

Vietnamese rice exports in 2018 could hit 6.5m tonnes

HANOI: Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan, Vietnam shipped 861,000 tonnes during the January-February period, bringing...

Thailand’s Nawaplastic seeks additional 29.51% stake in Vietnam

BANGKOK: The Nawaplastic Industries a subsidiary of Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG), has registered to buy an additional 29.51 per cent stake in...

2 customs officials in court for alleged corruption

CAPE TOWN: Two customs officials are expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Monday for allegedly demanding a...

Taiwan equity market could see support on sound fundamentals

TAI PEI: The local equity market is expected to see support despite recent volatility on Wall Street as the local...

Jordan to raise electricity price from March

AMMAN: Electricity prices are announced at the end of each month and are based on the average price of crude oil...

Iraq increases taxes amid public discontent

BAGHDAD: Iraqi government sent to parliament a revised version of the 2018 budget bill for the fourth time Feb. 11. The budget proposal includes...

Qatar’s fiscal deficit expected to narrow on hydrocarbon gains

DOHA: Qatar's fiscal deficit is expected to gradually narrow over the coming quarters on substantial gains in hydrocarbon revenues, according...

Land leased at Indian ports continues to remain unused

KATHMANDU: Nepal Transit Warehousing Company (NTWC), a government entity under the Ministry of Commerce, leased 4,886 square metres of land...

Spanish government scorns latest Catalan independence moves

MADRID: The Spanish government is dismissing the latest efforts by Catalan separatists to advance their independence bid, saying a planned...

Poland needs investment innovation savings

WARSAW: Speaking at a conference in Toruń, north-central Poland, entitled "Digital independence: Polish technological thought, from idea to success". Morawiecki...

Portugal’s political parties scrap limits on fund raising