International Customs

MIAMI: Federal agents sniffed out more than fried fish on a flight from Jamaica to Miami last weekend. U.S. Customs...

Arizona, Mexico agreement extends I-11 from Nogales to Hermosillo, Mexico City

MEXICO CITY: Interstate 11 is getting another boost with execution of a memorandum of understanding between Arizona and Mexico. One...

US considers lifting export ban on crude oil to Mexico

WASHINGTON: The United States is actively considering lifting an export ban on crude oil to Mexico, US Energy Secretary Ernest...

Venezuela’s PDVSA reduces volume of Mesa 28 crude oil exported to Cuba

HAVANA: Recent press and financial institutions reports indicate that Venezuela has substantially cut back petroleum deliveries to Cuba under the...

Cuba imposes ban on US poultry products imports

HAVANA: Alimport, the food importer ran by the Cuban government, stated that it would not accept chicken shipments from the...

Maine Senator King introduces bill to restore trade with Cuba

HAVANA: Maine Senator Angus King wants to allow U.S. businesses to export their goods to Cuba. King and Republican Senator...

Hungarian Vienna Life premiums revenue grows 18% to HUF 3.5b in Q1 of 2015

BUDAPEST: SInsurer Vienna Life Biztositóʼs revenue from premiums saw a rise of 18% in the first quarter of this year...

HELL Energy inaugurates phase one of HUF 5.5b amusement parkBILLION

BUDAPEST: Hungarian energy drink producer HELL Energy on Friday inaugurated the first phase of a HUF 5.5 billion amusement park, which...

Swiss Société Générale bank to pay $17.81m, Berner Kantonalbank to pay $4.62m penalty as reach on resolution with US

BERN: Swiss banks Société Générale Private Banking Switzerland and Berner Kantonalbank AG have agreed to pay the United States multimillion-dollar...

Poland’s Enter Air to debut on WSE, to raise PLN 100m

WARSAW: Poland’s largest charter airline Enter Air may start trading its shares on the Warsaw bourse in mid-July and intends...

UAE business ready for huge investment in Poland

WARSAW: A United Arab Emirates real estate developer Emaar is ready to carry out "the biggest investment project in the...

Over €70m tax fraud uncovers in 45 car breaker yards all over Spain

MADRID: Spanish car wreckers failed to declare spare parts sales, over 45 vehicle breakers yards all over Spain are under...

Danish tourism industry needs more cohesion: Niels Feerup

COPENHAGEN: The Danish tourist industry needs to do a better job at helping visitors not to develop ‘tunnel vision’ during...

Over 80% Danish business men says govt, not ready to hear us

COPENHAGEN: As politicians amass on the shores of Bornholm for the people’s meeting, or Folkemødet as it is locally called,...

BMW Group vehicle sales rises 5.9% to 188,vehicles in May 2015

HELSINKI: German automaker BMW Group reported here on Friday that its sales continued to grow in May, while deliveries of...

Finnish Viking Line threatens to relocate to Sweden

HELSINKI: Passenger cruise liner company Viking Line is considering shifting to Sweden if the government cut support to passenger ships,...

Plexus Holdings PLC awarded £3.3m contract with Total, offshore Norway

OSLO: Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip...

Garware Wall Ropes eyes Rs 1,000-crore revenue by 2017

BERLIN: Pune based fishing and sports net and technical textiles manufacturer Garware Wall Ropes eyes Rs 1,000-crore revenue by 2017,...

Germany wants Greece to stay in eurozone

BERLIN: Germany wants Greece to stay in the eurozone, a finance ministry spokesman said, after talks between Greece and its...

Germany Metro AG sells German, Belgian department store business to Hudson Bay in $3.2B deal