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NEW YORK: A visiting United States trade delegation, which is in Zimbabwe on a rare trade visit, says it is...

US-India bilaterral trade may reach goal of $500b

WASHINGTON: The India-US bilateral trade in goods and services has crossed the elusive $100 billion threshold and now stands at...

Florida lawmakers working to draw up new budget

TALLAHASSEE: State lawmakers are working over the weekend to come up with a new budget. The Florida Legislature ended its...

Nigeria customs seizes 90 bags of Indian hemp weighing 1,259kg

ABUJA: The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 90 bags of Indian hemp weighing 1,259kg from...

Cost of drug war in Costa Rica too high: police ex-officer

SAN JOSÉ: A former delegation chief of the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) is speaking out this weekend about what he...

Difficult to invest in green energy in Canada without Big Oil

TORONTO: If you thought the divestiture movement was losing steam, Norway's recent announcement shows there still is momentum around the...

Canada creates 59,000 new positions as jobs shift back to Central Canada

OTTAWA: Could this be the tipping point for Canada’s economy, or at least the labour market? We’ll have to wait...

Cuba, EU to resume talks June 15

HAVANA: A new round of talks to warm relations between the European Union and Cuba has been scheduled for June...

LIME Jamaica’s financial status

KINGSTON: TELECOMS provider Cable & Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ), currently branded as LIME, more than doubled its annual net loss to...

US lubricant producer launches products in Jamaica

KINGSTON: Top 1 Oil Products Company, the largest exporter of synthetic lubricants on the west coast of the United States,...

Guyana seeks new extradition treaty with US to arrest smugglers

GEORGETOWN: Guyana's government says it hopes to work out a new extradition treaty with the U.S. after failed efforts to...

US judge orders Argentina to pay $5.4b to bnholders

BUENOS AIRES: A U.S. judge has multiplied the size of Argentina's debt to holdout bondholders and the country's government says...

Jordan exports summer fruit 400 tons of watermelon daily

AMMAN: The Kingdom is exporting 400 tonnes of watermelon and melon daily to several countries, mainly the Gulf states, a...

PSH releases regular weekly Net asset value as of June 2 2015

AMMAN: Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. Today released its regular weekly Net Asset Value (NAV) on its website, www.pershingsquareholdings.com. The NAV...

Switzerland comes 4th in global competitiveness in 2015

Bern: Switzerland slipped in IMD’s 2015 World Competitiveness Ranking to fourth place from second a year earlier, the Lausanne-based business...

Hungarian commercial air traffic increases by 11.5% to 700,818

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s air traffic increased to 700,818 aircraft flying in Hungarian airspace in 2014, up 11.55% from 2013, online business...

Hungary’s economy growth to remain 3% in 2015 to 2.2% in 2016

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s GDP growth is expected to remain strong white slowing from 3% in 2015 to 2.2% in 2016 due...

Hungarian BUX ends week higher at 0.10% at 22,326.95 on Friday

BUDAPEST: The Budapest Stock Exchangeʼs main BUX index finished up 0.10% at 22,326.95 on Friday in spite of losses by...

Spanish household debt increases 0.08% during April 2015

MADRID: The Spain rose by just 0.08% during April to 740,819 Spanish household debt increases slightlymillion euros, a figure which...

Spanish Unemployment reduces by 0.1% to 11.1% in April 2015