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JAKARTA:  Indonesia will revise its tax incentives and offer them to a larger number of business sectors, in a bid...

CAPE TOWN: South Africa is to increase its value added tax (VAT) for the first time in 25 years in...

HANOI: Việt Nam imported flowers and ornamental plants worth US$18 million from December 1, 2017, to January 31, 2018, for...

JAKARTA: Indonesia is set to be the world’s largest wheat importer as the country’s drive for self-sufficiency in corn has...

TOKYO: Growth in Japan’s manufacturing sector slowed in February as output and new orders increased at a slower rate, according...

KIEV: The outlook for the next 2018/19 season prompts us to discuss again soybean production profitability, which increased from 1.3%...

KABUL: Poppy fields across Afghanistan are slowly being replaced by pomegranate plantations as incentives offered to farmers to replace their...

TAI PEI: The agreement to avoid double taxation on the aviation industry across Macau and Taiwan came into effect in...

DOHA: Qatar Chamber board member Ali Abdullatif Al Misnad said that Qatar-Morocco relations saw substantial progress within the past years,...

MANILA: The British government sold £150,000 of hi-tech spying equipment to the Philippines, giving President Rodrigo Duterte the tools to hunt down...

BAGHDAD: Iraq will soon start importing electricity from Kuwait through power pylons, a spokesman of the Iraqi electricity ministry was...

MADRID: Spain are set to debate on a new legislation that will exempt companies utilizing blockchain and cryptocurrency from paying...

WARSAW: Officials said the new rules would encourage investment in regions with high unemployment, and in mid-sized towns suffering economic...

TOKYO: Collaboration between Japanese and Turkish firms in other third countries, especially in Africa could bring success since they complement...

LISBON:  Portuguese oil company Galp Energia expects largely flat pre-tax earnings this year after a 32 percent increase in 2017...

ATHENS: Greek banks are calling for for tax reductions and exemptions for the properties they buy at auction, in a...

HANOI: The cultivation sector aims to gross over 21 billion USD in export turnover in 2018, representing a year-on-year rise...

ROME: Similarly, his own personal story has allowed him to come into contact with a world of toil and sweat,...

OLSO: Norway ranks as the second largest exporter of fish in the world, with a whopping US$11.73 billion worth of...

BERLIN: Germany’s residential property boom may be drawing to a close, at least in some of the hot markets like...