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Zurich Q1 Profit declines 4% to $1.22b
BERN: Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s biggest insurer, said first-quarter profit fell 4 percent. Net income declined to $1.22 billion...
Swiss tourism drops by 7.4% in month of March 2015
BERN: The number of overnights stays in Swiss hotels for the month of March has dropped by 7.4% compared to...
Hungary’s industrial output climbs 11.6% in March
BUDAPEST: Hungaryʼs industrial output grew by a year-on-year 11.6% in March and by a month-on-moth 2.6% – while the workday-adjusted...
11.4% decline in revenues: Taiwan’s Acer reports $5.52m profits in Q1
TAIPEI: Despite 11.4 per cent decline in revenues, Taiwan’s Acer has announced a net profit of Tw$173 million ($5.52 million)...
MNB international reserves up a slight €37b in April 2015
BUDAPEST: The National Bank of Hungaryʼs (MNB) international reserves stood at €36.945 bln at the end of April, up €37...
Hungary’s Graphisoft Park profits up by 61% in Q1 of 2015
BUDAPEST: Graphisoft Park, the owner and operator of a business park in north Budapest, reported after-tax profit of €924,000 in...
Hungarian GVH fines Henkel HUF 9m
BUDAPEST: Hungaryʼs competition office GVH today fined household products manufacturer Henkel HUF 9 million on charges of unlawful advertising, the...
Jordanian Fruit, vegetable exports up by 6.7% in April 2015
AMMAN: Exports of fruits and vegetables increased by 6.7 per cent in April compared to the previous month, according to...
Taiwan, Malaysia nail down drug smugglers
TAIPEI: Police in Taiwan and Malaysia announced simultaneously the busting of a cross-border drug trafficking case. A total of 1.45...
Qatar court sentences 7 month jail to GCC man for smuggling liquor
DOHA: A criminal court has sentenced a GCC national to seven months in jail and fined him QR768,000 for trying...
FAO’s Food Price Index slides further in April by 1.2% from March
AMSTERDAM: The world’s food import bill may reach a five-year low in 2015, driven by a decline in international prices,...
Foreign investors to open new plants in Vinica, Sveti Nikole and other cities across Macedonia
AMSTERDAM: Foreign investors will open new plants in Vinica, Sveti Nikole and in other cities across Macedonia, Prime Minister Nikola...
Germany spent 8.1b Euros on crude oil imports in first three months of 2015
BERLIN: Germany spent 8.1 billion Euros ($9.1 billion) on crude oil imports in the first three months of 2015, down...
Siemens to cut some 4,500 more jobs as part of cost-cutting drive
BERLIN: Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG says it plans to cut a further 4,500 jobs worldwide as part of a cost-cutting...
Belgium to delay decisions on tax deals with Apple and Starbucks
BRUSSELS: EU regulators will miss a June deadline to decide whether tax deals granted by individual member states to companies...
Huawei to locate its European Research Institute in Leuven, Belgium
BRUSSELS: Telecom network vendor Huawei announced its European Research Institute (ERI) to be located in Leuven, Belgium. Zhou Hong, who...
Australia’s Macquarie Group annual profit jumps 27%
SYDNEY: Macquarie Group, Australia's top investment bank, on Friday posted its best annual profit since the 2008 global financial crisis,...
Australia’s NAB to demerge British business, raise capital
SYDNEY: National Australia Bank announced plans on Thursday to raise A$5.5 billion (US$4.4 billion) in capital and demerge its British...
ASX falls further despite bank turnaround
CANBERRA: Australian shares continued their downward slide on Thursday, but in a sign the worst of the carnage may be...
Vietnam index rises 0.76%
HANOI: Vietnam’s benchmark VN Index rose 0.76 per cent by the break on Thursday with shares in all the six...
