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Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
Greece to reduce stake size from 67.7% to 51% in Piraeus port sale
ATHENS: Greece’s government is revising the stake size for port of Piraeus, now to offer bidders a 51% stake, instead...
German exports to Greece decline by 41% to €4.7b in 2014
ATHENS: The Shipments have dropped considerably, while imports from Greece have remained stable. It said the year's shipments to Greece...
Greece vows to pay €1b debt on 12th May 2015
ATHENS: Greece owes money to the Brussels Group the IMF, European commission and European Central Bank (ECB) following its two...
Danish aviation strategy may create 16,000 jobs in Denmark
COPENHAGEN: According to a report, the aviation sector annually contributes up to 100 billion kroner to the economy, accounts for...
Shipping giant Maersk to pay $10mln to Pars Tala’eyeh Oil Products
TEHRAN: Managing-Director of Pars Tala'eyeh Oil Products Company Hamidreza Jahanian said the Marshall Islands-flagged trade ship, Maersk Tigris that was...
‘Project Qatar’ to boost trade and commerce: Minister
DOHA: H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, the Minister of Economy and Commerce, yesterday inaugurated ‘Project Qatar 2015’...
Kuwait authorities nabbed weapons smuggler with 2 pistols, 50 rounds of ammunition
KUWAIT: Director General of the Weapons Detectives Department said the department’s men arrested a citizen trading in unlicensed weapons red-handed...
Singapore Customs confiscates 700 counterfeit bags, wallets
SINGAPORE: Some 700 counterfeit women's bags and wallets imported from China have been seized by Singapore Customs. They were found...
German labour costs exceed EU average by one-third
BERLIN: The latest numbers show labour is more expensive in Germany than in many other EU member states, especially in...
EU-Ecuador trade agreement deal could take effect in 2016
BERLIN: A trade agreement reached last year between Ecuador and the European Union could come into full effect by September...
Antwerp sees year-on-year throughput rise of 5.9% to 51.02 million tonnes
BRUSSELS: Europe’s second-ranked cargo port Antwerp saw year-on-year throughput rise 5.9% during 1Q15 to 51.02 million tonnes, pushed by a...
UAE’s non-oil GDP forecasts to grow 4.4% this year
DUBAI: International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised the UAE’s growth outlook for this year and the next to 3.2 percent....
Fairfax set to buy 35% stake in Vietnam’s BIDV Insurance
HANOI: Fairfax Financial Holdings says it is working on a deal to buy a 35 per cent equity stake in...
UAE’s PMI shows non-oil sector rising at index
DUBAI: The UAE’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data for April showed that the rate of expansion in the non-oil private...
EU donated €570m to Indonesia as RI development aid in 2014
BRUSSELS: The European Union donated upwards of €570 million (US$642.7 million) to Indonesia in 2014, according to a new report....
Iraqi foreign currency reserves exceed $60b
BAGHDAD: Finance Committee of Parliament denied allegations that the central government is unable to pay salaries after June and confirmed...
Swisscom donates CHF 250,000 to earthquake victims in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Swisscom has launched a company-wide appeal for the earthquake victims in Nepal. Employees have donated more than CHF 100,000....
Dubai revenue from tourism rises by 8% in 2014
DUBAI: The number of visitors to Dubai rose 8.2 percent to 13.2 million in 2014, helped by easier entry rules,...
Ukraine suing Russia’s Gazprom for over $16 billion in gas price spat
KIEV: Ukraine is seeking more than $16 billion from Russia’s Gazprom in its appeal to an arbitration court in Stockholm...
Saudi Tadawal index up 17.44%
RIYADH: The reforms have generated huge foreign interest with Saudi stock market’s Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) rising 17.44 percent so...
