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KIEV: India’s palm oil imports rose by 25 per cent to 6,82,274 tonnes in March against the year-ago period due...

HANOI: Vietnam cut import taxes levied on oil products from countries it does not have free trade agreements with, the...

NAIROBI: The banking sector has spent over Sh5 billion in the last three years in staff restructuring programs as the...

ROME: The European Commission is helping Italy find solutions to its bad bank loans, a top European official said, raising...

NAIROBI: Following an amendment in the 2014 Finance Act, Kenya reinstated capital gains tax (CGT) with effect from 1 January...

CANBERRA: The Australian government has reneged on a promise to cut company tax for big businesses. However, Prime Minister Tony...

ROME: Italian bond yields inched up on Monday as the country kicked off the busiest week for euro zone sovereign...

WESTHILL: Bibby Offshore officially christened the IRM (Inspection Repair and Maintenance) light construction vessel, the ‘Olympic Bibby‘, at the Kleven...

HARARE: The country’s largest mobile phone network, Econet Wireless, lost 20,500 subscribers over the quarter to December last year, the...

OSLO: Singapore-listed offshore vessel-builder Vard Holdings has incorporated a new subsidiary, Vard Contracting, in Norway for a paid-up capital of...

AMSTERDAM: There was a 20% increase in the number of electric and hybrid cars sold in the Netherlands last year,...

KATHMANDU:  The fall in oil prices did not negatively affect the amount of cash sent by workers to their home...

HANOI: VietinBank, the largest of Vietnam’s banks part-owned by private companies, said it will merge with unlisted domestic lender Petrolimex...

BERLIN: Experts have warned that the nation’s economic welfare could be at risk unless Berlin dramatically dials up investments. Especially...

BERLIN: The Port of Hamburg is becoming a ‘smart port’. Some 40,000 lorries pass through the port every day, and a...

MADRID: The Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESCA) and the National Association of Freezer Tuna Vessel Owners (ANABAC) have asked the European...

NEW DELHI: Both WPI and CPI data for the month of March 2015 report inflation remaining at ease. The latest...

KUWAIT CITY: The new director of the Kuwait Ports Authority has publicly addressed corruption and absenteeism concerns, vowing to crackdown...

BUENOS AIRES: The WEO also estimates that inflation in Argentina will climb to 18.6% by the end of 2015, lower...

BUENOS AIRES: Argentine beef and honey may soon make their way onto Chinese dinner tables, if current quality control and...