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TOKYO: Japan Sony Corp has halved its stake in camera and endoscope maker Olympus Corp and is no longer its...

BANGKOK: China New Energy reports that its projects in Hungary and Thailand are proceeding well. Viscont  has informed CNE that...

BANGKOK: Thailand's economy remained sluggish as private consumption continued to fall although tourist arrivals grew further, the monthly report from...

NEW DELHI: Cochin Port Officers’ Association has sent an SOS to Shipping Ministry seeking its support to safeguard the Vallarpadam...

BANGKOK: Thailand garment manufacturers have struggled to find new markets in Asia and some countries in Europe, while focusing more...

TOKYO: Japanese government decided whether to join a planned Chinese-led investment bank by late June if governance standards and other...

WELLINGTON: Real estate firm Bayleys joined Air New Zealand Airpoints programme and the airline is on the lookout for more...

KUWAIT: Nuwaiseeb detectives arrested three officers who formed a network to smuggle out wanted persons on civil cases, charging them...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Trade Minister signed the New Zealand-South Korea Free Trade Agreement with his Korean counterpart, Yoon Sang. The...

KUWAIT: Jahra police arrested two smugglers with possession of drugs, documents and seals. A security source said that a car...

TOKYO:  Japanese service companies are down once again, underscoring the difficulties of economic revival in the world's third largest economy....

KATHMANDU:  Nepal's finance minister, Ram Sharan Mahat, has offered a number of tax breaks in the 2014/15 budget, including a...

KIEV: Ukraine police have arrested three persons in the Ukrainian city of Odessa under suspicion of organising eight bombings in...

KIEV: Russia’s Gazprom has agreed to sell gas to Ukraine’s Naftogaz at a price of $248 per 1,000 cubic meters. The...

SEOUL: Raytheon generated $22.8 billion revenues in fiscal year 2014 (FY14), compared to $23 billion in fiscal year 2013 (FY13)....

HANOI: “We will give clear answers to the questions about the ceiling foreign ownership ratio adjustment in some months,” ThoiBaoKinhTeSaiGon quoted...

HANOI: Chinese businesses that import Vietnam’s rice across the border can make fat profits. If they import rice through official...

OSLO: Norway’s central bank will sell foreign exchange equivalent of 700 mln Norwegian crowns ($86.5 mln) per day in April....

PUTRAJAYA: Telecommunication companies are allowed to impose the 6% Goods and Services Tax on the prepaid top-up in lieu of...

NEW DELHI: India and Japan has decided to exchange shipping information about Indian Ocean and South China Sea, even as...