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MADRID: Stalled investment, fewer tourists, and a drop in food industry exports these are just a few of the concerns...

OLSO: Norway's foreign trade surplus increased in December from a year ago, as exports grew faster than imports, preliminary figures...

BERLIN: The Ministry of Finance of Germany (BMF) has confirmed that a revised draft of the the German Investment Tax...

MUMBAI: The Indian government is undermining its own grand plans for the country’s solar power sector. India’s directorate general of...

WELLINGTON:  New Zealand business sentiment turned negative and sunk to a two-year low in the fourth quarter due to pessimism...

HANOI: Vietnam’s history, exports exceeded the US$ 200 billion benchmark, with a total value of US$ 213.77 billion in 2017....

BRASILA: Shares in Brazilian food retailer GPA SA rose well over 1 percent on Monday morning after the company posted...

JAKARTA:  Indonesia posted an $11.84 billion trade surplus in 2017  a five year high  thanks to improving exports to key...

SEOL: South Korea’s imports of Iranian crude oil dropped 30.6% in December from the year before, while inbound shipments from...

BRUSSEL: The first blacklist list was published by the European Commission in December 2017, without including the 17 British dependencies...

HELESINKI: Finnish stainless steel producer Outokumpu said last week it wants a level playing field concerning European Union energy taxes...

TOKYO: Japan is set to revamp how it measures gross domestic product data in the coming years by better incorporating...

TAI PEI: Taiwan exports of agricultural crops to different countries in 2017 increased to reach over 4. 8m tonnes, compared...

KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries said the best Afghan carpets have been displayed in the exhibition where Afghanistan has...

CAPE TWON: Former Labour minister and veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Lord Peter Hain wrote to legal watchdog the Solicitor's Regulation Authority...

DOHA: The ‘Qatari-Turkish Economic Forum’, slated on Tuesday in Doha, aims to enhance economic cooperation between Qatar and Turkey in...

BAGHDAD:   Iraq’s prime minister says he will lead a “cross-sectarian” list in national elections proposed for May, hoping to build...

LISBON: Portugal’s energy mix in 2017, reducing the domestic electricity wholesale price by €18.3 ($22.32) per megawatt-hour (MWh), Kallanish Energy...

ROME: Italy’s biggest bad-loan manager, doBank, will undertake the loans of some 400 Greek small and medium-sized enterprises which owe...

KIEV: As cryptocurrencies are becoming more popular and widespread, many governments worldwide are introducing regulatory frameworks for digital currencies and...