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Malaysia, UK reaffirm ties
LONDON: The meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday reaffirmed the strong...
Bank of Ireland eyes IBI Corporate Finance unit sale to management
DUBLIN: Bank of Ireland is in advanced talks to sell its IBI Corporate Finance unit to management at the State’s...
UAE launching excise tax registration process from 17th
DUBAI: The Federal Tax Authority (FTA), the government entity responsible for administering, implementing, and collecting federal taxes in the United...
Sri Lanka unveils first SME incubator and national policy
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka unveiled its first ever SME incubator this week and vowed its third generation economic reforms shall be...
Australia, China seek to boost economic ties as US pulls back
CANBERRA: Australian and Chinese officials held talks in Beijing on Saturday aimed at tightening trade and economic ties between the...
Canada home sales expected to fall 5.3% in 2017
OTTAWA: Home sales in Canada slipped in August by nearly 10%, according to a report Friday, putting the nation on...
CBP K9 stops attempted smuggling of 36 pounds of meth
WASHINGTON: A 30-year-old woman is facing smuggling charges, after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Luis Port...
Turkey signs $400 mln loan agreement with World Bank
ANKARA: Turkey’s Treasury announced on Sept. 11 that the World Bank has lent a 350.9 million euro ($400 million) loan...
Bank of Russia lowers inflation forecast for end of 2017 to 3.5-3.8%
MOSCOW: The Bank of Russia has lowered its forecast for inflation for the end of 2017 to 3.5-3.8%, head of...
Iran handicrafts set non-oil export record in 4 months
TEHRAN: Iran’s handicraft exports in the first four months of the current Iranian year (started March 21) increased by 45.5%...
Kern County’s unemployment rate slightly down in August
BAKERSFIELD: New employment numbers for the month of August show that Kern County added 6,000 jobs last month, according to...
Nigeria’s inflation drops to 16.01% in August
ABUJA: The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has further dropped...
ADES profit falls as IPO costs offset revenue rise
BAGHDAD: ADES International Holding Ltd. (ADES.LN) on Tuesday reported an 11% fall in pretax profit for the first half...
GOP group to spend $2.5m on ads promoting ‘Tax Relief’
AMMAN: The pro-Republican group American Action Network says it’s planning to spend $2.5 million on television ads in 23...
Police seize NT$45.5m worth of drugs in Yilan
TAIPEI: Police recently seized 70 kilograms of hydroxylimine hydrochloride, a substance used to make the recreational drug Ketamine, foiling...
France, Germany, Italy, Spain seek tax on digital giants’ revenues
MADRID: France, Germany, Italy and Spain want digital multinationals like Amazon and Google to be taxed in Europe based...
Irish second quarter GDP grows 1.4% quarter-on-quarter, 5.8% year-on-year
DUBLIN: Ireland’s volatile gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.4 percent in the three months to the end of June and...
Bangladesh Bank asks CID to probe transactions by 3,000 bKash agents
DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank has asked the police to investigate 'irregular' transactions by around 3,000 agents of mobile money transfer service...
Sri Lanka economy grew 4% in 2nd quarter
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s economy grew four percent in the second quarter of 2017 from a year ago, supported by industry...
Petronet to build Sri Lanka’s first LNG terminal’
COLOMBO: Petronet LNG Ltd, India’s biggest importer of gas, will partner with Japan’s Mitsubishi and Sojitz Corp to set up...
