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HONG KONG: The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and ASIC today signed a Co-operation Agreement which provides a...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong and Ireland on June 8 signed an agreement to commence automatic exchange of financial account information...

CANBERRA: Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston has fallen on his sword, ending what has been described as an...

COLOMBO: A 32-year-old Sri Lanka Air force (SLAF) Airman attached to the Bandaranaike International (BIA) Airport was arrested with two...

LISBON: Portugal’s consumer price inflation eased in May after accelerating in the previous month, figures from Statistics Portugal showed. The...

COLOMBO: An Eelam-Tamil authored book about land-grabs and colonisation of the Tamil homeland was cleared by Sri Lankan customs this...

OTTAWA: Correspondence between Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his British equivalent is highlighting Canada's poor international record in flushing out...

HELSINKI: Finland's central bank lifted its economic growth forecasts on Tuesday, citing recovering exports, but said that reforms were needed...

ANKARA: Turkey’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter this year as government spending, domestic demand and exports...

KIEV: The economy of the city of Kyiv expects to attract over $4 billion in foreign investment this year, Kyiv...

LONDON: The rising cost of foreign package holidays and imported computer games helped to push the UK inflation rate up...

ROME: Italy’s industrial production dropped unexpectedly in April, figures from the statistical office Istat showed. Industrial output declined 0.4 percent...

LONDON: The current political instability in Britain is likely to impact the country’s economic growth this year, said Standard &...

COPENHAGEN: Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Denmark have fallen by 60.5% year-on-year, following a government promise to eliminate related tax...

TEHRAN: Iran says it has exported its first consignment of wheat after a hiatus of multiple years – what is...

BERLIN: An upturn in Europe's biggest economy is continuing during the second quarter, helped by noticeable rises in private and...

JAKARTA: State-owned shipping operator PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (PT Pelni) is reviewing an offer to procure a German ship, Pelni...

TEHRAN: Iran plans to establish six dry ports as per its sixth five-year development plan (2017-22), a deputy minister of...

ATHENS: A deal on debt relief for Greece is "not far," France's new finance minister Bruno Le Maire said Monday...

BRASILIA: Brazilian authorities have secured BRL20bn (USD6bn) in revenue after offering some 342,000 micro and small businesses the opportunity to...