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AMSTERDAM: Credit card company American Express has been told to hand over information to the US tax office tax authorities...

BRASÍLIA: A new trade agreement between Brazil and Peru will facilitate exports. The Economic and Trade Expansion Agreement signed by...

KIEV: The International Monetary Fund’s decision to release another $1 billion in loans to the country was “a real vote...

WARSAW: Poland’s Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 53.5 in March from 54.2 points in February, according to Markit, a...

AMMAN: Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Tarek El-Molla has signed four gas deals with Jordanian officials on the sidelines of the...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar Allaibi said his country plans to reach an agreement with Iran on exploitation of the...

MUSCAT: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) confirmed today (3 April, 2017) that it set a new combined oil, gas and condensate...

KATHMANDU: Nepal Electricity Authority Managing Director Kulman Ghising says Nepal can start exporting power to Nepal countrues as early as...

DUBLIN: Ireland should slash personal tax rates in a bid to create jobs and take advantage of Brexit, according to...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong said last week that it has lifted a ban on the import of Brazilian meat. An...

DUBAI: The Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFC Authority) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of...

DUBAI: Gold prices hit one-week highs on Tuesday, buoyed by a weaker dollar on tepid economic data from the United...

KUWAIT: Kuwait is set to import fuel oil to use mainly in power generation for about a year following the...

COLOMBO: Re-audited accounts of Sri Lanka’s Agalawatte Plantations have revealed over Rs4.5 billion accumulated losses and liabilities with the new...

TOKYO: Japanese domestic sales of new autos increased 2.8% in fiscal 2016 to 5,077,904 vehicles, despite a drop in the...

OTTAWA: Canadian companies are more optimistic about future sales and exports, and plan to boost hiring and investment to meet...

OTTAWA: The pace of growth in the Canadian manufacturing sector rose in March for the sixth month in a row...

CANBERRA: Australia’s posted its second-highest nominal trade surplus on record for February supported by commodity prices. The country’s seasonally adjusted...

WASHINGTON: The total energy production in the United States fell for the first time in 2016 after six straight years...

LONDON: British grocery prices jumped 2.3 percent year-on-year in the 12 weeks to March 26, as the plunge in the...