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Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
Denmark optimistic for come-back in poultry exports
COPENHAGEN: Danish poultry expects once again to be exported and traded abroad, according to the Environment and Food Ministry. The...
U.S. small business borrowing falls in Jan
WASHINGTON: Borrowing by small U.S. firms fell in January to the lowest level in three months, data released on Wednesday...
Bank of Canada holds key interest rate steady at 0.5%
OTTAWA: The Bank of Canada has decided to keep its trend-setting interest rate steady at 0.5 per cent on Wednesday....
Automakers notch 3.2% gain in Canada sales in Feb
TORONTO: Automakers broadly notched decent growth in Canadian sales in February, data released by the companies and collated by an...
New Zealand expects to upgrade existing FTA with China
BEIJING: New Zealand Ambassador John McKinnon said his country is particularly interested in how free trade and climate change are...
Annual UK import stats show healthy growth
LONDON: The value of UK softwood imports increased 6.5% to £1.12bn in 2016, according to provisional figures released by the...
UK regulator proposes more transparency for IPOs
LONDON: The market regulator has proposed big reforms to rules for UK initial public offerings to give investors better and...
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. to buy 30% stake in Brazilian Renova Energia
SAO PAULO: Brookfield Asset Management Inc is nearing an accord to buy a 30 percent stake in Renova Energia SA,...
Turkish banking sector supports real economy, not deposits money
ANKARA: The chairman of the Banks Association of Turkey (TBB) and Ziraat Bank General Manager Hüseyin Aydın evaluated the country's...
Hapag-Lloyd 2016 profit drops 66% on falling freight rates
BERLIN: German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd reported a 66 percent year-on-year fall in operating profit for 2016, blaming mainly significantly...
Tesco completes sale of its Kipa business in Turkey
ANKARA: Tesco has completed the sale of its stake in Turkish supermarket chain Kipa, which it bought in 2003. The...
Iran planning to expand tax base
TEHRAN: Iran is to take forward tax measures to expand its revenue base to 10 percent of gross domestic product,...
Iran’s priciest export at risk
TEHRAN: With Iran to its south and Russia to its north and west, the Caspian Sea is not only rich...
Japan crude oil import from UAE surge 20.9% in January 2017
TOKYO: The UAE exported 22.466 million barrels of crude oil to Japan in January 2017, accounting for 20.9 per cent...
South Korean exports shows positive signs in February, grows 20.2%
SEOUL: South Korean exports grew at their fastest pace in five years in February in a further sign that global...
Philippines Bureau of Customs seizes fake cigarettes worth P2b
MANILA: Philippines Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents seized P2 billion worth of fake cigarettes in five warehouses at the San...
Russian oil production cutting drive stalled in Feb
MOSCOW: Russia's oil output was unchanged in February from January at 11.11 million barrels per day (bpd), signalling a pause...
Thai stock exchange plans to launch blockchain market by Q3 2017
BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) planned to launch a blockchain-based marketplace by the third quarter of 2017, for...
Belgium’s Mithra Pharmaceuticals join hands with Japanese Fuji Pharma
BRUSSELS: Belgium’s Mithra Pharmaceuticals, a company dedicated to Women's Health, is pleased to announce it has signed a binding term...
Russia’s investments into augmented and virtual reality surge 3.5 times in 2016
MOSCOW: Total investments into augmented reality and virtual reality (AR&VR) surged 3.5 times year-on-year to 700 mln rubles ($12.1 mln)...
