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BANGKOK: Banks' lending rates are expected to start rising in the second half of this year due to stronger loan...

MOSCOW: The pace of barley exports from Russia is still extremely slow, reports UkrAgroConsult. According to official information, Russia supplied...

ABUJA: The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos, has earned about N1.3 billion through its anti-smuggling...

ATHENS: High taxation is preventing tourism investment in Greece, according to the latest study by the Institute of the Greek...

ATHENS: Greek flour-making company Loulis Mills on Thursday announced the signing of two contracts of collateralized common syndicated bond loans,...

CAPE TOWN: Haco Tiger Brands, the Kenyan unit of South African group Tiger Brands, made more than half of its...

SEOUL: South Korean egg importers on Friday criticised the government's plans to subsidise the cost of fresh egg imports to...

TEHRAN: After a sluggish beginning in the first half of the current fiscal, realisation from India's basmati rice exports is...

WASHINGTON: Belarus has imposed a ban on poultry imports from Chernivtsi Region today due to the cases of avian influenza...

CANBERRA: Australia’s imports are expected to have reversed the October bounce in November, while exports are likely to have powered...

TAIPEI: The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) yesterday said that the government’s plan to cut the transaction tax on day trading...

DOHA: Qatar should consider revenue-raising reforms, including making Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) companies liable to corporate tax, the International Monetary...

KUWAIT CITY: Following a nationwide controversy in Kuwait over the illegal smuggling of alcohol, the head of customs Khaled Al-Saif...

COPENHAGEN: Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping line, has teamed up with Alibaba to allow customers to reserve space on...

BERLIN: Germany’s federal environment agency wants to raise taxes on animal products such as liver sausages, eggs and cheese to...

MANILA: With oil prices recovering and going up in the world market, the Duterte administration is bent on imposing additional...

BRUSSELS: Brussels has deepened its inquiry into Luxembourg’s tax treatment of Engie, the French utility, saying the country failed to...

AMSTERDAM: Finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has added his voice to calls for an increase in corporate taxes in the Netherlands....

WASHINGTON: Dutch consumer price inflation accelerated in December to the highest level in nearly one-and-a-half years, figures from the Central...

KATHMANDU: Running out of funds to extend new loans due to liquidity crunch, banks are now turning up to Nepal...