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NZ manufacturing sales rise 2.1% in Q3
WELLINGTON: New Zealand manufacturing sales activity rose in the third quarter, reflecting a rebound in petroleum and coal products, meat...
Gol signs leniency deal with Brazil prosecutors
SAO PAULO: Gol Línhas Aéreas Inteligentes SA, Brazil's No. 2 airline, has agreed to sign a leniency accord with federal...
Georgia’s imports, exports surge 22% in January-November
WASHINGTON: Georgia’s external trade has grown 22 percent in the first 11 months of the year, reaching $10.83 billion, shows...
Japan unveils 2017 tax breaks
TOKYO: The Government has approved a draft budget for the 2017 fiscal year that contains tax break proposals to boost...
Italian beauty exports expected to grow 11.5% in 2016
ROME: Italy’s beauty industry continues to grow apace overseas, according to a report published by Il Sole 24 Ore, with...
Turkey’s economy contracts in Q3
ANKARA: Turkey's economy contracted in the third quarter on weak exports and spending, the Turkish Statistical Institute reported Monday. Gross...
ADB trims India’s 2016 growth forecast to 7.0%
NEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank slightly lowered its 2016 growth forecast for developing Asia on Tuesday, reflecting slower-than-expected expansion...
South Korea’s steel scrap exports surge 19% in Jan-October
SEOUL: The latest statistics released by the Korean Customs and Trade Development Institution indicate that the country’s ferrous scrap exports...
Iran to participate in Kazakhstan’s renewable energy projects
TEHRAN: Iran is going to participate in construction of renewable energy plants in Kazakhstan and the two countries are expected...
SET opens up 3.11 to 1,529.43
BANGKOK: Thai stocks opened up 0.20% at the start of trade this morning. The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index...
South Africa needs to fix politics to grow economy
CAPE TOWN: South Africa needs to fix its politics in order to grow its economy, as credit rating agencies have...
Russia’s Lukoil sees 2017 investments based on $40/bbl oil
MOSCOW: Vagit Alekperov, the CEO of Russia's No.2 oil producer Lukoil, told Russian state TV broadcaster Rossiya-24 in an interview...
Iran, Russia sign initial agreement for oil field studies
MOSCOW: Russia's Gazprom Neft and National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday for feasibility studies...
France’s central bank blames Brexit for poor growth
PARIS: Growth paths in top eurozone economies Germany and France are headed in different directions, central bank data showed Friday,...
Sonali Bank signs deal with bKash
DHAKA: Sonali Bank Limited, the largest state owned commercial bank in Bangladesh recently signed an agreement with bKash Limited, a...
5,635 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized
INGAPORE: What were registered as decorative items and picture frames turned out to be cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes. Singapore Customs...
Port Services Corp. to be liquidated by January 1
MUSCAT: An extraordinary general meeting of the Port Services Corporation (PSC) has unanimously decided to liquidate the company with effect...
Malaysia’s trade policy post
KUALA LUMPUR: If there is a flicker of hope for the TPP, it comes from the talks that Japanese Prime...
DBS HK staff arrested over illegal use of customer data
HONG KONG: SOME 20 employees of DBS Hong Kong have been arrested or hauled off for questioning by Hong Kong's...
Sri Lanka seizes biggest ever cocaine haul
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka seized its biggest ever haul of cocaine on Friday and began investigations with the help of drug...
