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Spain eyes corporate tax rate in bid to boost ailing revenues
MADRID: Spain’s minority Popular Party (PP) government is in preliminary talks with the center-right party Ciudadanos about the possibility of...
Customs vows justice for slain official
MANILA: The Bureau of Customs said Friday it would ensure justice for deputy commissioner Arturo Lachica, who was killed in...
Illinois unemployment rate creeps up to 5.6% in Oct
WASHINGTON: linois' unemployment rate inched up to 5.6 percent in October, and employers added more than 2,200 jobs to their...
Norway boosts defense budget to protect key programs
OSLO: The Norwegian government’s decision to add an additional $230 million to its defense budget for 2017 will secure spending...
Indonesian court punishes man for drug smuggling
JAKARTA: An Indonesia court has sentenced an American man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of drug smuggling, an...
Container terminal grabs export market
COPENHAGEN: A year after its formal inception, the Kakinada Container Terminal Private Limited (KCTPL) has started making strides by sending...
German economy expands 0.2% in 3 months to September
BERLIN: The German economy expanded 0.2% in the three months to September, according to results from official statistics body Destatis,...
Germany to repatriate about 12,000 Afghans
KABUL: Some 12,500 Afghans whose asylum applications have been rejected will be deported from Germany, a report says. Repatriations to...
Alphatron Marine opens office in Belgium
BRUSSLES: lphatron Marine has announced the acquisition of a new office and warehouse space. The new office is located in...
PAL harnesses Sabre tech to boost revenue
MANILA: Philippine Airlines has chosen to adopt Sabre’s AirVision Commercial Analytics solution in order to improve its revenue-generating capabilities. This...
Brazil mulls sharing fine revenues with struggling states
BRASÍLIA: Brazil's federal government is considering sharing 5 billion reais ($1.5 bln) in fines from an asset repatriation program with...
Parkmead hails Dutch success, North Sea expansion
AMSTERDAM: Parkmead Group Plc (LON:PMG) chairman Tom Cross says it has been an excellent year, despite the challenges of the...
Fuel prices drop again
LISBON: Forecourts at supermarkets have cut the cost of diesel by half a cent a litre, while unleaded fuel has...
Iraq’s oil contracts make joining OPEC output cut more painful
BAGHDAD: Iraq would have to compensate international oil companies for limits placed on their production, according to industry sources and...
National Day holidays expected to boost business in Oman
MUSCAT: Businessmen see a boom in activity and revenue in the coming week after the government announced on Wednesday that...
Gas demand to grow in 2017 but more slowly
DOHA: Demand for natural gas will grow in 2017 but at a slower rate than in recent years, Qatar's energy...
Jordan, Romania sign cooperation agreement
AMMAN: Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Investment Affairs Jawad Anani stressed on Wednesday the...
Bangladesh’s eel, crab exports tantalize taste buds of Asian foodies while boosting local economy
DHAKA: In Southeastern Asian food culture and in particularly in China eels are extremely popular and can be prepared in...
NOC plans to re-enter bitumen business
KATHMANDU: State-owned oil monopoly Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has decided to re-enter the bitumen business in a bid to diversify...
Building costs up by 1% in Oct
HELSINKI: Building costs rose by one per cent year-on-year in October 2016, according to Statistics Finland’s data. The prices of...
