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TOKYO: Profits at Japan’s top banks were hurt by negative interest rates and a stronger yen in the fiscal first...

MUSCAT: Oman's Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (Sezad) has signed three agreements worth RO169 million ($437 million) for the...

TEHRAN: Iran aims to ramp up wheat exports to clear a hefty surplus supported by a government self-sufficiency drive, but...

MOSCOW: Russian wheat export prices have risen for the eighth consecutive week due to farmers hanging on to supplies in...

MOSCOW: Russia’s Investigative Committee has said that Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev was detained on suspicion of taking a $2...

WASHINGTON: The unemployment rate is at its lowest point since February 2008, when the Great Recession was beginning. The U.S....

TOKYO: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the economy is sustaining momentum towards hitting the central bank's...

WASHINGTON: AIM-listed Venture Life said it expected to report full-year revenues of at least £14m as it order book strengthened...

KATHMANDU: Nepal Life Insurance Company has bagged the ‘Financial Institution of the Year – Insurance Company’ award under Best Practices...

DUBAI: The organisation processed over 2.241 million transactions (Q1 2016) comprising of 19 main services as a result of its...

ROME: Italy’s Monte dei Paschi di Siena, widely considered to be Europe’s most distressed bank, will on Monday step up...

WARSAW: Gazprom has terminated a shareholder agreement for Nord Stream 2, a joint venture to build a pipeline between Russia...

HELSINKI: OP Pohjola Financial Group CEO Reijo Karhinen said OP is interested in distribution of pharmaceutical products. In an interview...

MUSCAT: Alizz Islamic Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telal Al Qurm, the Sultanate’s latest Integrated Tourism...

BEIJING: China and New Zealand inked an agreement on Monday to mutually recognize organic food with official certification labels to...

KIEV: Ukraine is ready to increase the shipment volumes of grains, flour, vegetable oils, dairy and meat products, sugar, confectionery...

SINGAPORE: Iraq plans to export 3.163 million barrels per day (bpd) of Basra crude from its southern ports in December,...

HCM CITY: HCM City has exported 12.6 million ornamental fish in the first 10 months of the year, 14.3 percent...

HANOI: ASEAN, together with China, should be the most important partner for Vietnam. However, Vietnamese enterprises are not keen on...

LONDON: Profits at Britain’s biggest companies have hit the lowest level since the financial crisis as fierce competition on the...