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Saudi Arabian Customs arrests 2,952 people on smuggling illegal items
JEDDAH: Border Guards arrested 2,952 people trying to smuggle illegal items into the Kingdom over the past nine months. According...
Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union signs free trade agreement with Iran
MOSCOW: The Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has accepted an Armenian proposal to explore the possibility of seeking a free...
French trade delegation to visit Tehran to study investment potentials
PARIS: French officials say a major trade delegation will arrive in Tehran later this month to study investment potentials in...
Iran expects 4-5% economic growth in 2016 fiscal year
TEHRAN: Iran could see annual average growth of 4-5% beginning in the 2016 fiscal year, when the internationally brokered nuclear...
Iranian lowers oil price to get shares in market
TEHRAN: Latest trading data figures show Iran has lowered the quarterly price for its flagship crude to the lowest in...
More Chinese ports restrict hazardous cargo after Tianjin explosions
BEIJING: More Chinese ports have followed in the footsteps of the Port of Tianjin to restrict the movement of hazardous...
Copper shipments from world ports to China falls in 2016
BEIJING: Premiums for term shipments of refined copper cathode to China are likely to drop further in 2016 after falling...
Shanghai port strengthens its grip on rankings
BEIJING: It’s been five years since Shanghai toppled Singapore for the No. 1 spot in the JOC Top 50 container...
Rs 90m tax evasion: RTO-I bans Bahir Pipe Industries from importing steel
LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Regional Tax Office-I (RTO-I) Lahore has restricted M/S Bashir Pipe Industries involved in tax...
China’s real estate investment rises 3.5% to $959.18bn in Jan-Aug
BEIJING: China's property investment growth continued to slow in the first eight months, indicating caution from builders and challenges facing...
China retail sales swell 10.8% to $390.89bn in Aug
BEIJING: China's retail sales grew 10.8 percent year on year to 2.49 trillion yuan (390.89 billion U.S. dollars) in August,...
China Unicom builds country’s first international undersea cable
NANNING: China Unicom, one of China's main telecommunications providers, is building the country's first international undersea cable, the company said...
China fixed-asset investment grows 10.9% to $5.32t in Jan-Aug
BEIJING: China's fixed-asset investment grew 10.9 percent year on year to 33.9 trillion yuan (5.32 trillion U.S. dollars) in the...
China’s industrial output surges 6.1% in Aug
BEIJING: China's value-added industrial output expanded 6.1 percent year on year in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said...
UK to support internationalization of yuan
BEIJING: Britian will support the internationalization of the yuan and strengthen financial ties with China despite the recent volatility in...
China vehicles sale falls 3% to 1.66 m units in Aug
BEIJING: Things are looking grim for China's auto market, as sales have slipped for four months in a row compared...
India’s Vizury bets on Chinese market
BEIJING: Vizury, an Indian big data marketing company, brought a new product to the Chinese market to help brands increase...
China’s steel output rises 1.7%
BEIJING: China’s steel output climbed in August from a month earlier, shrugging off government-ordered shutdowns and increasing concerns that excess...
China commodities production weak as economy slows
BEIJING: China’s output of key industrial commodities including coal and steel weakened in August, as government measures to cut smog...
