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SBP decision to cut interest rate a welcome step, says LCCI
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has appreciated the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decision to cut interest...
Greece’s current account deficit rise by 316m in Q1 of 2015
ATHENS: Greece’s current account balance showed a 404-million-euro deficit in March, up 316 million compared to the same month last...
Swiss Smartphone revenue on the decline 4% to CHF 1.681
BERN: The amount of mobile devices sold in Switzerland grew from 2.94 million in 2006 to 4.77 million in 2014,...
Chinese consumers feel less confident on jobs, personal income in Q1
BEIJING: A key consumer confidence index dropped one point during the first quarter, reflecting a weakening outlook in China for...
China signs MoU with Italy to boost tourism cooperation
BEIJING: Tourism exchange and cooperation was at the center of a memorandum signed between Chinese provinces and Italian regions here...
China likely to take 25-30% stake in AIIB
BEIJING: China will likely take a 25-30 percent stake in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and India is likely...
HP wants more govt deals in China after JV with Tsinghua
BEIJING: Hewlett-Packard Co, the United States-based tech giant, said here the other day that it was confident of clinching more...
Chinese investment creates 80,000 jobs in US
BEIJING: Despite fears from United States politicians and companies about jobs being outsourced to China, investment from China has created...
China’s manufacturing activity drops in May: HSBC survey
BEIJING: China's manufacturing activity continued to contract in May, pointing to persistent weakness in the world's second largest economy that...
Chinese P2P lending volume jumps 269% to $52b in 2014
BEIJING: The turnover of Chinese peer-to-peer lending platforms in 2014 was 321.19 billion yuan (US$51.8 billion), up 268.83 percent year...
Lenovo profits drops 37% to $100m
BEIJING: Lenovo Group Ltd posted a better-than-expected net profit in the first quarter due to booming sales of personal computers,...
Hanergy loses half market value of$40b in 24 min
BEIJING: China’s Hanergy Thin Film Power Group lost nearly half its market value of almost US$40 billion in 24 minutes...
Excise recovers 60 bottles of liquor
Lahore: Anti Narcotics Cell of Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has raided in Nishtar Colony and recovered 60 bottles of...
FIA arrests couple involved in human smuggling
LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)has arrested a couple reportedly involved in human smuggling, sources told Customs Today here Friday. FIA...
Copper, gold gain in China as PMI rises to 49.1
BEIJING: In China, the May HSBC flash manufacturing PMI rose to 49.1, up slightly from a disappointing one-year low of...
Lahore: Excise officials recover 60 bottles of liquor
LAHORE: Anti-Narcotics Cell of Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has raided Nishtar Colony and recovered 60 bottles of illicit liquor....
Hyderabad Customs seizes contraband worth billions till May
HYDERABAD: The Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) in efforts to curb smuggling has maintained its momentum and mad...
Dar chairs high level meeting on concessionary regime
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar chaired a high level meeting on regularisation of concessionary regime in the spheres of...
No tax on home remittances, says Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that there is no plan under consideration to levy tax or duty on...
Customs Court hears 16 cases on Friday, adjourns all of them
LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling proceeded on 16 cases on Friday and adjourned all of them...
