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Russia, Turkey to sign free trade agreement
MOSCOW: An agreement of free trade will be sign soon between Russia and Turkey which include preferential and free trade...
‘Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map’: Google announces major initiative for small business
LONDON: The tech giant Google has announced a major new small business initiative called Let’s Put Our Cities on the...
Cabinet body okays sale of 97pc HEC shares to Cargill Holdings for Rs905m; liabilities Rs435m, Rs250m in cash
ISLAMABAD: A cabinet body has okayed strategic sale of 97 percent shares of Heavy Electrical Complex (HEC) to Cargill Holdings...
PetroChina net profit shrinks 17.3% in 2014
BEIJING: PetroChina Co, the listed arm of the country's biggest oil and gas producer China National Petroleum Corp, has reported...
China’s National Chemical Corp to buy Italian tire maker Pirelli in $7.7b deal
BEIJING: China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) is to buy Pirelli, the world's fifth-largest tire maker, in a 7.1 billion euro...
New app ‘RakEM’ eliminates ‘text regret’ by allowing users to delete unwanted sent message, removing it from both devices
DELHI: Raketu developed a new app that allows users to 'unsend' a text by deleting the message from the receiver's...
China’s February exports boost 48.3%: Customs
BEIJING: China's exports jumped 48.3 percent in February from a year earlier, while imports fell 20.5 percent, producing a trade...
Schlumberger fined $237.2m for violating sanctions with Iran
TEHRAN: Schlumberger, Oilfield Services Company, fined $237.2 million for violating the sanction with Iran. The oil well manufacturing company also...
China’s Dongxiang revenue falls 10.7% to 1.262b yuan in 2014
BEIJING: China Dongxiang Group Co. Ltd. said full-year attributable profit surged to 915 million yuan from 210 million yuan in...
Rio Mobiles presents Rio London R201 for Rs 3,399, Rio Paris R301 at Rs 4,399, Rio New York R501 at Rs 4,999
DELHI: Rio Mobile has rolled out three affordable Android smart phones in India in collaboration with Snapdeal. These handsets have...
Oman’s trade delegation to visit Ethiopia
MUSCAT: Ithraa chairman, Dr Salem ben Nasser Al Ismaily, led Oman’s trade delegation and visited Ethiopia to explore new business...
Affordable iPhone 6C with ‘digital camera, light splitter’ to arrive in 2015
SYDNEY: Apple is reportedly going to unveil an affordable iPhone 6C as part of the 2015 refresh cycle. According to...
T-Mobile, Sprint announces taking pre-orders for HTC One M9
LONDON: The HTC One M9 for the US would be available for purchase on the 27th of March, although this...
Asian stocks trade mixed, Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbs 0.5pc, KOSPI down 0.1%
TOKYO: Asian stocks were lackluster Friday as investors’ monitored violence in the Middle East but Japan's market rose after weak...
The Witcher 3, returning hero Geralt of Rivia faces beard that would ‘grow over time’
TOKYO: The Witcher 3, returning hero Geralt of Rivia had a beard that would "grow over time." Players that prefer...
God of War 3 Remastered trailer arrives, lands on PlayStation 4 on July 14: Celebrate 10 years of God of War
TOKYO: Sony has released an all-new announcement trailer for God of War 3 Remastered. In the God of War sequel,...
‘Grand Theft Auto V’ graphical quality lowers after 1.08 update: Rockstar Games releases patch to fix
LONDON: The graphical quality of the open-world game “Grand Theft Auto V” on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One has lowered....
Evernote, Dark Sky, the New York Times, Target, Twitter rolls out updates to support Apple Watch
LONDON: Evernote, Dark Sky, the New York Times, Target, Twitter rolled out updates to the App Store that include Apple...
Agricultural Bank of China profit up 7.9% to $29.42b in 2014
BEIJING: The Agricultural Bank of China, a medium-sized lender, reported a net profit rise of 7.9 percent year on year...
2.6 million population, one abattoir: CDA to establish state-of-the-art slaughterhouse
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Maroof Afzal has assured the citizens that the authority is going to establish a...
