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Toyota Camry Hybrid arrives; Toyota aims to produce 7,000 units in 2015
LONDON: Toyota Motors has launched the new locally-assembled Toyota Camry Hybrid, aiming to produce some 7,000 units this year. The...
$300 million savings: First shipment of 60,000 tonnes LNG reaching Pakistan today, says Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, responding to call-attention notice, has told the National Assembly...
GDP growth rate will be 4.3% against 4.5% target: Sustainable policies stressed to boost economy
LAHORE: The speakers at a conference on Management of the Pakistan Economy, organised by the Lahore School of Economics, have...
Short circuit delays relaunch of Large Hadron Collider
HONG KONG: A short circuit detected in the wiring of one of the powerful electromagnets of the Large Hadron Collider...
Yamaha presents Alpha, Ray, Ray Z with next-generation ‘Blue Core’ engine price start at Rs. 47,805
DELHI: Yamaha India has launched three scooters Alpha, Ray and Ray Z with the next-generation 'Blue Core' engine concept in...
Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation establishes P&O ports to focus on port sector opportunities
DUBAI: Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), today announced the establishment of a new company, P&O Ports, focused on...
Asus new flagship 4G, LTE Zenfone 2 with 13MP camera, 4GB RAM arrives to hit Xiaomi, OnePlus One in India
DELHI: Asus will soon launch its new Zenfone 2 Smartphone in India. It features a 13MP Pixel Master camera, and...
Singapore services sector revenue hike 5.7% in Q4 2014
SINGAPORE: Business receipts of the services industries in Singapore grew by 5.7 per cent (non-seasonally adjusted) in Q4 2014 over...
Super massive black hole eat its own galaxy’s star-forming gas, Astronomers
FRANCE: The three little pigs were rightly outraged when the wolf blew down their houses, but that's nothing compared to...
Shangri-La Asia’s Singapore hotels profit down by 53.9% to $180.9m in 2014
SINGAPORE: Shangri-La Asia's overall weighted average daily rate (ADR) of its Singapore portfolio fell 3 per cent for the year...
Xiaomi presents 40 inch Android Mi TV 2 with 1.5 GB RAM for $ 322
WASHINGTON: Xiaomi unveiled a smaller and cheaper model of its Mi TV 2. The brand new Mi TV 2 is...
Iraq to export heavy Basra Crude from May 2015
BAGHDAD: Iraq will export Basra Heavy crude, with an API gravity of 24 degrees from May 2015. It will be...
Singapore -China industrial park sees 8% growth in 2014
SINGAPORE: Suzhou Industrial Park, the largest cooperative project between China and Singapore, saw an economic growth of 8.3 percent in...
Oman’s MSM30 plunges 0.44% to 6,207.56pts
MUSCAT: Oman’s MSM30 Index dropped 0.44 percent to close at 6,207.56 points and MSM Shariah Index decreased 0.48 percent to close...
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...
SBP says Islamic Finance industry reaches $ 1.8tr in 40 years, to set up CEIFE after varsities’ proposals
KARACHI: The External Relations Department of State Bank of Pakistan has announced that the SBP will set up the Centre...
China’s Life Insurance profit jumps by 30% to $5.28b in 2014
BEIJING: China Life Insurance Co, the country's largest insurer, reported a net profit rise of 30.1 percent year on year...
China’s polymer imports fall 8% to 322,210 tonnes in Feb
BEIJING: China’s import volumes of most key polymers fell in February, with the overall intake of petrochemicals showing a mixed...
Dynamic themes on PlayStation 4, this MLB 15 Show animated wallpaper, modelled after Tigers
TOKYO: Now dynamic themes have been available on the PlayStation 4 for a few months, shows some more interesting designs....
China iron ore imports down 0.9% to 146.6m tonnes in Jan-Feb: Customs
BEIJING: China imported 146.6 million metric tons of iron ore in the first two months this year, down 0.9% compared...
