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Distilleries net profit surges 5% to Rs.1.76 bn in 1Q
COLOMBO: Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC posted a net profit of Rs.1.76 billion for the first quarter of 2015/16...
Nigerian customs’ acting boss targets N35b weekly revenue collection
JULIET ALOHAN: The acting comptroller-general (CGC) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr John Atte, has ordered the customs area...
SFDA confiscates 487 tons of illegal food
RIYADH: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has seized 487 tons of illegal food in various parts of the...
US customs arrests 5, seizes $740K in drug at Arizona-Mexico border
NEW YORK: Drugs U.S. Customs and Border Protection found in a vehicle. Five people were arrested this week in a...
Mexico increases customs inspections of southbound pedestrians in San Ysidro
MEXICO CITY: Southbound pedestrians at the world’s busiest border crossing, San Ysidro, face increased customs inspections with Mexico’s launch of...
Guyana’s wood product exports increase by 11% in H1 2015
GEORGETOWN: In the first half of 2015 earnings from Guyana’s wood product exports increased by just over 11% on the...
Argentina’s steel distribution sector activity hurt by rainstorms
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s steel distribution sector has been severely impacted by the heavy rains that swamped the country’s low-lying capital...
US corn export sales up 865%: USDA
NEW YORK: Weekly corn net export sales rose to 282,747 mt in the week ending August 13, up 867% from...
Dubai crude trade exports to Asia hits record in August
DUBAI: The number of cargoes traded during a pricing process for Middle East crude exports to Asia hit an all-time...
Iran plans to stop iron ore exports from March 2016
TEHRAN: Iran plans to stop crude iron ore exports starting from March 2016, an official says. “Starting from March 2016...
Scorpio Tankers’ RSI reading falls below 30
MONACO: The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks , according to a...
Govt, private sector needs to strengthen ‘Brand Jamaica’ to improve exports
KINGSTON: If Jamaica is to improve it's exporting capacity, both the Government and private sector will need to "strengthen Brand...
China’s Yutong building bus factory in Venezuela
CARACAS: Chinese bus maker Yutong's new factory will be inaugurated in western Venezuela in October, said Haiman El Troudi, Venezuelan...
Jamaica’s Carreras calls for regulation of raw tobacco cultivation
KINGSTON: Carreras Ltd, the large distributor of cigarettes, wants the laws and taxes updated to properly regulate the resurgence of...
Spanish exports to Cuba likely to rise by 200m
HAVANA: Predictably, the remove of the embargo would cause an increase in Spanish exports to Cuba at a rate of...
Arkansas governor to visit Cuba to promote rice exports
HAVANA: Arkansas Governor, Republican Asa Hutchinson, will travel in September to the island, which will make him the first US...
Panama aims to increase trade with Cuba
HAVANA: A bill has been submitted to the National Assembly by the Minister of Commerce and Industries of Panama Meliton...
PE fund buys 31.71% stake in Polish Amrest hospitality
WARSAW: Mexican private equity fund Finacess Capital indirectly purchased 31.71% in Polish restaurant operator Amrest from Warburg Pincus after buying...
South African Net 1’s profit gains 35% to $94.7m
JOHANNESBURG: Net 1 boosted its bottom line in the year to June as its new offerings continue to gain momentum....
Portuguese GDP up 1.5%, close to government forecast
LISBON: The Portuguese economy grew 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014...
