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GST applies 10% to all imports into Australia from July 2017
CANBERRA: All goods bought from overseas will face a 10 per cent goods and services tax from July 2017 under...
600,000 ghost pensioners: AG directs field officers to audit pension payments
ISLAMABAD: Taking sever notice of 600,000 ghost pensioners, Auditor General of Pakistan Rana Asad Amin has directed all the field...
European stocks: Stoxx Europe 600 falls 1% in early move
PARIS: European stocks fell into a correction Friday, with a dismal week for the market rounding off with downbeat data...
Singapore stocks close 1.29% weaker, STI down 38.77pts
SINGAPORE: Singapore shares closed 1.29 percent lower on Friday, after U.S. stocks tumbled overnight due to growing concerns over global...
Tokyo stocks lower at end of trade, Nikkei 225 retreats 2.98%
TOKYO: Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Insurance and Banking sectors led...
Georgian nut exports increase 321% in Jan-Jun of 2015
TBILISI: Georgian nuts are invading the European market and are fast becoming the country’s main agricultural export product. The country’s...
Spanish fruit exports to EU up 8% from Jan-May
MADRID: Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable exports to the EU increased by 8% between January and May 2015 compared with...
Vietnam’s benchmark VN Index fall 2.68% at break in higher volume
HANOI: Vietnam's benchmark VN Index fell 2.68 percent at the break on Friday, trimming losses in early trade as investors...
Taiwan stocks down 3.0pc at end of trade
TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks closed down 3.0 per cent, finishing at their lowest level since June 2013 on continued weakness in...
Peru mango exports up 26.2% in H1 of 2015
LIMA: The global, fresh produce news portal found that Peruvian exports in the first half of 2015 did not perform...
US frozen chicken certified of USDA by export to Vietnam
HANOI: US frozen chicken was certified as meeting food safety standards of the United States Department of Agriculture before its...
Switzerland’s export fall 4.9% in July
ZURICH: Switzerland's exports fell in July as the strength of the Swiss franc curbed demand in the European Union and...
Asutralian stocks skid to 8 months low at end of trade
SYDNEY: Australian shares skidded to an eight-month low as investors sold off after a weak industry survey from China, which...
Australian Border Force officers find cocaine in man’s luggage
CANBERRA: A teenager accused of importing four kilograms of cocaine into Australia from Brazil has appeared in a Melbourne court....
Kh Tanveer assigned look-after charge of Member Legal
ISLAMABAD: Khawaja Tanveer Ahmad, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-21, has been assigned the "look-after charge" of the post...
Punjab govt okays 27 development projects worth over Rs26b
LAHORE: The Punjab government has approved development projects worth over Rs26 billion during the 6th meeting of Provincial Development Working...
Japan stocks: Nikkei 225 tumbles 2.98% at of trade
TOKYO: Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Insurance and Banking sectors led...
Gas tariffs to be increased by 6% from next month: Minister
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that the government has decided to increase...
TDAP organises seminar to educate food exporters
KARACHI: With the aim to educate exporters of food items, the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has organised a...
NASA takes a “selfie” from Curiosity rover on Mars
LONDON: The US space agency has issued a "selfie" portrait from the Curiosity rover on Mars. Nasa tries to make...
