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SL’s Vallibel Finance FDs grow by 31% to Rs.12 bn threshold
COLOMBO: Vallibel Finance affirmed its continuing ascendancy, announcing yet another impressive performance in 2014-15. Pre-tax profits soared by 28 percent...
Kuwait’s projects market receive KD 5.2 bn boost
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s projects market received a KD 5.2 billion boost with the awarding of the New Refinery Project (NRP)...
Malaysia’s Petronas Dagangan launches first RON 97 fuel to meet Euro 4M
KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas Dagangan has launched the country’s first RON 97 fuel to meet the Euro 4M specification, ahead of...
Hong Kong MTRC revenue swells 8.5% to HK$2.58bn in H1
HONG KONG: MTR Corporation (MRTC), Hong Kong’s subway-line operator, reported revenue from its station commercial businesses increased by 8.5% in...
Smuggling through posted parcels in Singapore rise by 21% in H1
SINGAPORE: Smuggling of contraband items through posted parcels or courier services has emerged as a new trend, the Immigration and...
Qatar Customs seized rare snakes among 355 illegal items in 2014
DOHA: Bags of snakes and rare reptiles, as well as drugs including hashish (cannabis resin), heroin and marijuana, were among...
WhatsApp Web finally arrives for iPhone users
NEW DELHI: Almost eight months after WhatsApp launched its web client for Android users, WhatsApp Web finally arrives for iPhone...
Bangladesh new customs bill to be placed in parliament in upcoming session
DHAKA: A new customs bill is expected to be placed in parliament for passage in the upcoming session in September,...
Saudi Customs nabs Kuwaiti with 25,000 bullets, firearms
RIYADH: Customs officers at Al- Khafji border checkpoint in Saudi Arabia arrested a Kuwaiti citizen in possession of firearms and...
Luxury car maker builds C63 AMG Coupé
BERLIN: You've probably already seen the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupé, revealed last week, and if you're reading this you're surely...
Japan’s trade deficit falls 72.3% in July
TOKYO: Japan’s exports slowed in July, official data showed Wednesday, adding to concerns about the fragile recovery in the world’s...
Exports from Hamburg port fall 7% to 9m TEUs due to shrinking trade with China, Russia
MOSCOW: The Port of Hamburg Marketing Association has slashed its forecast for container volumes at Hamburg's port, a hub for...
ICA foils attempt to smuggle $177,000 cigarettes, chewing tobacco
SINGAPORE: The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers thwarted three different attempts of illegal smuggling of contraband cigarettes and chewing...
Sri Lankan customs seizes 75 gold biscuits weighing 7.5 Kgs
COLOMBO: Two employees of an airline company were detained at the Bandaranaike International Airport this morning with a stock of...
Hong Kong port container volume falls 9.5% last month
HONG KONG: The pace of the falls in container volumes at the Port of Hong Kong seems at least to...
Final Fantasy VII, true classic in series, now lands on iOS
TOKYO: If you were cheesed off when Square Enix launched a mobile version Final Fantasy XIII for gamers in Japan...
Australian customs accuses Brazilian man of smuggling cocaine
MELBOURNE: A teenager accused of importing four kilograms of cocaine into Australia from Brazil has appeared in a Melbourne court....
Brazil exports to Qatar grow by 28.89% in H1
DOHA: Brazil exported $5.79bn worth of products to the region during the first half of 2015. Exports to Qatar grew...
Venezuela eyes $40b offshore discovery in Guyana
GEORGETOWN: On May 20, the ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited announced the discovery of approximately one billion...
Spain offers €24m in credit to invest in Cuba
HAVANA: The possible end to restrictions for Americans to freely travel to Cuba as tourists is attracting the interest of...
