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Taiwan’s Epistar Corp suffers loss of NT$99.06m
TAIPEI: Epistar Corp shares dropped 1.24 percent, underperforming the broader market’s 0.09 percent decline, after reporting a worse-than-expected net loss...
Fubon Financial Holding reports net income of NT$51.5b
TAIPEI: Fubon Financial Holding Co this week led its domestic peers in reporting record-high net income of NT$51.5 billion (US$1.6...
PEFSA organises photo exhibition for malnutrition victims in Sindh
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Emergency Food Security Alliance (PEFSA) has organised a photo exhibition to point out food insecurity and malnutrition in...
Foreign investors sell $125m Sri Lanka bonds
COLOMBO: Foreign investors sold down Rs.17 billion of bonds (US $ 125 million) in the week to August 05, 2015,...
Newly discovered Kepler-453b has two suns
LONDON: Like Tatooine in "Star Wars," the newly discovered Kepler-453b has two suns. And while there are no signs of...
Logistics Committee, Manateq ink QR1.8bn financing deal with Masraf Al Rayan
DOHA: The Logistics Committee and Economic Zones Company (Manateq) have signed a QR1.8bn (about $494m) worth agreement with Masraf Al...
11% growth: 386 new companies registered in July
ISLAMABAD: The registration of new companies increased 11 per cent in July this year as the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Kuwait’s total spending on energy projects to hit $100bn
KUWAIT: A wide range of construction industry topics delivered by renowned international industry speakers will be featured at the upcoming...
Russian imports drop 39.5% in June 2015
MOSCOW: Russian imports between January and June 2015 have dropped 39.5 percent in comparison with the same period in 2014,...
Hashoo Group announces 300-room addition to 5-star hotel in Gwadar
ISLAMABAD: Hashoo Group has announced to build another 300-room accommodation along with its five-star hotel and started feasibility of the...
Moon crossing the Earth from ‘dark side’, NASA
CANADA: Last month, Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) captured a number of images of the moon passing in front of...
Remittances up by 0.86% to $1.6b in July
KARACHI: The country recorded 0.86 per cent increase in remittances as the overseas Pakistanis sent $1663.61 million in the month...
Google plans to revamp Android One platform in India
NEW DELHI: Google has plans to revamp the Android One platform in India. The company reportedly plans to launch a...
T-Mobile might come with ZTE Obsidian on13th August
NEW YORK: If you’re looking for a smartphone that won’t break the bank, maybe to act as a secondary handset,...
Bangladesh imports up 0.43% in June
DHAKA: The country’s import expenditure in terms of LC (letter of credit) settlement rose slightly by 0.43% in June compared to...
Zambian woman pleads guilty to smuggle cocaine at Dubai airport
DUBAI: A woman passenger has been accused of smuggling 4.6kg of cocaine hidden in her undergarments at Dubai International Airport....
Dubai Customs transactions up 4.57% to 4.5m in H1
DUBAI: Dubai Customs, or DC, has made a leap of 4.57 per cent in the transactions processed in the first...
Cosmonauts embark on six-hour spacewalk outside ISS
CANADA: A pair of Russian cosmonauts began their working week on Monday by cleaning the windows of the International Space...
Hong Kong Customs seizes cigarettes worth HKD18.8m
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs have detected 700,000 sticks of suspected illicit cigarettes hidden in fake ovens in the back...
Malaysia, Indonesia Customs foil attempt to smuggle 5kg meth
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesian and Malaysian Customs Offices have foiled an attempt to smuggle 5 kilograms of crystallize methamphetamine worth more...
