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GEORGETOWN: Businessmen’s uncertainty and lack of trust in the economy is a contributing factor to the economic downturn currently being...

Guyana re-opens 3 commercial estates land to investors in Lethem

LETHEM: Lands identified in Lethem for the establishment of three commercial estates are now re-opened to investors for development. Go-Invest...

Brazil begins exporting soy from new Northeast terminal

BRASILIA: Two soybean cargoes have recently departed from a new terminal in northeast Brazil operated by VLI and local trader...

Brazil extends aluminum imports tariff exemption until August 17, 2016

BRASILIA: Brazil has renewed for another year the import tariff exemption on primary aluminium, as falling local production proves insufficient...

US customs arrests Mexico born model with cocaine worth $134K

PHOENIX: A jetsetting model’s over-the-top flirting tipped off federal border patrol officers, who discovered $134,000 in cocaine hidden in her...

Cuba, Mexico to enhance sugar industry

HAVANA: The Second Technical Meeting ATAM-ATAC to exchange on the sugar sector between Cuba and Mexico held in Havana with...

Spain to invest €40m to promote business projects in Cuba

HAVANA: The Spanish Development Finance Company (COFIDES by its Spanish acronym) has launched a financing facility to promote projects of...

Marriott Hotels ready to do business in Cuba

HAVANA: President and CEO of Marriott International, Inc., Arne M. Sorenson, states in his blog that this hotel chain is...

Ireland customs seizes major cocaine at Cork Airport

CORK: Revenue Officers have seized €40,000 worth of cocaine and €12,000 in cash in two operations in Cork. The cocaine...

Western Union starts again its service, available at 270 agent locations into Greece

ATHENS: The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, today announced the activation of international remittances into Greece,...

Amman Eastern industrial exports rise in H1 of 2015

AMMAN: Exports from the eastern Amman industrial area rose by 6 percent during the first six months of 2015, with...

Jordanian required, excess reserves at central bank reach JD4.594b

AMMAN: Required reserves at the Central Bank of Jordan ( CBJ ) stood at JD1.556 billion while excess liquidity, including...

Chinese site to auction 1,500 Portugal’s Algarve properties

LISBON: About 1,500 houses and flats in the Algarve are to start being auctioned next Wednesday on Taobao, China’s largest...

Portuguese households see €1,415 two-year average hike in income tax

LISBON: Each Portuguese household chipped in with €1,415 more IRS in 2014 than in 2012, according to a study presented...

ECB rejects Greece request to reopen Athens stock exchange

ATHENS: The European Central Bank (ECB) did not accept the request of the Bank of Greece (BoG) and the Capital...

Danish top restaurant Noma moves to Australia

COPENHAGEN: Noma, one of the world's best restaurants, will be serving a locally sourced menu to Australian diners in Sydney...

Finland’s producer prices for manufacturing products down by 1.2%

HELSINKI: Producer prices for manufactured products went down by an average of 1.2 per cent in June 2015 from the...

Finland’s enterprise openings falls 8.3% in all regions in Q1-2015

HELSINKI: Enterprise openings by industry, 1st quarter. Source: Business Register: Enterprise openings and closures. Enterprise openings, 2015 1st quarter; enterprise...

South Africa Consults On 2015 Budget Change Legislation

CAPETOWN: South Africa's Ministry of Finance has published for public comment the 2015 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) and...

European countries, Iran starts Negotiations for export of oil after historic deal