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Danish Wind energy Co Vestas, ends scintillating Q2 with three US orders over500 MW
COPENHAGEN: The Danish wind turbine giant Vestas capped a solid second quarter by securing three orders from the US yesterday....
Finland’s turnover of large enterprises down 0.9% in May 2015
HELSINKI: Turnover estimate of large enterprises, Statistics Finland. The turnover of large enterprises contracted in May 2015, according to Statistics...
Finland’s Owner-occupies housing expenditures go up by 0.9% in Q1-2015
HELSINKI: The housing costs of owner-occupied dwellings increased by 0.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2015 from the...
Finnish Govt EDP debt ups by €2b in Q1-2015
HELSINKI; General government EDP debt grew by euro two billion in the first quarter of 2015 and stood at euro...
South Africa Opens 2015 Tax Filing Season
CAPE TOWN: The South African Revenue Service (SARS) launched its 2015 tax filing season on July 1. The agency expects...
Greece’s gets hours to Save Place in Euro: EU
ATHENS: Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was given hours to come up with a plan to keep his country in...
Greece, China, Iran Upend Oil’s World shares up by 10%
ATHENS: China is riding to the rescue. Or maybe fret even more because of that. PetroChina saw its mainland-listed A-shares...
Vietnam customs seizes two statues made of African elephant tusk ivory
HANOI: Vietnamese customs officers have discovered two statues madeof African elephant tusk ivory stashed in a consignment of furniture imported...
India customs seizes 3kgs gold at Nagpur airport
NEW DELHI: Customs Department seized 3kgs gold being allegedly smuggled into the country by a passenger travelling in Air Arabia's...
Germany’s factory orders decrease by 0.2% in May
FRANKFURT: The Germany’s industrial orders have decreased 0.2 per cent on month-on-month after witnessing 2.2 per cent increase in April....
Turkish customs to impose new tariffs on electronic goods
ANKARA: Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci announced that new tariffs are to be introduced next month on electronic goods entering Turkey....
APICORP unveils $3 billion sukuk programme to enhance links to global investors
RIYADH: With the aim to diversify its sources of funding and enhance links to global investors, the Arab Petroleum Investments...
Cornish appointed chairman of British bank Shawbrook
LONDON: Iain Cornish has been appointed new chairman of British bank Shawbrook Group Plc. Cornish is currently a senior independent...
Ukraine’s crisis-stricken banking system set to receive boost from EBRD
KIEV: Ukraine’s crisis-stricken banking system is set to receive a boost from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which...
UK’s Monitise expecting 88-90m pounds revenue
LONDON: Monitise Plc, a United Kingdom’s mobile-banking software maker, is expecting lower revenue for the year ended June. The company,...
Ireland Customs seizes Rs10m smuggled huge number of mobile phones
DUBLIN: The Customs Intelligence and Anti Smuggling Squad seized a huge number of mobile phones, costly clothes and other valuables...
Sri Lanka Customs seizes biggest haul of start tortoises
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Customs arrested a passenger at the Bandaranaike International Airport with 124 tortoises in his possession. The batch...
Norway’s $860b oil fund reveals divestments, resolution rejections
OSLO: Norway’s $860bn oil fund laid out its growing clout as a responsible investor as it revealed that it had...
Punjab Mass Transit Authority issues 31-point code of conduct for metro bus service
RAWALPINDI: In order to further streamline mechanism of metro bus service, the Punjab Mass Transit Authority has released a 31-point...
Centre forms body to ensure continuous power supply in KP
PESHAWAR: The federal government has formed a committee to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The...
