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South Africa Opens Tax Filing Season for 2015
CAPE TOWN: The South African Revenue Service (SARS) launched its 2015 tax filing season on July 1. The agency expects...
Euroseas plans fundraiser and reverse stock split, wins boxship timecharter
ATHENS: NASDAQ-listed Euroseas is planning a new stock offering through which it will fund its newbuilding programme, and will separately...
JES International companies sue former administrative officer
ATHENS: Four China-based subsidiary companies of JES International Holdings intend to sue Ju Li Li, a former administrative officer of...
France, Angola sign business deals from oil 2 hotels
PARIS: France and Angola have signed business agreements covering a wide range of economic sectors from oil to hotels, which...
Dutch big data startup Flytxt raises $11m and guns for Indian market
AMSTERDAM: Flytxt, a Big Data analytics solution provider, has raised $11 million from Sunrise Capital and Big Data Investments B.V....
Caltex protect plans to replace Australian fuel ship crew with international workers
CANBERRA: The operators of a fuel transport tanker berthed at Devonport, in Tasmania's north-west, have defended plans to replace the...
Ukrainian firms to export duty-free goods worth $200m to U.S. per year
KIEV: Ukrainian companies will be able to export duty-free goods worth about $200 million to the United States per year...
Russia’s poultry production amounts to 2.47mt in Jan-June 2015
MOSCOW: Between January and June 2015 Russia''s poultry production amounted to 2.247 million tonnes, which is 9.4% or 192,800 tonnes...
Foreign fruit imports rise 8% in first five months of 2015
SEOUL: Foreign fruit imports rose 7.9 percent in the first five months of this year, fueled by steady demand for...
Turkey’s thermal coal imports jump 31% to 2.076mmt in May 2015
ANKARA: Turkey's bituminous thermal coal imports in May jumped 31% year on year to 2.076 million, a 1% rise month...
S.Korea’s KOSPO seeks 164,000 T coal for loading in September, October
SEOUL: Korea Southern Power Co Ltd (KOSPO) issued invitations to bid (ITB) seeking a total of 164,000 tonnes of steaming...
S.Korea’s KOMIPO seeks 250,000T of bituminous coal for shipment
SEOUL: Korea Midland Power Co Ltd (KOMIPO) is seeking a total of 250,000 tonnes of bituminous coal for shipment between...
Iran gets 13 tons gold worth $485m held after sanctions
TEHRAN: Iran took possession of a 13-tons of Gold worth $485-M held up by sanctions after working out a deal...
India’s oil imports from Iran fall 23% in Jan-June trade
NEW DELHI: India's oil imports from Iran fell by about 23 per cent over January-June as refiners curtailed shipments in...
Peruvian exports fall 19% during Jan-May 2015
LIMA: Positive news came this week on the side of three months of growth in the mining and hydrocarbons sector....
Japan agrees to support Pakistan in textile sector exports
TOKYO: In a major development, Japan has agreed to support Pakistan in boosting the value added textile sector exports and...
Air China launches non-stop flights to Japanese port city
TOKYO: Air China launched non-stop flights between Beijing and Hakodate in southwest Hokkaido, Japan, to meet rising demand by Chinese...
People’s Bank of China extends $40b of MLF
BEIJING: The People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, extended a 6-month medium-term lending facility (MLF) worth 250 billion...
Hong Kong’s Dalian Wanda to raise $1.9b in Chinese A-shares market
HONG KONG: The Hong Kong-listing property developer Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co, hopes to raise up to 12 billion yuan...
US space agency plans to send boomerang-shaped aircraft to Red planet
LONDON: The US space agency is planning to send a boomerang-shaped aircraft to Mars first to check if the conditions...
