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Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture buys 114,510 tonnes food wheat via tender
TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 114,510 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States and...
Japan’s trade ministry sells 4.15m barrels of crude from strategic petroleum reserves
TOKYO: Japan's trade ministry on Thursday sold a total 4.15 million barrels (about 660,000 kilolitres) of crude from the government's...
Australian stocks down at end, S&P 200 slips 54.1pts
PERTH: A four-day run of gains ended on the Australian share market with investors spooked by Greece's lack of a...
New fund raises from $200,000 to $250,000 for Arizona larger library
ARIZONA: The AC Chamber of Commerce held its monthly luncheon at the Arizona City Library last, June 16. The event...
Tokyo stocks close 0.46pc weaker, Nikkei 225 drops 96.63pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks have closed down 0.46 per cent, easing from 18-year highs on worries over Greece's stalled debt reform...
Collins Foods, value of Sizzler by $37.5m as restaurant chain’s revenue fell 8.5% to $88.5m in Australia
CANBERRA: Sizzler restaurants, the popular family steak houses of the 1990s, are on their way out. Its owner, Collins Foods,...
South Korean stocks: KOSPI sheds 0.47pts at end
SEOUL: South Korean stocks closed a tad lower Thursday as investor sentiment was dented by the stalled talks on a...
Contaminated fuel causes 24 cars to halt on M4 Motorway in Sydney
CANBERRA: Dodgy fuel caused breakdowns en masse on an Australian motorway on Thursday morning. Two dozen cars spluttered to a...
Japan stocks slump at end of trade, Nikkei 225 plunges 0.46%
TOKYO: Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Rubber, Gas & Water and Power...
HK customs seizes 21,000kg logs in suspected cargo
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Customs detected a suspected sea-bound cargo smuggling case and seized about 21 000 kilograms of wood...
Workers at $10b Roy Hill iron ore mining project owned by Australian billionaire
CANBERRA: Workers at the $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore mining project owned by Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart face a...
Airport customs detains 2 passengers, seizes 76 lakh worth gold
VASCO : Two separate bids to smuggle gold into the state were thwarted by air intelligence unit of customs department...
European stocks start in negative territory, Stoxx Europe 600 drops 0.5%
ROME: European stock markets dipped into negative territory at the open on Thursday after a key meeting of eurozone...
South korean stocks slip 0.17% at noon, KOSPI sinks 3.56pts
SOEUL: South Korean stocks traded 0.17 percent lower late Thursday morning due to prolonged concern over the Greece debt issue,...
Hubble’s sharp images unveil the chaotic collisions of galaxies
HONGKONG: By using Hubble Space Telescopes infrared vision, astronomers have uncovered the mysterious early formative years of quasars, the brightest...
Nigerian customs nabs 63, generates N6.4b revenue
ABUJA: The Oyo/Osun Command of the Nigerian Customs Service has in five months operations made 63 seizures and generated N6.4...
Kuala Lumpur Customs seizes 50,130l liquor worth RM665,450
KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur Royal Customs Department has seized 50,130 litres of hard liquor worth RM665,450, involving taxes of RM1,031,950...
Bayan system to effect customs exemptions
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industries has announced that the decision on customs exemption will take effect from July...
After designing iconic 8-bit Mega Man character Inafune hopes for Japanese game glory
TOKYO: Inafune, the former Capcom executive who designed the iconic 8-bit Mega Man character, isn’t just trying to put out...
China’s crude import drops 31.6% in May: customs data
BEIJING: China's crude oil imports from Iran fell in May to their lowest levels in four months, official customs data...
