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Taiwan stocks 0.56pts down at end of trade
TAIPEI: Shares in Taiwan closed little changed Friday amid lingering concerns over the debt problems in Greece as investors feared...
Bilibid detains phones smugglers at Bureau Investigation headquarter
MANILA: High-profile Bilibid inmates detained at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) headquarters in Manila are apparently more than willing...
Nan Shan board approves to buy AIG Insurance
TAIPEI: Nan Shan Life Insurance Co Ltd yesterday said its board had approved a plan to buy into AIG Taiwan...
European stocks take weaker start, EURO STOXX 50 dips 0.74%
ROME: European stocks were broadly lower on Friday, as renewed concerns over a potential Greek default weighed after the International...
Sri Lanka’s HNB introduces 7 Day Banking to better serves its customers
COLOMBO: Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), the premier private sector commercial bank in Sri Lanka, has introduced ‘7 Day Banking’...
Qatar becomes Mideast’s leading Internet economy: Report
DOHA: Qatar is the Middle East’s leading Internet economy said a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a...
Hong Kong stocks jump 1.39pc at end end of trade, Hang Seng soars 372.69pts
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks jumped 1.39 per cent following a second successive rally on Wall Street and in line...
Singapore’s Quadria Capital collects $304m for healthcare investments in Asia
SINGAPORE: Singapore-based private equity firm Quadria Capital has raised US$304 million for healthcare investments in Asia. It announced on Tuesday...
Australian stocks sink 0.2% at close, S&P 200 sheds 11.4pts
SYDNEY: Australian stocks shrugged off a positive lead from Wall Street to close 0.2% lower Friday after softer oil and...
Raffles Education subsidiary invests S$5.4m in Aussie property firm Axiom
SINGAPORE: Oriental University City Holdings, a subsidiary of main-board listed Raffles Education Corp, has announced an investment of A$5.2 million...
Malaysia’s 1MDB to look partners for Bandar property project
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's 1MDB said on Friday it will start looking for suitors to invest in Bandar Malaysia - one...
UnipolSai purchases Una Italian hotel business for 287m euros
ROME: UnipolSai SpA, Italy’s second-largest insurer, agreed to buy the hotel businesses of Una SpA for 287 million euros ($315...
Air customs foils attempt of cocaine smuggling into US
NEW YORK: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Newark Liberty International Airport caught a passenger allegedly attempting to smuggle...
100kg gold smuggled, exported to US, Europe: Commissioner
SUCRE: Illegal mining in the border with Bolivia is reaching staggering numbers, the Peruvian high commissioner on mining, Antonio Fernandez,...
Japan stocks jump at end of move, Topix climbs 0.1%
TOKYO: Japanese stocks rose, paring the Topix index’s first back-to-back weekly drop since January, after the yen weakened against the...
New Zealand authorities seize meth, cannabis, cash
CHRIST CHURCH: Ten people have been arrested and several clan labs uncovered in a months-long operation targeting the sale and...
Three Customs officers of BS-21 transferred
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has transferred/posted three Pakistan Customs Service officers of BS-21 with immediate effect. According to...
China stocks hit 3yrs high at end of trade, Shanghai Composite gains 0.87%
BEIJING: China stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Electricity...
Mansoor Bajwa assigned look after charge of Chief Commissioner-IR
ISLAMABAD: Mansoor Ahmad Bajwa, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-21, presently posted as Chief Commissioner-IR, Regional Tax Office, Gujranwala,...
Chinese banks granted $145.1b new loans in May
BEIJING: Chinese banks extended more loans last month, and the growth of money supply accelerated after the central bank eased...
