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LEIPZIG: With ships becoming bigger and the advent of “mega ships”, authorities need to examine its ports and come up...

TV Panel Shipments to reach record of 265 million units

SEOUL: TV panel shipment targets will reach an historic high in 2015, despite the strengthening dollar against other currencies, especially...

Lenovo A6000, A7000 are available for sale in India

NEW DELHI: The Lenovo A6000 and A7000 are available for sale on Flipkart. Normally sold via a flash sale model,...

Microsoft’s Cortana application for Android phones, iPhones to work as companion to Cortana on Windows 10 PC

NEW YORK: Microsoft is launching a separate Cortana application for Android phones and for iPhones which works as a companion...

Lumia 940 to sport 5.2-inch screen with Quad HD resolution whereas XL version come with 5.7-inch screen

NEW DELHI: Lumia 940 and Lumia 940 XL are in the works. The report suggests that the phones will have...

Microsoft’s Lumia 640 is great device that outperforms its price tag

NEW DELHI: The Lumia 640 has a one-piece back panel, a smooth plastic finish, rounded corners, and is available in...

Microsoft’s Cortana application for Android phones, iPhones to work as companion to Cortana on Windows 10 PC

NEW YORK: Microsoft is launching a separate Cortana application for Android phones and for iPhones which works as a companion...

Hungarian business confidence improves at 24% in Q1 of 2015

BUDAPEST: A gauge of SME confidence by the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industryʼs (MKIK) Economy and Business Research Institute...

Hungarian Herbro initiates HUF 1b hatchery investment

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s Ministry of Agriculture reported that Hungary-based agribusiness Herbro yesterday inaugurated a HUF 1 bln technology investment at its...

BSE main BUX index finishes down 0.16% at 22,44582

BUDAPEST: The Budapest Stock Exchangeʼs main BUX index finished down 0.16% at 22,445.82 Thursday, after rising 1.65% Wednesday. It is...

Oberbank sees best year ever in Hungary in 2014

BUDAPEST: Last year, the Hungarian branch of Austrian Oberbank’s profit was "in the millions of euros preceded by a single...

Hungary’s base rate may drop below 1.5%

BUDAPEST: The markets economists expect the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) to keep cutting the base rate, which is likely...

Hungarian Eximbank, MFB, K&H revised to positive: Fitch

BUDAPEST: Fitch Ratings yesterday affirmed the Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of the Hungarian Export Import Bank (Eximbank) and the...

Swiss economy contracts 0.2% in Q1 of 2015

BERN: The Swiss economy contracted by 0.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, the national statistics agency said...

Polish Export may reach $500b before 2030: Oxford Economics

WARSAW: Polish exports will grow by 5-6 percent per annum in the coming years and its value may reach $500...

Polish economic sentiment indicator fell to 98.5 pt m/m

WARSAW: The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) for Poland fell by 1.5 points month-on-month, stood at 98.5 points in May, the...

Poland’s GDP stands at 3.6% in Q1 of 2015

WARSAW: The seasonally unadjusted real GDP growth rate stood at 3.6 percent in the first quarter, compared with 3.3 percent...

Polish Allegro launches its own e-store

WARSAW: Grupa Allegro launched a trial version of its own e-store, offering toys for now, wirtualnemedia.pl web portal reported on...

Spanish residential building permits rise 22.8% to 10,681 homes

MADRID: During the first three months of 2015, according to the Ministry of Development, the country’s official Colleges of Technical...

National bank of Greece reports losses of 159m in Q1‏ of 2015