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Singtel profit jumps 4.5% to $939m in Q4
SINGAPORE: Mainboard-listed Singapore Telecommunications Ltd posted a 4.5 per cent rise in fourth-quarter net profit, helped by strong growth in...
HK Customs seized spiders, tortoises, lizards, electronics worth HKD10m
HONG KONG: In a joint operation between Hong Kong Customs and the Marine Police, dozens of boxes packed with everything...
Singapore’s Olam profit drops 92.1% to $31.26m in Q1
SINGAPORE: Mainboard-listed Olam International, one of the world's biggest traders of agricultural commodities, announced here the other day a 92.1...
China ports handled fall 1.5% to 955.9m in April
BEIJING: Chinese major ports handled 955.9 million tonnes of cargo in April, down 1.5% year on year (y/y), data released...
China’s Sina Weibo revenue hikes 43% to $96.3m in 2014
BEIJING: Sina's Twitter-like social platform Weibo reported improved earnings in the first quarter thanks to higher social advertising income. Profit...
China’s electricity consumption jumps 1.3% to 441.5b kwh in April
BEIJING: China's electricity consumption rose 1.3 percent year on year in April, reaching 441.5 billion kilowatt hours (kwh), the National...
China foreign service trade swells 10% to $149.54b Q1
BEIJING: China's foreign service trade reached $149.54 billion in the first quarter, up 10.6 percent from the same period last...
Malaysian police foil 7 syndicates of trafficking people
KUALA LUMPUR: Police foiled seven trafficking in person (TIP) syndicates which have been smuggling people into the country. In a...
Taiwan’s Hon Hai income swells 55.47% to NT$30.38b in Q1
TAIPEI: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co reported that its net income surged 55.47 percent year-on-year to NT$30.38 billion (US$992.42 million)...
Indonesia trade balance positive in April with $454.4m surplus
JAKARTA: Continuing the trend of previous months, Indonesia's trade balance booked a surplus in April on weak imports. Monthly surplus...
UN-ESCAP pridicts 7.5% growth for Sri Lankan economy in 2015
COLOMBO: The United Nations Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) 2015 predicts that the Sri Lankan...
Qatar Customs seizes 660g marijuana
DOHA: The Customs Authority says drug traffickers have started taking transit flights to smuggle narcotics into the country. Customs officials...
Samsung Galaxy S6 prices unveiled for Spain: 32 GB S6 available in $780 with front, back Gorilla 4-strengthened glass, aluminum edge
BARCELONA: Samsung unveiled Galaxy S6 at the Mobile World Congress on March 3 but did not issue the price list...
Kuwait’s Agility Global net profit up 5% to KD 11.8mn in Q1
KUWAIT CITY: Agility announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2015, reporting a net profit of KD 11.8...
Google introduces new Chrome extension
NEW YORK: Google has introduced a new Chrome extension. According to the TechCrunch web site, the new Chrome User Experience...
HK Customs seized spiders, tortoises, lizards, electronics worth HKD10m
HONG KONG: In a joint operation between Hong Kong Customs and the Marine Police, dozens of boxes packed with everything...
Nintendo plans to host World Championships tournament at E3 this year
LONDON: Nintendo World Championships is coming back. Nintendo plans to host the tournament at E3 this year. Regional events will...
Today Microsoft to introduce Lumia 540 Dual SIM for consumers
NEW DELHI: Today Microsoft will officially launch Lumia 540 Dual SIM for the the consumers. The Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual...
Singapore’s Olam profit drops 92.1% to $31.26m in Q1
SINGAPORE: Mainboard-listed Olam International, one of the world's biggest traders of agricultural commodities, announced here the other day a 92.1...
Facebook’s VR unit Oculus to sell consumer version of its Rift headset in first quarter of 2016
NEW YORK: Facebook's virtual-reality unit Oculus will sell a consumer version of its Rift headset in the first quarter of...
