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US dollar flats against yen, euro in Asian trade
TOKYO: The dollar was lower against the yen and the euro in Asian trade Monday, with weakness in Asian stock...
China listed companies combined profit grows 8.7% in H1 profit
SHANGHAI: Combined first-half profit of China's listed companies grew 8.66 percent from a year earlier, the official Shanghai Securities News...
Singapore bank lending rises on housing loans in July
SINGAPORE: Singapore's total bank lending in July rose on stronger demand for property loans and from the general commerce sector,...
HK Customs investigates fake-drug bust
HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs are following up on a mainland operation that busted an unlicensed Nanjing factory producing fakes...
Japan’s Toyoda Gosei opens second production plant in Brazil
BRASILIA: Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd is adding a second production plant in Brazil by taking a 30 percent stake in...
Bangladesh authorities seize illegally imported medicines
DHAKA: A shipment of illegally imported medicines worth around Tk 50 lakh was seized from a cargo service office in...
Thai police seize 1.4m meth pills
CHIANG RAI: Police have seized 1.4 million methamphetamine pills with an estimated street value of 280 million baht in a...
LG introduces metallic color variants for its latest LG G4 in India
TOKYO: LG has introduced metallic color variants for its latest LG G4 which is priced at Rs 40,000 in India....
China border patrol officials seize 620 smuggled turtles, tortoises
BEIJING: Chinese border patrol officials seized 620 wild turtles and tortoises,510 of them considered endangered, that were found alive in...
Oman Customs seizes 132 cartons of contraband cigarettes
MUSCAT: Customs officials at the Wadi Al Jizi border post foiled an attempt to smuggle illegal cigarettes into the Sultanate....
Xiaomi to produce its own chipsets for use inside its own phones, tablets
BEIJING: There has been talk that Xiaomi would be producing its own chipsets for use inside its own phones and...
Youku Tudou reveneu jumps 58% to $244.3m in 2Q
BEIJING: Youku Tudou, mainland China’s leading online video services provider, saw efforts to diversify its business pay off after posting...
Britain accuses Spanish customs of violating UK territorial waters
LONDON: Britain has expressed deep concern after Spain confirmed that one of its customs vessels fired live rounds during a...
Russia’s GDP down 4.6% in July 2015
MOSCOW: Russia’s GDP dropped 4.6% in July 2015 but was up 0.1% net of the season factor, Ministry of Economic...
Irish food exports to Russia halt in first 6 months of 2015
DUBLIN: Irish food exports to Russia effectively ground to a halt in the first six months of 2015, dropping by...
MNC Media revenue jumps by 84% in H1
BEIJING: Australian listed MNC Media Investment Ltd ("MNCMI" or "the Group"), a provider of media and entertainment content and services...
China inks agreement with EEU to share customs information
BEIJING: Countries of the Eurasian Economic Union and China will exchange customs information with regard to goods in transit. The...
Canadian ports on East Coast to increase maritime trade
TORONTO: Amidst an uncertain global environment, Canadian ports on the East Coast are pursuing a capacity expansion strategy to increase...
Subatomic particles could defy the standard model, study
EUROPE: The Standard Model of particle physics, which explains most of the known behaviors and interactions of fundamental subatomic particles,...
Pak rupee sheds value in interbank, reaches Rs103.95
KARACHI: The Pakistani currency shed value against the US dollar in interbank. According to the local currency market, the US...
