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Tokyo stocks end 2.69% weaker, Nikkei 225 decreases 538.94pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended 2.69 per cent lower Thursday as the yen firmed after the Bank of Japan held off...
WhatsApp new update available for Android and you can download 2.12.64 APK file from official website
LONDON: WhatsApp new update is available for Android and you can download the 2.12.64 APK file from the official website....
Tokyo stocks tumble 1.90% at noon, Nikkei 225 plunges 380.80pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks fell 1.90 percent Thursday morning after poor US growth data, while Honda was hit by weak earnings...
Malaysia Maybank’s BII profit rises by 33.5%
PETALING JAYA: Malayan Banking Bhd’s 80%-owned Indonesian subsidiary PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk (BII ) saw its net profit surge...
Singapore’s Parkway Life Reit Q1 DPU up 14% to 3.21 cents
SINGAPORE: Mainboard-listed Parkway Life Reit reported a 14 per cent rise in distribution per unit (DPU) to 3.21 cents for...
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer salary rises 69% to $42m
HONG KONG: Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, just won a 69 per cent raise, bringing her total compensation for 2014...
Oil prices slips from 5month height in early Asian trade
LONDON: Oil prices slipped away from five-month highs in early Asian trading on Thursday as Japanese factory output weakened for...
China stocks climb at lunch time, CSI300 jumps 0.3pc
SHANGHAI: China stocks were mixed on Thursday morning, with weak banks countering sharp gains in small-cap plays ahead of a...
Singapore’s UOB net profit up 1.6% to $801m
SINGAPORE: United Overseas Bank, Singapore's third-biggest lender, posted a 1.6 per cent rise in quarterly profit, but the earnings were...
Somalia’s exports hit 5m livestock last year
MOGADISHU: Somalia in 2014 exported a record 5 million livestock to markets in the Gulf of Arabia thanks to heavy...
China on high with 40% of world’s 79 skyscrapers: Knight Frank
BEIJING: China is home to about 40 percent of the world’s 79 skyscrapers of at least 1,000 feet (304.8 meters)...
China’s oil product exports down 5.6m tons in Q1
BEIJING: China last week issued a second batch of oil product export quotas for this year, with volumes totaling 5.6...
China steel production falls 1.7% to 200.1m in Q1
BEIJING: CHINESE steel production fell in the first quarter of this year due to sluggish market demand and rising cost...
South Korean Won ranks among top gainers vs. dollar this year
SEOUL: The South Korean won ranks among the global currencies that have strengthened the most against the U.S. dollar this...
Kochi tea price up as export demand increases
NEW DELHI: Improved demand from exporters was seen for good liquoring tea varieties at Kochi auctions last week. In sale...
33% provinces of China post slower growth than national level
BEIJING: Economies of one-third provinces and municipalities in China grew slower than the national level of 7 percent in the...
Messenger spacecraft mission is to get as close as possible to Mercury
EUROPE: The Messenger or (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) is an unmanned spacecraft whose mission is to get...
Tiny 160m yrs old dinosaur with bat like wings discovered in China
TOKYO: When it comes to big fossil finds, China is full of surprises. The latest dinosaur discovery, announced today in...
TMT garnering worldwide attention after being surrounded with controversies
WASHINGTON: The TMT or the Thirty Meter Telescope has been garnering worldwide attention after being surrounded with controversies. For one,...
NASA launches new mission to hunt alien life outside our solar system
HONG KONG: NASA launched its new mission of hunting for alien life outside our solar system through the Nexus for...
