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UK Middle-income earners face higher tax bills: Institute of Fiscal Studies
LONDON: Middle-income earners in the UK will face higher tax bills regardless of who wins the May 7th general election,...
UK PM David Cameron pledges new law to prevent tax hikes
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron courted voters on Wednesday by promising a new law to prevent tax increases for...
Monthly 4K LCD TV panel shipments hit record high
4K LCD TV panel shipments grew from 1.7 million in February to a record-setting 2.6 million units in March. Overall...
Turkey natural gas imports increase 9.83% to 4.7b cubic meters in February
ANKARA: Turkey’s natural gas imports increased by 9.83 percent to 4.7 billion cubic meters compared to February 2014. The Energy...
Acer prefers profitability to PC shipment growth, says Stan Shih
Acer will focus on developing product lines that will benefit its business development and will give up the policy of...
LG smartphone shipments soar 26% to 15.4m in Q1
LG Electronics announced a net profit of KRW 38.4 billion in the first quarter, up 0.3 percent from the year...
Taiwan’s AUO’s net profit beats forecasts
TAIPEI: AU Optronics Corp (AUO), the nation’s No. 2 LCD panelmaker, posted stronger-than-expected quarterly net profit for last quarter as...
Indonesia’s MPMX books Rp 3.9 trillion in revenues in Q1
JAKARTA: Consumer automotive firm PT Mitra Pinasthika Mustika (MPMX) managed to maintain its business growth momentum by booking Rp 3.9...
Germany Customs makes record seizures valued at N294.4m in first quarter of 2015
BERLIN: The Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, says it has recorded 482 seizures with a Duty Paid Value...
Panasonic group net profit rises 49% to ¥179.49 billion
TOKYO: Panasonic Corp. said Tuesday its group net profit rose 49 percent from a year earlier to ¥179.49 billion ($1.5...
Japan’s oil imports from Iran increase to 230,000 barrels per day in March
TOKYO: Citing a Chinese website, IRNA reported on Tuesday that Japan's oil imports from Iran increased to 230,000 barrels per...
Qatari Investors Group profits rise 8.8% to QR63m
DOHA: Qatari Investors Group announced its profits for the first quarter of 2015, with an 8.8 percent increase compared to...
Japan’s Takeda agrees to pay $2.4 billion in diabetes drug suit
TOKYO: Japan's largest drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. said today it has agreed to pay up to $2.4 billion to thousands...
KB Financial Stock poised to rise 25%
SEOUL: Last October, KB Financial took a step in the right direction when it named Yoon Jong-kyoo as its new...
S Korea’s business sentiment rises to one-year high
SEOUL: Confidence among South Korean businesses rose to the highest in a year, keeping an upward trend for three straight...
Positive growth expected in palm oil exports to South Korea
SEOUL: Exports of Malaysian palm oil and related products to South Korea is expected to show positive growth this year...
NEW Zealand’s fruit and vegetable production exceeds $7b for first time
WELLINGTON: NEW Zealand's fruit and vegetable production has exceeded $7 billion for the first time, with exports now valued at...
UK stocks sink in early move, FTSE 100 tumbles 0.2%
LONDON: U.K. stocks dipped lower Wednesday, with Antofagasta PLC and other miners among the biggest decliners, while apparel retailer Next...
Singapore stocks close 0.2pc lower, STI down 7.94pts
SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices closed 0.2 per cent lower on Wednesday with the Straits Times Index down 7.94 points...
Taiwan stocks end below 9,900pts
TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks ended below the 9,900-point mark Wednesday as the bellwether electronics sector came under pressure on worse-than-expected first...
