World Business

JAKARTA: Hopes that Indonesia in July would end a long streak of declining exports and imports were shattered, as both...

WASHINGTON: The Jamaica Customs Agency has noted your letter to the editor in The Gleaner (August 11, 2016) in which...

ATLANTIC CITY: Gaming revenue at the city’s eight brick–and-mortar casino was up for the first time in three months, despite...

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday announced a 50 percent minimum wage hike that takes effect on Sept. 1,...

WASHINGTON: Macri had campaigned on promises of lifting currency controls and jump-starting foreign investment, in part by improving transparency at...

BRUSSELS: Flash estimate of the seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.3 percent in the 19-country euro area,...

NAIROBI: Kenya is staring at a two-pronged cut in its agriculture export revenue. This comes at the heels of Britain’s...

LONDON: Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon expressed apprehension over the discovery of several high-powered firearms from “balikbayan boxes” which were being...

NAIROBI: When a team of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials unlocked a 40-foot container at the Port of Mombasa late...

LONDON: Unemployment in the Isle of Man fell by 16 last month, compared to June. But the figure of 620...

WASHINGTON: Peru’s central bank kept borrowing costs unchanged after inflation eased back to its target range sooner than expected amid...

RITZVILLE: The unemployment rate in Adams County dropped one-tenth of a percentage point between May and June, but remained the...

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s average inflation rate rose to 16.5 percent in July in compare to 14.31 % in June, 13.98% in...

LONDON: EFG Hermes announced that its operating revenue for the second quarter (Q2) of 2016 stood at EGP 288m, up...

WASHINGTON: Hong Kong’s PCCW Ltd (PCCW Group) has issued its results for the six months ended 30 June 2016, in...

LONDON: The export oat market will continue to grow as demand for Australian hay from China increases and new markets...

NAIROBI: Kenya's plans of joining the oil exporting league moved one step forward on Thursday when the Cabinet approved a...

ABUJA: Massive importation of food, especially, rice, wheat, sugar and fish, has continued to bleed the nation’s economy, with the...

BAKU: Azerbaijan plans to exempt the export of services from the value added tax (VAT), Shamil Arabov, chief of the...

WASHINGTON: Cambodia’s total exports of garments and footwear to Japan increased sharply in the first half of the year, according...