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Hydraulic platforms group sees revenues rise

15/07/2016

WASHINGTON: Cherry pickers rental company Lavendon Group has announced a strong rise in revenues for the first six months of...

Zimbabwe Govt revenues tumble 12%

15/07/2016

HARARE: Zimbabwe's fiscal space further shrunk in the first half of the year amid indications government revenue collections tumbled 12%...

Unemployment edges up to 5.8%

WASHINGTON: Unemployment has edged up to 5.8 per cent, despite the estimated creation of 7,900 jobs. It is the first...

Irish inflation rises to 22-month high of 0.4% in June

DUBLIN: Ireland's annual inflation rate rose to its highest level in almost two years in June, with consumer prices rising...

TSMC 2Q16 profits fall 8.7% despite revenue growth

LONDON: Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its net profits decrease 8.7% from a year earlier in the...

Argentina to export table grapes to China

WASHINGTON: The National Health Service and Food Quality (Senasa) and the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) reached...

Israel’s exports down 13% in Q2

WASHINGTON: The continuing fall in exports meant that Israel's trade deficit more than doubled in the first half of 2016....

Kenya to sign EU exports deal with Burundi

NAIROBI: Kenya and Burundi are set to sign an agreement that will see them sell agricultural products to Europe duty-free....

US hardwood plywood imports down 1% in April

WASHINGTON: US hardwood plywood imports were down 1% in April, the fourth consecutive month-on-month decline. A total of 211,096 cubic...

Pine Bluff’s unemployment numbers rise in May

LONDON: Pine Bluff’s unemployment numbers rose by nearly 1 percent from April to May, according to data from the Arkansas...

Angola’s inflation rate climbs to highest since at least 2011

WASHINGTON: Angola’s inflation rate rose to the highest in at least five-and-half years in June. Inflation accelerated to 31.8 percent...

Ashley House revenues up 147%

LONDON: Health and community care property partner Ashley House swung into the black in the year to the end of...

Bloomsbury revenues up 9% last quarter

WASHINGTON: Bloomsbury's total revenues have increased by 9% year-on-year in the three months ended 31st May 2016, driven by the...

Peru agricultural exports increase by 4%

WASHINGTON: According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri), agricultural exports in the first five months of this year...

Coir Board plans to double exports

LONDON: Coir exports grew by 17 per cent in value terms last fiscal compared to the previous year and the...

Djibouti signs $75 mln financing deal for fuel imports

DJIBOUTI: Djibouti has approved a $75 million financing agreement with a unit of Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Development Bank to help...

JK imports poultry worth Rs 735 cr

WASHINGTON: To give thrust to local poultry production and reduce the dependence on imports, Animal Husbandry Minister Abdul Ghani Kohli...

Azerbaijan’s annual inflation hits 10.5%

12/07/2016

BAKU: Prices for consumer goods and tariffs for services in Azerbaijan decreased by 0.5 percent in June 2016 as compared...

County unemployment declines in May

12/07/2016

YAKIMA: Grant County’s unemployment dropped between April and May, and between May 2015 and May 2016, according to information from...

OECD unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in May