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Latvian retail trade grows 4.9% in 2015

30/01/2016

RIGA: Retail trade picked up in Latvia last year, showing a 4.9 percent growth in constant prices compared to 2014,...

Albania’s December exports down 7.7%

30/01/2016

TIRANA: Albania's exports fell by 7.7 percent in December 2015 compared with December 2014, official figures showed here the other...

EU annual inflation rises to 0.4%

WASHINGTON: Inflation in the eurozone has hit its highest level since 2014, but economists remain convinced the European Central Bank...

BI sees monthly inflation below 1% in Jan

JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia (BI) predicts a monthly inflation rate of slightly below 1% January amid two main opposing variables in...

Tanzania plans to double exports in 3 years

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania Horticultural Association (Taha) is planning to double exports of the agriculture sub-sector to $1 billion in...

Albania’s exports fall 7.7% in Dec 2015

TIRANA: Albania's exports fell by 7.7 percent in December 2015 compared with December 2014, official figures showed Thursday. Exports in...

Algeria sugar import bill down in 2015

ALGIERS: Sugar imports (raw beet, sugar cane, lactose and solid lactose syrup) fell to USD 714.76 million in 2015 against...

Flour millers ask Govt to scrap 25% import duty on wheat

PUNE: Flour millers have asked the government to scrap the 25% import duty on wheat from April due to worries...

Facebook clears $1b for quarter

NEW YORK: The social network released its earnings for its fourth quarter and all of 2015 on Wednesday, revealing in...

Inflation likely slows to 1.2% in Jan

MANILA: Lower food and utility prices after the holiday season likely dampened inflation in January, the chief economist of the...

Algeria 2015 grain import volumes increases 11.2%

ALGIERS: Algeria's 2015 grain imports rose 11.2 percent to 13.67 million tons despite efforts to curb purchases from abroad, official...

Kia Motors revenue jumps by 9.3% in Q4

SEOUL: Kia Motors said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter operating profit rose on the back of strong demand for its new...

Creative sector earns $120bln for British economy: figures

LONDON: Britain's creative industries earn the county's economy almost 14 million U.S. dollars every hour, according to figures released here...

Fed keeps key interest rate unchanged

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0.25...

Kazakhstan reduces oil export customs duty

ASTANA: Kazakhstan has reduced the oil export customs duty up to $40 per ton since January 1, 2016, according to...

Ghana producer inflation jumps to 10.5% in Dec

ACCRA: Ghana's producer price inflation rose sharply to 10.5 percent in December from 3 percent the month before, pushed by...

Newcastle’s Sage Group reports 6.6% rise in revenues in Q1

WASHINGTON: Good growth across Europe triggered a revenue rise of 6.6% in Sage Group Plc’s first quarter, the firm said....

Apple sees first sales dip in more than a decade as super-growth era falters

NEW YORK: Apple Inc forecast its first revenue drop in 13 years and reported the slowest-ever growth in iPhone shipments...

Africa’s economy projected to grow 4.4% in 2016: UN Report

ADDIS ABABA: Africa's economic growth has been forecast to grow 4.4 percent in 2016, up from 3.7 percent in 2015,...

SK Hynix profits slash by half in 4Q