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150 garment, footwear factories in Cambodia shut down in 2015

28/12/2015

PHNOM PENH: 150 garment and footwear factories in Cambodia have shut down this year, while more than 50 new ones...

Shares of Pier 1 Imports value by 8.33% during past week

28/12/2015

WASHINGTON: Shares of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR) appreciated by 8.33% during the past week but lost 24.96% on a...

Federal Govt starts review of all waivers on imports

28/12/2015

WASHINGTON: The Federal Government has commenced the review of all waivers on taxes and Custom duties on imports approved for...

Global crude oil prices fall to lowest levels

NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding a sharp cut in the government's growth forecast at the fag end, 2015 will go down as...

Energy stocks fuel market expand

NEW YORK: Wall Street rallied for the third straight session, led by sharp gains in energy stocks as a rebound...

Fulton County expects higher revenues in 2016

WAUSEON: Fulton County general fund appropriations for 2016 were set at about $16 million Tuesday by the county commissioners. The...

Luxury tax sees NT$12.5b in revenues from land, housing sales

TAIPEI: A total of NT$12.5 billion (US$ 379.87 million) in tax revenues has been collected from land and housing transactions...

Hungary, Bank of China ink deal on yaun bonds

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Bank of China President Guoli Tian today signed a cooperation agreement in China...

Crude demand to reach 30.70m bpd in 2020: Opec

LONDON: Global demand for Opec crude will reach 30.70 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, lower than 30.90 million...

Morocco cuts customs duty on imports of soft wheat to 30%

RABAT: Morocco is cutting the customs duty on imports of soft wheat to 30 percent from 50 percent to ensure...

Colombian fiscal deficit expected to hit 3.6% in 2016

BOGOTA: Colombia's fiscal deficit for 2016 would be 3.6 percent of GDP, said Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas here the other...

OPEC report suggests oil-price rebound, supply cut

24/12/2015

BAGHDAD: OPEC predicted oil prices will rebound in coming years,and the cartel said it expects to reduce its own production...

Morocco’s tourism revenues to increase by 2% in 2016

RABAT: Morocco’s tourism revenues will increase by two percent in 2016 to reach 60 billion dirhams, said this Tuesday Tourism...

Sales tax revenues continue to grow in Nov

WASHINGTON: Strong growth in sales tax revenues continued in Trousdale County during November, according to figures released by the state...

Revenue from tax collection jump 25% in 2015

WASHINGTON: Revenue from tax collection jumped 25 per cent in 2015, government officials revealed yesterday, saying the tax department has...

Maldives seeks to zero tax from fish export to Chinese market

MALÉ: The Maldives is working to exempt duties from fish products exported to the Chinese market during the ongoing discussions...

Japan plans $797bn budget for fiscal 2016

TOKYO: Japan plans a ￥96.7 trillion (US$797 billion) budget for the fiscal year starting in April to support the nation’s...

Neogen revenue increases by 16.3% to $79.6m in 2Q

MICHIGAN: Neogen Corp. NEOG reported second-quarter fiscal 2016 earnings of 24 cents per share, which increased 14.3% year over year...

Paychex revenue surges by 7% to $711.3m

NEW YORK: Paychex Inc. ( PAYX ) reported a profit for the second-quarter ended November 30, 2015 that increased 9...

Micron revenue falls by 27% in Q1