World Business

BUENOS AIRES: The drop in soy bean prices has tightened up Central Bank’s foreign currency reserves. Sales abroad during soy...

BOGOTÁ: Joint venture Cerrejon, Colombia’s biggest coal miner, does not plan to raise output with prices near 10-year lows, Chief...

MEXICO CITY: Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Trust I (MMIT I) (BMV:FIMMCK) today announced that Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund (comprising MMIT I...

WASHINGTON: It can get pretty cold in Wisconsin. That’s probably why the state’s number one import is sweaters and pullovers....

BEIRUT: International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts Lebanon’s economy to accelerate from one per cent growth in 2014 to 2.5 percent...

MEXICO CITY: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) SA said net profit more than doubled in the first quarter of the...

MOGADISHU: Somalia in 2014 exported a record 5 million livestock to markets in the Gulf of Arabia thanks to heavy...

LONDON: Oil prices rose further on Thursday, extending the previous day's gains on a drop in US crude inventories that...

LONDON: Gold fell 2% on Thursday after better-than-forecast US jobs data boosted the dollar, reviving expectations the Federal Reserve could...

The Philippines’ top nickel producer expects this year’s ore shipments from the country to remain at similar levels to those...

The Australian Rail Track Corporation said the Hunter Valley coal rail network is "slowly getting back to normal operations" with...

CARACAS: Colombians in Cúcuta, on the border with Venezuela, dine on smuggled chicken, rice, and pasta, brush their teeth with...

CARACAS: President Nicolas Maduro said that he will announce economic reform measures this week, as Venezuela grapples with severe inflation,...

LG Electronics announced a net profit of KRW 38.4 billion in the first quarter, up 0.3 percent from the year...

Acer will focus on developing product lines that will benefit its business development and will give up the policy of...

WASHINGTON: In a new report, UNODC warns that the smuggling of migrants poses a significant threat to Asia, generating an...

MANHATTAN: Momentum continues to build in Washington towards consideration of two key trade priorities: renewal of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA),...

LONDON: Despite 40 percent growth in sales of medical devices during the first three months of 2015, overall exports from...

MEXICO CITY: The Philippines and Mexico are working together for the nomination of the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route to the...

HAVANA: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries say they will give urgent attention to a request from Cuba for additional preferential access...