World Business

BUDAPEST: The National Bank of Hungary’s (MNB) international reserves stood at €36.907 billion at the end of March, up €500...

JOHANNESBURG: Phyto Energy International Holding AG said it will only proceed with a plan to build a R5-billion ($419-million) plant...

JOHANNESBURG: The South African Reserve Bank said, it has signed a three-year bilateral swap agreement with the People's Bank of...

BERN: The number of overnight stays in Swiss hotels rose by 6% in February, the key month for the winter...

DOHA: Qatar's economy grew by more than six percent in 2014, official figures showed, driven by spending on huge construction...

TAIPEI: Largan Precision Co Ltd, which supplies camera lens modules for Apple Inc’s iPhones posted a deeper-than-expected 37 percent decline...

JAKARTA: Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, will impose export levies to fund biodiesel subsidies as well as replanting,...

LISBON: Finance and industry ministry said that the vehicle sales in Portugal rose by 36.5% a total number of 22,975...

CANBERRA: The piracy and privacy issue has taken great popularity not only in Australia but round the world. According to...

COPENHAGEN: The trade and development minister, Mogens Jensen, revealed that Denmark will give 250 million kroner to the victims of...

DURBAN: South Africa’s shipping industry has hit a major snag, with hundreds of jobs recently being shed instead of created....

MOSCOW: Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, said that we have planned to merge the National Revenue Agency and the Customs...

BERN: Despite reporting improved results for 2014, the Swiss Rail Group (CFF/SBB/FFS) was heavily dependent on government support. Revenues increased by...

WASHINGTON: American wholesale inventories rose for two months in a row while sales remained weak, the Commerce Department said Thursday....

ATHENS: The Greece’s official figures showed that the value of overdue tax debt grew further to €75.732 billion in February,...

ATHENS: The Greece news agency ANA referring to senior sources in the Greece Finance Ministry said that Greece has met...

HELSINKI: The Tax Administration will have to return €100 million euros to Nokia Tyres as a result of unduly collected...

ATHENS: Greece could generate revenue of €500 million euros ($539 million) a year from it, a Greek government official said....

BUDAPEST: The Hungarian Government imposes special taxes on financial institutions, energy service providers, and telecommunications, retail, and advertising companies. These...

MONROVIA: Liberian customs arrested three persons who allegedly attempted to smuggle 33 parcels of compressed dried leaves. Kojo Bronya, 32,...