World Business

BEIRUT: Customs at Rafik Hariri International Airport found 30 crates of the contaminated maxi pads. The feminine products were seized...

COPENHAGEN: The Danish energy provider Dong Energy has invested for the first time ever in an offshore wind turbine project...

NAYPYIDAW: Burma’s rice exports rose more than 40 percent in the 2014-15 fiscal year, with shipments to regional heavyweight China...

BERN: Switzerland tops the overall rankings of 144 economies, followed by Singapore and the United States, said the Global Competitiveness...

LISBON: EU’s statistics office released a statement that the Labour costs in Portugal were down 8.8% in the fourth quarter...

ATHENS: The Greece has garnered a little over €147 million via a debt forgiveness scheme designed to bolster the state's...

MOSCOW: Bulgarian customs have thwarted an attempt to smuggle dollar notes and some of them suspected to be fake. Customs...

ATHENS: As Greece battles a debt crisis, largest banks, including Piraeus, Alpha and Eurobank have self-issued more than €13 billion...

AMMAN: According to finance minister, the Islamic finance assets rise to 41.8 trillion dollars last year. while the Islamic finance sector...

ISLAMABAD: The US State Department has approved Pakistan’s request to purchase US-made attack helicopters, missiles and other equipment valued at...

CANBERRA: The Australian Federal Court has ordered  , ISPs Dodo, Internode, Amnet Broadband, Adam Internet and Wideband Networks will also...

AMSTERDAM: Fedex agreed to buy TNT for 4.4 billion euros ($4.8 billion), paying for the purchase with debt. It took...

PARIS: Vivendi had made a 250 million euro ($275 million) indicative offer for most of Dailymotion. French media group Vivendi...

LONDON: Oil prices turned negative on Tuesday as investors booked profits after solid gains in the previous trading session and...

BUDAPEST:  Chinese bioethanol and biobutanol projects developer China New Energy Ltd said that it is expecting to start work this...

WARSAW: The PwC research for internet business report shows that the Polish ad market grew by 7.2% to PLN 2.6...

AMMAN: The Transport Minister Lina Shbeeb stated that her ministry has a vision of establishing railway linkages nationwide at an estimated cost...

COLOMBO: Ex-cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan will be setting up the country’s first aluminum beverage can manufacturing facility in the near future,...

JOHOR BARU: Malaysia has said that it would be expected to start levying a Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) for foreign...

SINGAPORE - The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) announced a repayment assistance scheme to help borrowers reduce their credit...