World Business
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Overseas investors put in bids worth Rs 813 crore, oversubscribe Rs 310 crore auction
New Delhi: Overseas investors signalled strong demand for government bonds, and put in bids worth Rs 813 crore, oversubscribing a...
20.8% decrease: Qatar’s IQ earns QR6.3bn in 2014
DOHA: Industries Qatar (IQ), the region’s industrial giant with interests in the production of a wide range of petrochemical, fertiliser...
Bohemia Customs reveals shipment of insects
PRAGUE: Bohemian Customs authorities has uncovered an illegal shipment holding four exotic butterflies and two lizards that coming from Papua...
Dominican Customs files petition against court ruling on Web shopping tax
SANTO DOMINGO: The Customs Agency’s lawyers filed the appeal at the Constitutional Court on Monday against court’s ruling which orders...
Energy major Chevron Corp to stop its shale gas exploration in Poland
WARSAW: Energy major Chevron Corp says it will stop exploring for shale gas in Poland, a sector that has failed...
Used car imports to Hungary rise 36.8% to 96,747 YOY in 2014
BUDAPEST: Imports of used cars to Hungary jumped by a year-on-year 36.8% to 96,747 in 2014, with light commercial vehicle...
New clashes near Libyan oil port as UN wants to restart talks
TRIPOLI: New clashes erupted between Libyan rival factions fighting for control of the country’s biggest oil port Es Sider, killing...
Indian Oil Corporation to invest Rs 5,300 crore in LPG sector
New Delhi: Indian Oil Corporation will invest Rs 5,300 crore in setting up an LPG import facility at Paradip in...
In December, core sector growth slows at 2.4pc, Crude Oil production declines by 1.4pc
New Delhi: Government data showed the growth rate of eight core sector industries slowed down at 2.4 percent in December....
Growth in 8 core industries slows to 2.4pc versus 6.7pc of November 2014
New Delhi: In December last year, growth in eight core industries slowed to three-month low of 2.4 percent, adding to...
Moody’s says Tata Motors’ Rs7,500 crore rights issue credit positive
New Delhi: Tata Motors' Rs7,500 crore rights issue is credit positive as it will cut its debt and fund business...
Canara Bank to raise additional capital worth Rs1,500 crore
New Delhi: Canara Bank will raise additional capital worth Rs 1,500 crore through private placement of bonds. The issue will...
Sri Lanka budget deficit reduced from Rs521b to Rs494b: Ravi Karunanayake
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said that all economic growth figures and data of the previous government was...
Ports of Indiana break 10.4 million tonnes record of cargo in 2014
NEW YORK: The Ports of Indiana have set a record in annual shipments, handling more than 10.4 million tons of...
Taiwan CPC to cut gasoline prices by NT$0.1 per liter, diesel unchanged
TAIPEI: State-run oil refiner CPC Corp, Taiwan said it would cut gasoline prices by NT$0.1 per liter, with diesel prices...
Singapore import prices fall for seven straight months in 2014
SINGAPORE: Singapore's import prices declined for the seventh straight month in December, figures from the Department of Statistics showed here...
$61.3 billion revenue: Record 56.4 million tourists visited NY in 2014
NEW YORK: The United States tourism industry is booming as only in New York, a record 56.4 million tourists flocked...
Ghana Chief of Customs appoints new staff, annoys customs staff
TEMA: The Ghana Chief of Staff, Prosper Bani, has annoyed Customs Exercise and Preventive Service (CEPS) with his remarks on...
Tech sector flying high after 15 years: $237.6 billion worth 3,512 acquisitions in 2014
NEW YORK: The tech sector is flying high and the outlook for deals in 2015 remains ‘robust’ after 15 years....
