World Business
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Romania’s inflation rate drops to 1.2% in August
WASHINGTON: Romania’s annual inflation stood at 1.2 percent in August, down 0.22 percentage points compared to the previous month, according...
Egypt inflation dips in August from record highs
CAIRO: Egypt’s key inflation indicators dropped in August from the multi-decade highs they reached in July, when energy prices were...
Ontario’s unemployment rate fell to 5.7% in August
WASHINGTON: Employment in Ontario increased by 31,100 in August, the second straight month of job growth,and the unemployment rate fell...
Malta Customs destroys 12 mln black market cigarettes
VALLETTA: A campaign being run by the Customs Department against the import, sale and consumption of smuggled goods, in particular...
Tin-can Customs improves revenue by 17%
ABUJA: The Tin-can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has increased their revenue by 17.3 percent as they...
Customs delists 197 bidders from e-auction
ABUJA: Owing to bogus bidding in the ongoing e-auction exercise of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), it has delisted 197...
Austin sales tax revenue lower than expected
WASHINGTON: City Council has known for months that it would struggle to come up with the money needed to cover...
Nigerians paid N2.11trn tax in seven months
ABUJA: The federal Inland Revenue service (FIRS) says it generated a sum of N2.11 trillion as revenue from January to...
Michigan unemployment lowest since 2000, less people in workforce
WASHINGTON: On this Labor Day the state of Michigan sits at its lowest unemployment rate since the year 2000, but...
Mexico’s August inflation seen highest in 16 years
MEXICO CITY: Mexico's annual inflation is expected to accelerate to its highest level in more than 16 years, according to...
Customs intercepts 147 sacks of Indian hemp worth N72.9m
ABUJA: The Federal Operations unit, FOU, Zone “A”, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted 147 sacks and 120...
Wisconsin unemployment 3.2%; only 2.9% in Trempealeau County
WASHINGTON: Wisconsin’s unemployment rate was 3.2 percent in July, compared to 4.2 percent a year ago. It was up a...
Eurozone inflation rate rises to 1.5%
WASHINGTON: The inflation rate in the eurozone rose to a higher-than-expected 1.5% in August, according to Eurostat, the European Union's...
Customs collects K12.36bn revenue in 4 years
LONDON: Papua New Guinea Customs revenue collection in 2012-16 was K12.36 billion – more than a quarter of the National...
Inflation in August estimated to be lower at 0.02%
MAGELANG: The Central Java representative of Bank Indonesia (BI) predicted that the countrys inflation in August would be lower at...
Erie County unemployment rate falls
WASHINGTON: The local unemployment rate improved slightly between June and July. The improvement between this year and last is more...
Customs intercept cars, rice, Indian hemp worth N531.4m
ABUJA: The Federal Operations Unit, Zone `A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted cars, rice and Indian hemp, with...
Unemployment holds steady in Massachusetts in July
BOSTON: The state’s total unemployment rate remained at 4.3% in July, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced....
Nigeria’s inflation rate dips in July to 16.05%
ABUJA: The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said annual inflation in Nigeria slowed for a sixth month in...
Mexico strives to boost trade ties with China.
MEXICO CITY: Mexico is working to expand trade ties with China, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday, believing boosting...
