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Asian markets track Wall St records on reopening hopes

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Inflation in Venezuela in 2016 estimated at 404%

VENEZUELA: Economists of think tank Torino Capital affirm that Venezuela did not show any hyperinflation process in 2016, putting the...

Sobi posts 61% increase in 2016 revenues

WASHINGTON: Nordic biotech firm Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (STO: SOBI) has announced its results for the fourth quarter and full year...

Unemployment down in Whanganui

WASHINGTON: Unemployment in Whanganui has decreased in the last year, bucking the national trend. The unemployment rate in the Manawatu-Whanganui...

Romania sharply decreased imports of soybean meal

WASHINGTON: During September-November 2016/17 Romania sharply decreased imports of soybean meal due to higher own crop of oilseeds in 2016,...

NEXIM Bank disburses N2.3bn to non-oil export sectors in one year

ABUJA: The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) Bank has continued to intervene in the key non-oil export sectors of the Nigerian...

Kenya plans to import yellow corn for first time since 2011

NAIROBI: Kenya has approved the import of 5 million bags, or 450,000 metric tons, of yellow corn from Ukraine as...

IKEA Magyarország revenues up 14.5% in business year

WASHINGTON: The Hungarian unit of Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA posted HUF 54 billion in revenues in its business year...

Scots unemployment rises again despite fall across UK

WASHINGTON: The number of Scots unemployed has risen by 6000 between October and November last year despite a fall across...

Aerohive Networks revenues down 10% to USD 42 mln in Q4

WASHINGTON: Aerohive Networks reported revenues in the fourth quarter down 10 percent to USD 41.7 million a year ago. Software...

FET sees revenues to stay flat in 2017

WASHINGTON: Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) expects its revenues to reach NT$94.359 billion (US$3.069 billion) in 2017, which will be almost...

Nigerian inflation rate climbs for 15th month in Jan

ABUJA: Nigeria’s inflation rate climbed for a 15th consecutive month in January even as the central bank kept borrowing costs...

Unemployment in Cumbria rises

WASHINGTON: Unemployment in Cumbria rose for the second time in two months, according to official figures released today. There were...

Argentina expects at least 15 mln tons of wheat from 2016/17 crop

WASHINGTON: Argentine farmers are expected to harvest at least 15 million tons of wheat in the 2016/17 crop year versus...

Casino revenue up 15% over last January

ATLANTIC CITY: The resort’s seven remaining brick-and-mortar casinos saw a 15 percent increase in revenue in January over a year...

County’s unemployment rate at 7% for Dec

WASHINGTON: Jenkins County’s unemployment rate for the month of December 2016 was 7%, up slightly from 6.7% in November 2016. ...

Romania turns to imports to cover power consumption

WASHINGTON: Romania was a net electricity importer yesterday as the domestic electricity output didn’t cover the local consumption. This situation...

Costa Rica unemployment remains at 9.5%

COSTA RICA: Costa Rica’s unemployment rate remained at 9.5% at the end of the last quarter of 2016 and an...

Georgia’s central bank sees inflation above 4% target in 2017

WASHINGTON: Georgia's central bank expects inflation to be above its target rate of 4 percent in 2017 and plans moderate...

Cambodia to open new border offices to monitor imports

PHNOM PENH: Six provinces will soon have merchandised quality control offices, also known as sanitation and phyto-sanitation (SPS) offices, to...

Customs promotes 1,561 officers