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State revenues downgraded by $24.6M
MONTPELIER: Vermont's revenue projections for the current fiscal year have been downgraded by $24.6 million, an adjustment driven by poor...
Maui County’s unemployment rate 2.7% in Dec
WASHINGTON: The Hawaiʻi State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for...
IBM YOY revenues decline for 19th consecutive quarter
WASHINGTON: New York-based enterprise technology firm International Business Machines Corp. posted its nineteenth consecutive fall in revenues when it reported...
Zimbabwe’s import bill drops $1.8 bln
HARARE: The country's appetite for imports dropped by more than US$1.8 billion during the just ended year on the back...
Uzbekistan increases agricultural exports, expands export destinations
TASHKENT: Uzbekistan’s agricultural export company Uzagroexport plans to export more than 1.27 million tons of fruit and vegetables in 2017,...
Israel avocado exports to EU jump
YERUSHALAYIM: A healthy dose of rain this winter is expected to increase Israel’s avocado crop significantly this year. Instead of...
Nigeria raises local currency bonds at yields below inflation
ABUJA: Nigeria has raised 214.95 billion naira ($704.18 mln) in local currency bonds at its first auction this year, with...
Azerbaijan’s gas export revenues down 35.5%
WASHINGTON: Azerbaijan exported 6.754bn m³ of natural gas in 2016, about 19.9% less than the previous year, while revenues of...
Nairobi bans poultry import from Kampala over bird flu
ABUJA: The government has banned importation of poultry products from Uganda following an outbreak of bird flu in the neighboring...
Vale unemployment down by 6% YOY
WASHINGTON: Unemployment in the Vale of Glamorgan has fallen by six per cent in a year. Figures released this week...
Colombian thermal coal exports rise 9% in 2016 to record 88 mil mt
WASHINGTON: Colombia exported a record 88.10 million mt of thermal coal in 2016, rising 9% year on year, data from...
Mexican corn imports to rise at least 20% in 2017
MEXICO CITY: Mexico will import at least one-fifth more yellow corn next season as higher fuel costs and a weak...
Ottawa County unemployment rate hits 15-year low
OTTAWA COUNTY: The 2016 unemployment rate for Ottawa County hit a 15-year low. Unemployment rates in Michigan have continued to...
Azerbaijan’s car import declined 4.7-fold in 2016
BAKU: The State Customs Committee reports that in 2016 the car import decreased by 4.66 times. In 2015 the index...
Revenue of IMC rises by 12% for first three quarters
INDORE: The revenue of Indore Municipal Corporation has seen a rise of 12.3 per cent till the end of the...
Zambia keeps ban on maize exports
WASHINGTON: Zambia’s Minister of Agriculture, Dora Siliya, says government will not lift the ban on maize exports.Siliya emphasized that the...
December inflation rate climbs to 18.55%
WASHINGTON: The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday disclosed that the inflationary trend in the country continued to soar higher,...
PH customs blacklists 71 brokers, importers
MANILA: The Bureau of Customs has blacklisted 71 out of thousands of accredited brokers and importers for allegedly engaging in...
Congo central bank doubles rates to 14% to tackle inflation
KINSHASA: The Democratic Repubic of Congo's central bank doubled its base interest rate to 14 percent, from 7 percent previously,...
Nevada first-time unemployment claims fall in Dec
CARSON CITY: First-time claims for unemployment benefits in Nevada totaled 13,061 in December, the lowest of any December since 1994....
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