HANOI: Vietnam's rubber exports in the first quarter rose 20.6 percent from a year ago to an estimated 236,300 tonnes,...

BANGKOK: Thailand's food export value this year may not reach its target of 1 trillion baht as the looming severe...

BRASÍLIA: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff signed on Wednesday a law increasing from 7% to 8% the mandatory share of biodiesel...

WELLINGTON: Moody's Investors Service says that New Zealand's economy is growing relatively strongly, despite a steep fall in dairy prices...

ANKARA: Turkey has for the first time imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US in 2016, said the message...

NEW DELHI: An Indian National who attempted to smuggle foreign currency with an estimated worth of  Rs 7.5 million was...

ISLAMABAD: The export of various spices from the country increased by 14.37 percent to $47.304 million during the first eight...

KUALA LUMPUR: Electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider EG Industries Bhd plans to list its Thai unit, SMT Industries Co Ltd,...

ABIDJAN: Cotton exports from Ivory Coast totaled 97,470 tonnes to the end of February, up more than 15 percent from...

SEOUL: South Korean stocks are falling after fresh data showed Asia's fourth-largest economy is continuing to slow down. Gross domestic product...

ISLAMABAD: China has honoured Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reforms Ahsan Iqbal with the title of ‘Star Minister’ of...

KARACHI: The Pakistan rupee Friday depreciated against the US dollar in open market. According to the local money market, the...

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates will take part in an upcoming meeting in Doha between Opec and non-Opec oil...

NORTH CALIFORNIA: Open source is big business. To quantify and define “big business,” how about I throw out a number...

NEW YORK: Accenture Plc raised its full-year net revenue forecast well above analysts' expectations and reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and...

OSLO: At least 663 million people in the world lack access to water and 2.4 billion have poor sanitation. Norway...

TOKYO: Japanese consumer inflation stuck at zero in February for the second straight month, marking another blow to Prime Minister...

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) said over 80 per cent of the construction work at the Sheikh...

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's central bank (Nationalbanken) said a big chunk of its profits last year came from battling speculators who bet...

ATHENS: After almost a decade of constant decline, construction professionals estimate that 2016 could be a rebound year. They note...