CANBERRA: Walnut grower and processor Walnuts Australia has opened up a new market in Japan, with the first ever export...

BANGKOK: Their meeting took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN - US Summit from February 15-16 in California, the...

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan’s negative interest rates came into effect on Tuesday in a radical plan already deemed a...

CAPE TOWN: Job losses in South Africa's mining sector are likely to accelerate with mining companies such as Glencore and...

MUSCAT: Oman may focus on building a domestic rail network rather than connecting its railways to a regional system, because...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has witnessed a 10-15% decline in steel demand as builders await the rise in real estate prices...

SEOUL: South Korean state-owned Korea Gas Corp.'s imports of LNG fell 13.5% to 31.41 million mt last year, as the...

WASHINGTON: US beef imports are off to a slow start and there is broad expectation that import volume will decline...

MOSCOW: January overall imports of polypropylene (PP) into Russia rose by 27% year on year, totalling slightly over 11,000 tonnes,...

BEIJING: China's coal imports, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical coal, totaled 15.23 million mt in January, down 9.2% year on...

WASHINGTON: Vegetable oil import during the first quarter of the current oil year (November-October) rose by 17 percent to 40.14...

NEW DELHI: India's international trade in services remained almost flat from a year ago in December 2015 with exports of...

TEHRAN: General Electric Co is exploring potential business opportunities in Iran and the chief executive of its oil and gas...

WASHINGTON: The S&P BSE Sensex was down 38 points at 23,517 and the Nifty50 was down 17 points at 7,146....

NEW DELHI: The Ports of Indiana, which includes Northwest Indiana's deepwater Lake Michigan harbor, handled a record 12.2 million tons...

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued a circular requiring appointment of QCR-rated auditors for performance...

ISLAMABAD: For violating Section 10 of the Competition Act, 2010, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) imposed Rs20 million fine...

LAHORE: Askari Bank has posted positive annual financial results for the year ended December 31, 2015. According to the official...

PESHAWAR: The Federal Minister Akram Khan Durrani said a major Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plant had established in district Karak,...

SIALKOT: High Commissioner of Australia to Pakistan Margaret Adamson has assured the Sialkot exporters to provide level playing field for...