COLOMBO: Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen said " Sri Lanka's footwear and leather exports in 2015 increased to...

TAIPEI: New home construction totaled NT$178.5 billion (US$5.33 billion) in the final quarter of last year, shrinking 38 percent from...

CAPE TOWN: Sasol has held discussions with various entities in Africa outside of SA on the long-term potential for a...

DOHA: Global oil and gas capital expenditures (Capex) dropped by 26 percent in 2015, and is expected another round of...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government expects the country’s total trade numbers to expand 2% this year, faster than the 1.2% growth...

KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) yesterday announced Operating Profits of KD 87.3 million for 2015, up 5.8% from...

HONG KONG: A Spanish man was caught trying to smuggle European eels, an endangered species, at the Hong Kong airport...

SINGAPORE - Singtel posted a 1.7 per cent drop in net profit to S$954 million in the third quarter, on...

OSLO: A Chinese investment consortium is offering $1.2 billion for Norway's Opera Software, which provides services for apps and web...

BEIJING: China's outstanding home loans for individual purchase continued to rise in 2015, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said...

BEIJING: The fiscal performance of China's local governments could be pressed by the decline of land sales, a Fitch Ratings...

STOCKHOLM: The Swedish central bank on Thursday sent its key repo interest rate into further negative territory as it said...

BELGRADE: World Bank is ready to help Serbian economy to develop through implementation of new technologies, said Tony Verheijen, World...

BRUSSELS: Employment and activity rates have continued to increase in the European Union (EU), and in the third quarter of...

MANILA: Alert operatives of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) in the Port of Batangas have seized millions of...

BEIJING: Fewer imported wines were rejected by Chinese customs in 2015 amid strong growth in wine import, shows official figures....

MOSCOW: Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has issued an order to the Russian Federal Customs Service to significantly...

DUBLIN: A man in 40s has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the seizure of €930,000 worth of...

DUBLIN: Revenue officers have seized contraband cigarettes and tobacco worth around €10,700 in Co Tipperary. The find was made after...

JAKARTA: KS Energy Limited (the Company and together with its subsidiaries, the Group) reported Thursday that PT Java Star Rig...