COPENHAGEN:  In its policy paper on a proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), the Treasury outlines how taxing soft drinks...

MANILA: Anyone who wants to check on transactions in Manila ports should be able to do so through closed circuit...

DUBLIN: Irish building materials group Kingspan reported a jump in first-half profit and sales thanks to acquisitions and strong insulated...

PARIS: The Financial Times and Bloomberg were among news groups reporting that an announcement of a takeover could come early...

DUBLIN: The Small Firms Association has called on the Government to return capital gains tax to the 20 per cent...

BANGKOK: Thailand’s central bank is concerned further appreciation of the baht will hurt exporters and damage the nation’s economic recovery. The...

KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil prices are seen averaging at 2,678 ringgit per tonne in 2016, up nearly 18 percent...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's annual inflation rate likely slowed for a fifth consecutive month in July, to 1.2 per cent, as...

SINGAPORE:  Hoping to turn a quick profit over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a man who tried to illegally...

WASHINGTON: Vishakhapatnam Port will invest over Rs 450 crore in various projects, including development of a multi-cargo, to expand its...

WASHINGTON: by Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg) Traffic through Canada’s biggest port fell during the first half of the year, hit...

TEHRAN: Iran has revealed plans to export gas to Europe, said a senior official recently in a report. Iran’s main...

MONTEGO BAY: The Port Authority of Jamaica will be investing some US$40 million to upgrade the Montego Bay Port to...

NEW DELHI: India's import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) shrunk for the first time this year in July, ending a...

SEOUL: The official statistics released by the Korean administration suggests huge drop in scrap steel import volume by the country...

BEIJING: China, the world's top sugar buyer, imported 420,000 tonnes of sugar in July, down 13.6 percent from a year...

WASHINGTON: As the nation’s economic fortune continues to dwindle, Nigerian ports have recorded drops in the cargo throughput for the...

ISLAMABAD: Ashir Azeem Gil, a BS-19 officer of Pakistan Customs Service, has been allowed premature retirement from the government service....

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Ports and Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) have signed a long-term contract for the construction of...

PESHAWAR: The federal and provincial governments have been urged to introduce an interest-free banking system in the country on Sunday....