KARACHI: Pakistani rupee Monday remained firm against the US dollar both in open market and interbank. As per the local...

LAHORE: The Punjab Fisheries Department is spending Rs632m to establish new hatcheries and nursery units to meet the growing demand...

BERLIN: Berlin needs tax cuts for growth, not more Keynesian spending. It’s a ritual Gather some economists in a room...

LAHORE: Economic decisions must be taken after thorough consultations with all stakeholders, said Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) President Dr Murtaza...

VALENCIA: This will be Konecranes’ third RTG delivery to the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Terminal Valencia. When the three RTGs...

OSLO: Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, has excluded 52 coal-related companies after new ethical guidelines went into effect...

BUDAPEST: The government will cut the banking tax by 20 billion forints (EUR 64m) in 2017, economy minister Mihály Varga...

AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands is making a major effort to ensure it makes European tax agreements which are transparent, junior finance...

ATHENS: Budget revenues slumped last month, official figures from the Finance Ministry showed on Friday, as they posted a shortfall...

LAHORE: The Punjab government will procure four million metric tonnes wheat from farmers and has established 376 wheat procurement centres...

COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s biopharmaceutical sector, led by insulin giant Novo Nordisk, is experiencing a golden age as researchers reap the rewards...

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB), increasingly under fire in Germany over its ultra-loose monetary policies, is likely to go...

TAIPEI: State-run oil refiner CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC) yesterday said that it would raise its gasoline and diesel prices by...

JAKARTA: Recent trade data shows that Indonesia booked a US $4.3 billion trade deficit with China in the first quarter....

ISLAMABAD: Abdul Majid Yousfani, a Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-20, has assumed the charge of the post of Chief,...

ISLAMABAD: Sher Khan, Appraiser (BS-16), Model Customs Collectorate of Apprasiement-West, Karachi, has been exonerated from charges level against him. The...

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) reported net profits of KD 78.9 million ($262million) for the first quarter of 2016...

GENEVA: People living in Switzerland shoulder one of the lowest income tax burdens in the world, according to the latest...

PARIS: Europe's five leading economies called here the other day for a crackdown on tax havens, urging the G20 powers...

DUBLIN: Ireland's tax treaties cost developing nations millions of euro in lost revenue, according to a new report by ActionAid....