BRUSSELS, Oct 4 (AFP): European Union regulators on Friday cleared the buyout of the WhatsApp mobile messaging service by Facebook, despite opposition by telecom companies afraid of the growing power of US technology giants. In a statement explaining its approval...
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) : US employers ramped up hiring in September and the jobless rate fell to a six-year low, bolstering bets the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates in mid-2015. Friday's report on employment is the most significant...
KHULNA, Oct 4 (BSS): Sale of refrigerators has marked a boost in the city as Eid-ul-Azha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice, is approaching fast, said manufacturers and vendors. Khulna is witnessing a brisk sale of refrigerator in the city markets...
DUBAI, Oct 4 (Gulf News): Dubai's foreign trade in products that are widely in demand during Eid festivities, such as readymade clothes, shoes, perfumes and cosmetics, climbed to around Dh28.2 billion in the first half of 2014, a 12 per...
BEIJING, Oct 4 (Xinhuanet): Despite recent growth, China's outbound investment remains small compared to developed countries like the US. But as more and more large private companies continue to emerge and flourish in China, analysts say they expect those firms...
BEIJING, Oct 4 (Reuters): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend a summit of European and Asian leaders on a trip starting next week that will also include a visit to Germany and the signing of energy and high-speed rail deals...
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (AFP): Record oil exports helped shrink the US trade deficit in August, pointing to stronger economic growth in the third quarter, a Commerce Department report showed Friday. The trade gap fell to $40.1 billion in August from...
DUBAI, Oct 4 (Gulf News): Emirates Group's dnata will start construction on a new cargo terminal at Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) in the second quarter next year, Jon Conway, senior vice president - UAE airport operations,...
BEIJING, Oct 4 (Xinhua): China's electronics manufacturing industry saw sales value grow 9.7 per cent year on year to 6.42 trillion yuan (US$1.04 trillion) in the first eight months of 2014, latest official data showed. The growth rate marked a...
REYKJAVIK, Oct 4 (Xinhua): Iceland saw its balance of trade decrease slightly to a surplus of US$45.3 million in September from a surplus of $55.4 million in August, according to a press release issued Friday by Statistics Iceland. Preliminary figures...
BRUSSELS, Oct 4 (Xinhua): The eurozone seasonally volume of adjusted retail trade rose by 1.2 per cent in August compared with July, the statistical office of the European Union (EU) Eurostat said Friday. For the 28-nation EU area, the retail...
BRUSSELS, Oct 4 (AFP): European Union competition regulators gave the green light Friday for a merger between US banana giant Chiquita and Irish rival Fyffes to create the world's biggest producer. Chiquita's merger with Fyffes was announced in March and...
MOSCOW, Oct 4 (Reuters) : Iran is not ready to replace Russia as a key gas supplier if sanctions against Tehran are removed, Itar-Tass news agency quoted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as telling Russian TV channel Rossiya 1. The European...
TAIPEI, Oct 4 (AFP): Taiwan's health minister Chiu Wen-ta has resigned over a food safety scare that has gripped the island after hundreds of tonnes of products made with "gutter oil" were removed from sale. Chiu had repeatedly offered to...
LONDON, Oct 4 (AFP) : Commodity prices mainly sank this week as the dollar soared on strong US payrolls data, while many markets were also weighed down by abundant supplies and weak demand, dealers said. Brent oil tumbled Friday to...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-10-05 00:00:00
The country's capital markets witnessed no flotation of closed-end mutual fund (MF) in last 18 months although 36 companies went public during the period, officials said. The asset management companies (AMCs) said they failed to float any closed-end MF due...
Robi Axiata Limited, country's fastest growing mobile operator, has opened a new Customer Experience Center in Chittagong to make it more convenient for its subscribers. The new center is located at BM Heights in Agrabad commercial area. The new customer...
FE Report | 2014-10-05 00:00:00
Apex Spinning and Knitting Mills Limited (ASKML), a listed company, has called for articulating and enforcing the improved standards of building safety, worker health and security in the readymade garment (RMG) industry in order to maintain its growth. "This industry...
The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 325, 210,975.45 on the basis of cost price and Tk 319,375,108.95 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on October 2, 2014. The face value...
MUMBAI, Oct 4 (Business Standard): Benchmark indices posted second weekly decline in a volatile week as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continued to maintain status quo on key policy rates while selling by foreign investors also dampened sentiment in...
NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters): Investors worldwide pulled a net $10.1 billion out of stock funds in the latest week on aversion to risk assets in response to a pullback in US stock prices, data from a Bank of America...
CALIFORNIA, Oct 4 (Reuters): Pacific Investment Management Co suffered a record $23.5 billion of withdrawals from its flagship Pimco Total Return Fund in September, with its largest daily outflow occurring on the day of Bill Gross's surprise resignation from the...
MUMBAI, Oct 4 (Business Standard): IFCI, the Delhi-based government finance company, has postponed its plan to divest 2.5 per cent stake in the National Stock Exchange (NSE). According to two sources in the know of the matter, lower-than-expected bids from...
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