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Ford earns $2.6b in 1Q

2011-04-27 00:00:00

DEARBORN, Mich, April 26 (AP): Ford Motor Co says it earned $2.6 billion in the first quarter, helped by new vehicles like the Ford Explorer. It was Ford's best first-quarter performance since 1998. The company earned 61 cents per share,...

Indonesian cos urged to enter ME, African markets

2011-04-27 00:00:00

JAKARTA, April 26 (Xinhua): Indonesia's trade ministry continues to encourage the country's companies to expand their export markets in the Middle East and Africa despite the political turmoil in the two regions, the Jakarta Post reported Tuesday. "The political situation...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The rate of decline of the Benchmark General Index DGEN declined on the third trading day of the week although the bearish trend continued as the market lost 0.98%. News of BD Fund registration taking place this Thursday probably led...

UBS net profit down 18pc

2011-04-27 00:00:00

ZURICH, April 26 (AFP): Swiss banking giant UBS said Tuesday that its net profit fell 18 per cent to 1.8 billion francs (1.4 billion euros, $2.0 billion) in the first quarter, hurt by a tax charge and higher personnel costs....

UAE's switch to digital may spark TV boom

2011-04-27 00:00:00

ABU DHABI, April 26 (Arabian Business.com): The UAE will switch to fixed digital television by 2013 offering new opportunities to operators and broadcasters and diversifying TV content, the country's telecoms regulator said Tuesday. The move from analog broadcasting will smooth...

Roadside bombs kill 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan

2011-04-27 00:00:00

KABUL, Apr 24: Roadside bombs killed three NATO service members and a gunman shot dead a prominent local official in southern Afghanistan, where thousands of Afghan and international troops are bracing for an expected spring resurgence of Taliban attacks, officials...

N Korea threatens to destroy US

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SEOUL, Apr 24 : North Korea has again threatened to destroy the United States and South Korea. The communist North issued its latest war rhetoric on the eve of its army's anniversary. The official Korean Central News Agency says that...

Spanish photographer calls parents from Libya jail

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MADRID, Apr 24: The parents of a Spanish photojournalist who was captured by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi say they received a phone call from him in which he said he was well but in a Tripoli jail....

Five women murdered in Mexico beach resort

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 24: Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said. The semi-naked and bound bodies of two women and a...

Housewife's body found hanging

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a housewife named Ferdousi Begum (20), from her house at Gokornaghat of the Brahmanbaria town Saturday. Ferdousi was wife of Shahin Mia of Gokornaghat. Her body was hanging from the ceiling of the room. Sadar Thana...

Body recovered in Sirajganj

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a young man, aged about (24) from Bakua area on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Ullapara Upazila of Sirajganj Saturday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police suspected that miscreants following a previous enmity...

Smuggled drugs destroyed in Benapole

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed smuggled drugs worth about Tk 90 million at the BGB office in Jessore Saturday.The destroyed drugs include 15,690 bottles of phensidyl, 2400 bottles of foreign liquor, 65.5 litres of stolen liquor, 4.5kg of hemp...

Call to create 'special' market for women

2011-04-27 00:00:00

FE Report Speakers at a discussion stressed Tuesday on adequate training for women who run small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to involve them in the business development process. Tailor-made training will help the women business community to operate their businesses...

Oil slightly up in Europe

2011-04-27 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 26 (Commodity Online): Oil prices staged a slight recovery in European trade Tuesday as the dollar eased from recent gains while some investors began brisk buying ahead of US Fed meet outcome. Light sweet crude for June delivery...

India's textiles, cement, shipping sectors to drop sharply

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Apr 26 (Commodity Online): Indian business sectors such as textiles, cement, real estate and shipping will see a sharper drop in profitability, according to CRISIL Research report. Rising input costs will cause India Inc's profitability to decline in 2011-12,...

Gold, silver retreat from records, eye on Fed

2011-04-27 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 26 (Reuters): Silver and gold tumbled Tuesday as investors sold on uncertainty about the direction of monetary policy in the United States, but a softer dollar helped support prices and sentiment. Spot silver ceded nearly 5 per cent...

Gazprom, Japan Co eye LNG plant in Russia

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MOSCOW, April 26 (Reuters): Russia's top energy producer Gazprom and Japan Far East Gas Co consortium signed an agreement to conduct a feasibility study on possible construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Russia. Gazprom also said Tuesday...

Ford earns $2.6b in 1Q

2011-04-27 00:00:00

DEARBORN, Mich, April 26 (AP): Ford Motor Co says it earned $2.6 billion in the first quarter, helped by new vehicles like the Ford Explorer. It was Ford's best first-quarter performance since 1998. The company earned 61 cents per share,...

Indonesian cos urged to enter ME, African markets

2011-04-27 00:00:00

JAKARTA, April 26 (Xinhua): Indonesia's trade ministry continues to encourage the country's companies to expand their export markets in the Middle East and Africa despite the political turmoil in the two regions, the Jakarta Post reported Tuesday. "The political situation...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The rate of decline of the Benchmark General Index DGEN declined on the third trading day of the week although the bearish trend continued as the market lost 0.98%. News of BD Fund registration taking place this Thursday probably led...

UBS net profit down 18pc

2011-04-27 00:00:00

ZURICH, April 26 (AFP): Swiss banking giant UBS said Tuesday that its net profit fell 18 per cent to 1.8 billion francs (1.4 billion euros, $2.0 billion) in the first quarter, hurt by a tax charge and higher personnel costs....

UAE's switch to digital may spark TV boom

2011-04-27 00:00:00

ABU DHABI, April 26 (Arabian Business.com): The UAE will switch to fixed digital television by 2013 offering new opportunities to operators and broadcasters and diversifying TV content, the country's telecoms regulator said Tuesday. The move from analog broadcasting will smooth...

Roadside bombs kill 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan

2011-04-27 00:00:00

KABUL, Apr 24: Roadside bombs killed three NATO service members and a gunman shot dead a prominent local official in southern Afghanistan, where thousands of Afghan and international troops are bracing for an expected spring resurgence of Taliban attacks, officials...

N Korea threatens to destroy US

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SEOUL, Apr 24 : North Korea has again threatened to destroy the United States and South Korea. The communist North issued its latest war rhetoric on the eve of its army's anniversary. The official Korean Central News Agency says that...

Spanish photographer calls parents from Libya jail

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MADRID, Apr 24: The parents of a Spanish photojournalist who was captured by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi say they received a phone call from him in which he said he was well but in a Tripoli jail....

Five women murdered in Mexico beach resort

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 24: Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said. The semi-naked and bound bodies of two women and a...

Housewife's body found hanging

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a housewife named Ferdousi Begum (20), from her house at Gokornaghat of the Brahmanbaria town Saturday. Ferdousi was wife of Shahin Mia of Gokornaghat. Her body was hanging from the ceiling of the room. Sadar Thana...

Body recovered in Sirajganj

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a young man, aged about (24) from Bakua area on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Ullapara Upazila of Sirajganj Saturday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police suspected that miscreants following a previous enmity...

Smuggled drugs destroyed in Benapole

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed smuggled drugs worth about Tk 90 million at the BGB office in Jessore Saturday.The destroyed drugs include 15,690 bottles of phensidyl, 2400 bottles of foreign liquor, 65.5 litres of stolen liquor, 4.5kg of hemp...

RMG exporters fail to benefit from Japan's duty-free offer

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Shah Alam NurCountry's RMG (readymade garments) exporters could not capitalise on the duty-free market facility provided by Japan failing to cope with fast changing fashion there, high lead time with the competitors and lack of confidence in the Bangladeshi entrepreneurs,...