Federation of Handicraft Associations of Nepal (FHAN) is seeking a change in the country's handicraft export mechanism to be able to draw better export estimates. The Federation said Nepali handicraft exports are quite encouraging, but it ...
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Europe's broad FTSE Eurofirst 300 index finance/markets/index?symbol=gb%21FTPP">.FTEU3, which hit its lowest level of the year on Wednesday, opened up 0.2 percent while London's FTSE 100 .FTSE, Paris's CAC-40 .FCHI and Frankfurt's DAX ...
The textile industry of Pakistan has urged the country’s central bank to reduce the interest rate to 8 percent from the current 9.5 percent. The request has been made ahead of the key policy rate announcement likely to be made ...
Tags: Textile Industry, Textile
WITH $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink struck a deal that's joining thousands like it in a virtual revolution. The Argentine software developer was dealing in bitcoins - getting an injection of ...
THE sharemarket enjoyed a bumper day, closing almost 1.5 per cent higher on positive overseas leads. the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 71.3 points, or 1.45 per cent, at 4976.8 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...
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The recent landmark currency agreement between Australia and China is good news for Australian manufacturers. Under the agreement, exporters will be able to directly trade the Australian dollar with the yuan and vice versa. The deal, ...
Tags: Currency Deal, Boost Trade
Aggressibe new stimulus measures from Japan's central bank helped pull stocks higher and offset a downbeat report from the US labour market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 55.76 points, or 0.4 per cent, to close at 14606.11, ...
The local sharemarket has closed lower as investors struggle to maintain the confidence that marked the earlier months of this year. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said that although mining stocks had performed better on the ...
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The Australian dollar was trading just below its two-month high late today after government data showed retail sales surged again in February. Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3 per cent in February from January, when they rose ...
THE Australian dollar rose today on better-than-expected February trade data but failed to sustain gains as traders wait for central bank meetings. The Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank hold policy meetings in the coming days, ...
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THE Australian dollar pushed higher during Asia trade today, helped by a weaker greenback and after the Reserve Bank of Australia said interest rate cuts are starting to flow through the economy, buoying market expectations that the bank's ...
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US stocks started the second quarter down, pressured by disappointing manufacturing data, after the Dow industrials and S&P500 capped off the first quarter with records. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 5.69 points, or less than ...
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Australian stocks have opened firmer, with the big supermarket chains and energy companies leading the broader market higher. At 10.26am AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 25 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 4991.5 points. The ...
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The dollar has opened near $1.042 as market players look ahead to the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision. At 7am AEDT, the Aussie was at $1.0422, steady with Thursday's local close. Australian markets were closed on Good ...
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According to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, in March this year the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 77.7 percent, rising 3.8 percentage points ...
Tags: metal manufacturing, metal products, manufacturing industry