AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Silicon Valley, the hub of the US tech industry, is traditionally a Democratic political stronghold. But that has perhaps never more been more true than in this election year, with a presidential contest featuring a Republican nominee seen here as more interested in returning to…

Large banks are getting ready to relocate out of the UK early next year over fears around Brexit, the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has warned, reports BBC. Writing in The Observer, its boss Anthony Browne also says smaller banks could move operations overseas by 2017. “Their hands…

Indian Government will offer full support to Chinese companies who want to set up mobile manufacturing plants here to tap the country’s growing handset market, an official said on Saturday, reports PTI from New Delhi. The official said there would be clearly differentiated field for those who…

AFP, TEHRAN: Iranian energy companies including one linked to the Revolutionary Guards will be allowed to bid for major oil projects previously earmarked for foreign firms, the oil minister said ysterday. The move follows complaints from conservatives that foreign energy companies are being allowed…

AFP, NEWYORK: AT&T yesterday unveiled a mega-deal for Time Warner that would transform the telecom giant into a media-entertainment powerhouse positioned…

AFP, JAKARTA:  Apple is battling to gain a foothold in Indonesia after nationalistic regulations hit the US tech giant’s efforts to compete…

AFP, ILAN: Under a shady starfruit tree Taiwanese beekeeper Jiang Hwan-bin tends his hives, pumping out pure honey for a rapidly growing market of health-conscious…

One can start his/her business whenever they are ready. But being an entrepreneur at an early age will definitely add to your advantages. Here are few…

tocks eased yesterday to open week with a positive note when the daily transaction surged on voluminous buying, reports BSS. Over 19 crore shares changed hands at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) at the week’s opening session for Tk 567.35 crore. The higher transaction drove the DSEX index…

AFP, TEHRAN: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called yesterday for increased cooperation between oil-rich nations to stabilise prices as he met with the supreme leader and president of Iran. “To stabilise the price of oil, new mechanisms should be taken and consultation among oil-producing…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The collapse of free trade talks between Canada and the European Union Friday is yet another sign of increasingly stiff resistance to economic globalisation. Despite seven years of talks between Ottawa and Brussels, the CETA Treaty crashed into a wall Friday after being rejected…

AFP, PARIS: Ratings firm Standard & Poor’s raised its outlook on France’s long-term sovereign credit rating to “stable” from “negative”, a move hailed by the government as a “sign of confidence”. The US ratings agency, which stripped France of its…

XINHUA, BEIJING: Locked-up shares worth about 14.838 billion yuan (2.2 billion U.S. dollars) will become eligible for trade on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges in the coming week. About 1.01 billion shares from 24 companies will become tradable on the exchanges from Oct. 24 to 28, according…

XINHUA, LIMA: Fresh avocados worth 386.6 million U.S. dollars led non-traditional Peruvian agricultural exports in the first eight months, up 24.5 per cent year-on-year, Peru’s foreign trade bureau ComexPeru said on Saturday. This rise in exports is linked to a higher demand for avocados around…

AFP, CASTEL GANDOLFO: Private rooms at the pope’s summer residence in Castel Gandolfo  was opened to the public from Saturday at the request of Pope Francis, who has never holidayed there in more than three years as pontiff. The Argentine has refused the traditional trappings of the…