Business
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China’s producer prices fell at slowest rate for more than 4 years
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: China’s producer prices fell at their slowest rate for more than four years in August, the government said on Friday,another sign of stabilization in the world’s second-largest economy. The news comes a day after... -
54 years old trade embargo of the US has cost Cuba $4.7 billion
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: Cuba said on Friday the United States’s 54- year-old trade embargo has cost the island $4.7 billion since April 2015 despite the former Cold War enemies’ historic rapprochement, reports BSS. Washington and Havana announced... -
Oil prices fell heavily on profit-taking
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: Oil prices fell heavily on Friday on profit- taking, losing nearly all of the previous session’s sizeable gains. But the market netted gains for the week amid hopes of an OPEC-Russia deal to tackle... -
Huawei slashes price of Honor 4X and Y625 smartphones in Bangladesh
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: Huawei has dropped the price of its popular smartphones Huawei Honor 4X and Huawei Y625 in Bangladesh ahead of Eid. The price of Honor 4X has been cut down to 13,990 from 14,990, while... -
Four more factories in Bangladesh achieve substantial completion of Corrective Action Plans
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety announced today that four Alliance-affiliated factories in Bangladesh completed all material components outlined in their Corrective Action Plans during the month of August, and the Alliance has suspended... -
Jaguar Land Rover reported best ever August retail sales of 36,926 vehicles
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s leading manufacturer of premium luxury vehicles, reported its best ever August retail sales of 36,926 vehicles, up 26% compared to August 2015. The month’s performance has been driven by... -
BMW Group named the world’s most sustainable automotive company
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: The BMW Group has once again been named the world’s most sustainable automotive company in the rating published today by RobecoSAM AG for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). The BMW Group is also... -
Ekhanei.com launches campaign for customers in Bangladesh to buy Qurbani cattle
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: To make life easier for people to buy, store and cook Qurbani cattle, Ekhanei.com, the leading classifieds site in Bangladesh, has launched a campaign, titled “Qurbanir Shobkichu Ekhanei”, for all internet users. Ahead of... -
Oil prices edged higher helped by weaker Dollar
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday, helped by a weaker dollar, analysts said, but remained in their recent range, with the market focused on an OPEC meeting on output later this month, reports BSS.... -
VW to resume producing cars in Kenya
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: Volkswagen will resume producing cars in Kenya by the end of the year as it looks to sell more vehicles across the East African region, reports Reuters. After a four-decade pause in production by...
