By Selena Li HONG KONG, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Citigroup expects to get regulatory approval for its wholly-owned China brokerage business as soon as this month and plans to add several dozen staff at the …
Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan set $200m trade target, sign major accords to deepen strategic ties
Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to raise bilateral trade from $16 million to $200 million within two years. PM Shehbaz Sharif and President Sadyr Japarov vowed to turn longstanding friendship into a …
Kazakhstan Eases Stock Market Access, But Liquidity Remains Key Challenge, Expert Says
The Astana International Exchange has also operated a Regional Equity Market Segment since 2020, which Turekhanov describes as broadly comparable with London’s AIM market.
Sri Lanka urges farmers to change cultivation timetable, irrigation due to El Nino
ECONOMYNEXT — Sri Lanka authorities have urged farmers to complete sowing by mid-October to withstand heavy rains and prepare for an El Niño-driven dry spell early next year. The island nation is …
Travelling to Uzbekistan? Indians can now pay through UPI while abroad by scanning UZQR codes
Under the partnership, Indian tourists, business travellers and students will be able to make person-to-merchant (P2M) payments directly from their Indian bank accounts while travelling in Uzbekistan …
Iraqi Dates Expo Planned for Late October
By John Lee. Plans are under way for an Iraqi Dates Exhibition, scheduled for the end of October, aimed at promoting the export potential of Iraqi dates and strengthening their position in domestic …
Record August for TIR Transit Journeys in Iraq
By John Lee. Iraq recorded 1,754 cross-border transit journeys under the TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers) system in August, continuing a trend of growth in international road freight transit.
Citi eyes China brokerage unit licence as soon as this month, sources say
Citigroup expects to get regulatory approval for its wholly-owned China brokerage business as soon as this month and plans to add several dozen staff at the unit over the next few months, said two …
Bahrain: LuLu set to invest $165mln in six new outlets
LuLu Group chairman and managing director Yusuff Ali MA revealed the proposal, highlighting a focus on the sale of Bahraini products …
Georgia sees record $35.2 billion in business investments
Georgia has set a record for business investment, with roughly $35.2 billion in project commitments in the past fiscal year, state leaders said.