Discounts, promotions spur sales in US holiday season
Sales during the 2013 US holiday season grew from a year earlier as deep discounting and increased promotions encouraged consumers…
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UPS glitches could boost US delivery competition
NEW YORK: UPS scrambled on Thursday to deliver packages that had failed to arrive in time for Christmas as the…
Tokyo’s Nikkei logs fresh six-year high
TOKYO: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 edged up 0.03 per cent yesterday to a fresh six-year high as late buying pushed the…
Small jet makers see big chance as China prepares to open skies
BEIJING: Ferraris and Rolls-Royces have become common sights in China’s cities as a new class of super-rich indulge a growing…
Saifuddin takes over helm at SEDCO
KUCHING: Pengiran Saifuddin Pengiran Tahir has been appointed as new group general manager of Sabah Economic Development Corporation (SEDCO) effective…
USABC expert: tpp will bring substantial benefits to M’sia
NEW YORK: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which is being debated in some of the member states in the Association of…
RAM Ratings reaffirms Kenanga IB’s A3/Stable/P1 ratings
KUCHING: RAM Ratings has reaffirmed Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd’s (Kenanga IB) A3/Stable/P1 financial institution ratings. The ratings reflect Kenanga IB’s…
Perdana Petroleum to take more deliveries of vessels in 2014
KUCHING: Perdana Petroleum Bhd (Perdana Petroleum) is expected to take more deliveries of vessels next year which signaled increased jobflows…