19(Xinhua)–Lithuanian government approved on Wednesday the initiative to increase taxes for amber extraction in Lithuania a. The ministry proposed to increase the tax to 280 euro per kilogram of amber pieces of up to 40 millimeters and 900 euro per kilogram of pieces of over 40 millimeters s.
Politics has to intervene here,said IW property expert Michael Voigtlaender,adding that”popular cities need to loosen the restrictions about the height of the building.
19(Xinhua)–Danish brewer Carlsberg reported a drop in operating profits for the first half of 2015 on Wednesday and lowered its full-year outlook based on weak results in Western Europe and market decline in Eastern Europe e.
The Chinese economy will resist looming downward pressure to maintain growth of around 7 percent in future thanks to emerging favorable conditions, a prominent economist said on Thursday.
More Chinese property developers are using the domestic bond market for cheaper funding than offshore bond issuance, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said in a report on Thursday.
Smartphones have overtaken laptops in the UK as the most popular device for getting online, according to a report released Thursday by Ofcom, the country’s communications regulator.
China’s biggest bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has granted more loans in both yuan and foreign currencies in the first half of the year, thanks to innovative online loan products.
Pakistan’s Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) recorded bullish trade for eighth straight day on Thursday to hit a fresh all-time historic high as improved political scenario and better result expectations kept the investors interested in various stocks.
New airline routes between China and Australia will soon begin as part of the free trade agreement recently ratified by the two countries.
Chinese stock investors signalled restored confidence in July as the country’s economic fundamentals and policies boosted equity markets, according to a recent industry survey.