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Kazakhstan to produce 190 000 cars a year by 2019 The task is to bring the number of cars from the current 37 000 to 190 000 cars a year, with the share of locally produced parts from raising from the current 30% to 50%: Industry Minister Asset Issekeshev.

17 May 2014

PlayStation 4 leads jump in US console sales Sony's PlayStation 4 led a surge in console sales that lifted the US video game market in April, said figures released Thursday by market research firm NPD Group.

17 May 2014

Bank of America enters KASE Bank of America has entered the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).

16 May 2014

Mass layoffs expected at ArcelorMittal Temirtau ArcelorMittal Temirtau plans to dismiss almost one thousand Kazakhstan workers in 2014.

16 May 2014

Japan budget carrier cancels flights due to pilot shortage Japanese low cost carrier Vanilla Air said Friday it will cancel scores of flights in June because it does not have enough pilots to fly them.

16 May 2014

Massive PNG gas project loads first shipment Australian energy firm Santos said Friday the first exports from its huge US$19 billion gas project in Papua New Guinea will soon depart for Japan, four years after the joint venture was given the go-ahead.

16 May 2014

Kazakhstan to supply electric locomotives to Azerbaijan Alstom Transport has signed a contract to supply 50 KZ8A freight locomotives produced in Astana-based Elektrovoz Kurastyru Zauitty to Azerbaijan Railways.

16 May 2014

KazMunaiGas discovers new oil KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JCS has announced a new discovery in the Bashkirian tier’s sediments of the Carboniferous period in the Rozhkovskoye field.

16 May 2014

Kazakhstan exports 20.383 million tons of crude and condensed gas in the first quarter In monetary terms, the exports figure for the period made up $16.690 billion, 20.7% up against the like period of 2013.

15 May 2014

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Central Bank Governor on Kazakhstan-based banks According to him, only Halyk Bank could be considered as truly important for the entire banking system as of today, with the new entity of merged KazKommertsbank and BTA having some prospects.

13 May 2014

Kazakhstan is concerned over possible widened economic sanctions against Russia Russia might face a zero economic growth this year. It’s no good news for us as the two economies are interdependent to a great extent: Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor.

13 May 2014

State-run Single Pension Fund to deposit money with Kazakhstan-based banks “I commission the National Bank and the Government to work out a strategy to invest the assets of the Pension Fund, including depositing the money with Kazakhstan-based banks for a long term”, President Nazarbayev said earlier.

13 May 2014

Petrobras probe on US refinery 'near end' An internal investigation of Petrobras' controversial $1.1 billion purchase of a Texas refinery is nearing completion, the Brazilian state oil giant's chief said.

13 May 2014

Air Astana to launch more flights to Europe Kazakhstan’s Air Astana national airline will be performing charter flights from Almaty and Astana to several South European tourist cities.

12 May 2014

Legitimization of assets to bring billions: Kelimbetov Central bank aims to legitimate money and assets to ensure an influx of several billion dollars into the banking sector of Kazakhstan.

12 May 2014

Counting losses from Kashagan suspension Losses from the forthcoming two-year suspension of the Kashagan oilfield development project in Kazakhstan are estimated at two billion dollars in the least.

11 May 2014

London tops super-rich city list, survey shows London has more billionaires than any other city in the world, and Britain has more billionaires per head of population than any other country, new data showed.

11 May 2014

Rakhat Confectionary to expand to China and South Korea Rakhat, a major Kazakhstani confectionary company, plans to expand into foreign markets.

10 May 2014

Nauru applies for IMF membership The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially lodged an application for entry to the International Monetary Fund, the global financial body said.

10 May 2014