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French unemployment hits new record
Unemployment in France hit a new record in September, with official statistics published showing 3.43 million people claimed jobless benefits.
25 October 2014
Virus-free potato to hit Kazakhstan market in 2016
Kazakhstani scientists have developed virus-free potato that will soon hit the shelves of Kazakh stores.
23 October 2014
Dollar gains as eurozone concerns linger
The dollar Friday climbed against other currencies following dovish comments from US and British central bankers and continued concern about the eurozone
18 October 2014
Apple starts iPhone 6 sales in key China market
Apple began selling its latest iPhone in China Friday, nearly a month after other major territories due to a licence delay by regulators.
17 October 2014
Oil prices and currency rates approach alarming levels for Kazakhstan
Financial analyst Anna Kokoreva explains how the oil prices pressure Kazakhstan's economy.
15 October 2014
Russia's ruble hits new record low as oil price adds pressure
Russia's ruble slumped to new all-time lows against the euro and dollar despite the central bank spending billions to defend the currency.
14 October 2014
Eurasian Economic Union to resolve Kazakhstan's fuel problems
The Eurasian Economic Union, according to the former head of the KazMunaiGas Lyazzat Kiinov, will have a positive effect on the situation with petrol in Kazakhstan.
10 October 2014
Kazakhstan to export lamb to Bahrain and later to China and Iran
Kazakhstan's agriculture development holding KazAgro has started exporting meat to Bahrain.
19 September 2014
Additional gas to be imported from Russia: KazMunaiGas Onimderi
KazMunaiGaz will import addition AI-92 gas from Russia to Kazakhstan.
01 September 2014
Kazakh tour companies losing market to Russian firms
Kazakhstani tour operators may eventually be forced out of business by Russian companies through 'dumping'.
30 August 2014
Yellen: US jobs market 'yet to fully recover'
Federal Reserve Chair rebuffed pressure from inflation hawks to move faster toward a rate hike, saying the US jobs market still shows slack.
23 August 2014
Kazakhstan’s dairy kings not interested in Russian market
Kazakhstan’s leading producers of dairy products Rodina and Zenchenko and Co are not planning to enter the Russian market.
14 August 2014
Re-export of banned goods to Russia through Kazakhstan and Belarus
Vladimir Putin’s response to the countries supporting sanctions against Russia in the form of an import ban might not be as effective as expected.
11 August 2014
Kazakh President orders demolition of all unregulated markets
The issue of demolishing unregulated markets in Kazakhstan has been raised more than once. Now, Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev is ordering their closure across the entire country.
06 August 2014
New Air Kazakhstan airplanes presented in Astana
Bombardier Aerospace has presented a Q400 NextGen airplane in Astana. Kazakhstan is planning to purchase several of those for its new airlines.
08 July 2014
Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit
Samsung estimated Tuesday that its operating profit would plunge nearly 25 percent on year in the second quarter of 2014, as cheap Chinese devices and a strong won hammered down its share of the global smartphone market.
08 July 2014
Oil extends losses on return of Libyan supplies
Oil extended losses in Asia Thursday on prospects that Libya will begin exporting more crude into a global market flush with supplies, while easing concerns about the Iraqi crisis also weighed on prices.
03 July 2014
Landmark Swiss-China free-trade deal comes into force
A watershed free-trade deal between China and Switzerland came into force on Tuesday, the first such accord between the Asian giant and a mainland European economy.
02 July 2014
Morocco raises 1bn euro bond on international market
Morocco has raised one billion euros ($0.7 billion) on the international market in a 10-year bond at 3.5 percent, Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid said.
14 June 2014
Keep calm and drink tea, Kazakhstan spends millions to import it
Kazakhstan is steadily increasing its import of tea, which reached 32,000 tons worth $147 million in 2013 alone.
13 June 2014