French bakers fume at cut-price supermarket baguettes

Paris, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):French bakers have taken aim at a major supermarket chain that is offering inflation-busting low prices for baguettes, saying the move would undermine competition in one of the country’s prized industries. The Leclerc group said in newspaper ads on Tuesday that “because […]

Chinese shares close higher Wednesday

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua/APP):Chinese stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.84 percent, at 3,597.43 points. The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.39 percent higher at 14,421.2 points. The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two indices stood at 1.061 […]

Libya oil fields back online after 3-week shutdown

Tripoli, Jan 11 (AFP/APP):Production has resumed at four key oil fields in war-torn Libya after a three-week shutdown by gunmen linked to Libya’s Petroleum Facilities Guard, the group said Tuesday. The PFG-affiliated fighters had closed the Sharara, Al-Fil, Al-Wafa and Al-Hamada fields in December over […]

PAJCCI opposes mini-budget

Peshawar – January 11 (ONLINE): Vice President Pak-Afghan Joint Chambers of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) Ziaul Haq Sarhadi while commenting on the Finance (Supplementary) Bill said that amendment in section 25-A of the Customs Act as an unfair decision, calling for withdrawing of the decision […]

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