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Pistachio farms are dying of thirst in southern Iran
Business, AFP, Published on 06/09/2016
» Sirjan, Iran: The pistachio trees at the village in southern Iran are long dead, bleached white by the sun -- the underground water reserves sucked dry by decades of over-farming and waste.
Dubai developers shrug off falling prices
Business, AFP, Published on 08/09/2016
» Dubai developers are rolling out their scale models for the city's latest grandiose property projects despite continued falls in real estate prices.
UK brings in polymer banknote
Business, AFP, Published on 14/09/2016
» London: A new polymer banknote featuring wartime leader Winston Churchill went into circulation in Britain yesterday -- one of the first European countries with notes that, literally, can be laundered.
Egypt wineries struggle to revive industry
Business, AFP, Published on 09/08/2016
» Abou al-Matamir, Egypt: Men and women harvest Merlot grapes under the scorching sun in one of Egypt's up-and-coming vineyards, as the Muslim-majority desert country strives to win over international wine connoisseurs.
Banana growers in Ivory Coast are on the comeback trail
Business, AFP, Published on 08/08/2016
» Nieky, Ivory Coast: Two years after devastating floods, banana planters in Ivory Coast have staged a comeback, eyeing an increase in production and new markets for the popular fruit.
Gold demand jumps 15% in Q2 amid global turmoil
Business, AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» London: Demand for gold soared in the second quarter as investors sheltered from global turmoil including Brexit, the World Gold Council said yesterday.
Indonesian airlines cleared to fly to US
Business, AFP, Published on 16/08/2016
» Jakarta: Indonesian airlines have been cleared to fly to the United States after regulators there scrapped a nearly decade-long ban imposed for safety reasons.
Shiny new buses roam streets of Dar es Salaam
Business, AFP, Published on 24/08/2016
» Dar es Salaam: Sweaty passengers crammed into battered buses and stuck in traffic jams look on enviously as Tanzania's shiny new commuter buses fly by on the pristine asphalt of dedicated highway lanes.
KFC's secret recipe might not be so secret anymore
Business, AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» Is the secret KFC recipe a secret no more? KFC heavily publicises its secret recipe, insisting it's kept safely in a vault and transported in an armored truck.
Boss sets sights on returning the Lada maker to profit
Business, AFP, Published on 30/08/2016
» Moscow: Four months after taking the helm of struggling Russian automobile giant AvtoVAZ, former Renault executive Nicolas Maure has set his sights on returning the Lada maker to profit by 2018.