Moscow and Minsk can bring mutual trade to $50 billion, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

 

"We are able to bring mutual trade to the $50 billion level. To compare, I just visited India with population of 1.1 billion people, whose trade turnover with Russia is roughly $10 billion," TASS cited the Russian leader as saying.

 

Malaysia’s halal exports may hit RM50 billion mark this year, earlier than 2020 target on stronger demand, unfazed by the global trade slowdown, Halal Industry Development Corp (HDC) said.

 

This will be at least 11 per cent growth from last year’s RM45 billion, higher than 2.6 per cent growth from 2016 to 2017 and Malaysian Islamic Development Department’s (Jakim) year-end growth target of 10 per cent.

 

The export value currently stood at RM20 billion this year.

 

Georgia has reached a historic high in terms of effectiveness of corruption control and governance, according to the World Bank report 'Worldwide Governance Indicators'.

 

Georgia scored 77.40% on Control of Corruption 100% scale, which is a historic high, Agenda.ge reported.

 

old, known as a "safe haven," has come to be preferred by central banks as well as individual investors since the outbreak of the global financial crisis. Central banks in the first half of this year added 193.3 tons of gold to their reserves, the highest level since 2015. With 125.8 tons of gold, Turkey was named the second country achieving the highest increase in gold reserves since early 2017.

 

Global waste could grow by 70 percent by 2050 as urbanization and populations rise, said the World Bank on Thursday, with South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa set to generate the biggest increase in rubbish.

 

Countries could reap economic and environmental benefits by better collecting, recycling and disposing of trash, according to a report, which calculated that a third of the world’s waste is instead dumped openly, with no treatment.

 

 Libya is eager to buy 1 million tonnes of wheat and animal feed from Russia for around $700 million, Libyan Government of National Accord Economy and Industry Minister Nasir Shaglan said in an interview published Sunday.

 

Azerbaijan and Russia may increase trade turnover by 20-25%, Russia's Deputy Economic Development Minister Azer Talibov said on the sidelines of the 9th Azerbaijan-Russia Interregional Forum.

 

According to him, in order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to eliminate certain obstacles in mutual trade. "If these obstacles are eliminated, we can increase the turnover by 20-25%," the deputy minister stressed.

 

The ruble ranked among the top three undervalued world currencies, according to Deutsche Bank's Behavioral Equilibrium Exchange Rate (BEER). It is 15% weaker than its "fair rate," the bank's economist said. In the review of Deutsche Bank, the analyst predicts the strengthening of the Russian currency to 60 rubles per dollar.

 

More employees across all UAE economic sectors received salary increases in 2018 compared to the previous year, with 72% of companies across the country awarding their workers raises. 

 

The number of companies paying out bonuses also increased to 65% across all organisations surveyed compared to just 50% in 2017, said new data from the Korn Ferry 2018 Salary and Benefits Study.

 

Saudi Arabia has raised $2 billion in new sukuk, or Islamic bonds, completing its external funding requirements for 2018.

 

The transaction is the kingdom’s second international sale of sukuk after a $9 billion issue last year.

 

The bond sale was “part of the Ministry of Finance’s commitment to the development of the Shariah-compliant debt capital markets,” the country’s debt management office said in a statement on Thursday.