MUMBAI: Apple opened its first retail store in India on Tuesday, underscoring the US tech titan’s increasing focus on the South Asian nation as a key sales market and alternative manufacturing hub to China.

BRUSSELS, April 18 (KUNA) -- The European Commission Tuesday adopted a proposal to adjust and further strengthen the EU's existing bank crisis management and deposit insurance framework, with a focus on medium-sized and smaller banks.

NEW DELHI, April 18 (KUNA) -- India and Russia on Tuesday agreed to unlock full potential of bilateral trade and economic relationship.

TOKYO, April 18 (KUNA) -- China's economy grew 4.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, official data showed Tuesday.

By Nawab Khan

BRUSSELS, April 18 (KUNA) -- The growth in Belgian-Gulf trade relations is a clear sign of a bright and promising future in trade and economic relations between the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Belgium, said Qaisar Hijazin, Secretary General of the Arab-Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (ABLCC).

Kuwait: Boursa Kuwait published its second standalone Sustainability Report, demonstrating the company’s ongoing commitment to reporting environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and their adoption in its operations and the wider Kuwaiti capital market.

KUWAIT: Boubyan Bank has announced KD 27.6 million in operating profits for the first quarter of this year, thus recording KD 20.6 million in net profits at a growth rate of 22 percent compared with last year, while the earnings per share amount to 4.4 fils.

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has announced its financial results for the three-month period ended 31 March 2023.

KUWAIT, April 17 (KUNA) -- Docking of the container freight ship of Abu Dhabi Ports Group at Al-Shuwaikh Port set the stage for boosting Kuwaiti-UAE commercial exchanges, said the Acting Director General of Kuwait Ports Authority Issa Al-Mulla on Monday.