World Islamic Finance Forum 2018 to kick off from March 19Karachi: The second two-day World Islamic Finance Forum (WIFF) 2018 being organized by CEIF-IBA in collaboration with LUMS and INCEIF will start from March 19, 2018 in Karachi. The unique conference b...
EU industry steels itself for US tariffsFRANKFURT/LONDON: European steelmakers are pinning their hopes on the European Union being able to negotiate an exemption from new US steel import tariffs that have raised fears of a damaging trade wa...
US economy creates 313,000 jobs in February; wage growth slowsWASHINGTON: The US economy added the biggest number of jobs in more than 1-1/2 years in February, but a slowdown in wage growth pointed to only a gradual increase in inflation this year. Nonfarm payro...
Bull market aging but still has juice to break recordNEW YORK: The bull market for stocks turned nine years old on Friday and, despite being long in the tooth, appears poised to set the record as the longest in history, buoyed by global economic growth...
US eases way to more tariff exemptions under pressure from alliesWASHINGTON: The United States opened the way for more exemptions from its steel and aluminum tariffs on Friday, after pressure from allies and intense lobbying from lawmakers, further diluting the mea...