Pakistan stocks dip 561 points on economic uncertaintyPakistan equities closed Monday negative with benchmark KSE-100 Index shedding 561 points, closing at 40,327 levels, further down 1.4 percent. The local bourse remained volatile KSE-100, making a high...
Focus: IKEA accelerates services drive as competition stiffensJessica Reznik likes IKEA's prices but not do-it-yourself. So when the Swedish furniture giant said a handyman on odd-jobs site TaskRabbit could assemble her new dresser and nightstand in her New York...
Oil prices fall on rising US rig count, Illinois refinery outageOil prices fell on Monday as drilling activity in the United States picked up and a refinery fire in the US state of Illinois resulted in the shutdown of a large crude distillation unit. Concerns abou...
Water security a global issue as 2 billion worldwide lack access to clean waterWater security is a global issue that all countries must get ahead of, Dubai’s Water and Electricity Authority (DEWA) chief executive Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer warned on Monday, as he laid out Dubai’s 2...
Overseas Pakistanis remit US $12.77 billion in the first seven months of FY19Overseas Pakistani workers remitted US$ 12774.02 million in the first seven months of FY19 as compared with US$11383.47 million received during the same period in the preceding year. During January 20...
Asian markets rise as US-China trade talks loomAsian stocks saw gains Monday as US and Chinese officials in Beijing geared up for crunch trade talks aimed at averting fresh tariff escalations. Mainland Chinese markets reopened higher after the wee...