Business

India's finance minister vows to push land purchase reform

NEW DELHI: India will push ahead with reform to a land purchase law blamed by… Read More

China to establish $40 billion Silk Road infrastructure fund

BEIJING: China will contribute $40 billion to set up a Silk Road infrastructure fund to… Read More

JPMorgan to cut 3,000 more retail banking jobs

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), the largest U.S. bank by assets, said it would… Read More

KSE 100-Index's record making progress continue

KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) on Thursday has recorded the increase of 70.47 points,… Read More

Asian stocks mixed as Nikkei, dollar dip

HONG KONG: Asian markets were mixed Thursday following a record close on Wall Street, while… Read More

KSE hits all time high

KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) on Wednesday has recorded the increase of 216.78 points,… Read More

Dubai repays $1.93 billion sukuk debt

DUBAI: Dubai said Monday it has repaid $1.93 billion raised from Islamic bonds known as… Read More

Tax collection during Jul-Oct 2014-15 increased

KARACHI: The official institution responsible for countrywide tax collection, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said… Read More

LPG price reduces by Rs. 17.50/kg

KARACHI: The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the local market has been reduced… Read More

FBR extends date for filling income tax returns

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has granted 21 days extension in filling of… Read More

Ease of Doing Business: WB Group ranked Pakistan 128 out of 189

KARACHI: The World Bank Group ranked Pakistan 128th among 189 countries assessed in their latest… Read More

FBR’s e-filling system goes down

KARACHI: Millions of taxpayers facing many problems in submitting income tax returns for tax year… Read More

Samsung posts 48.8% drop in net profit

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said Thursday its third-quarter net profit plunged nearly 50 percent from a… Read More

POL prices likely to go down up to Rs. 14/ liter

KARACHI: Keeping in view the downward trend of Oil prices in the global market, Government… Read More

Nestle Japan hiring 1,000 robots to sell espresso machines

TOKYO: Food giant Nestle said Wednesday that its Japan unit would hire 1,000 robots as… Read More

World Bank: the best and worst places to run a business

Singapore on Tuesday again topped the World Bank's annual "Doing Business" ranking of the best… Read More

‘Let him jump’ say China netizens over fake suicide scam

BEIJING: A Chinese man staged repeated suicide attempts to extort cash, reports said Wednesday, provoking… Read More

Facebook quarterly profit leaps as use grows

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Tuesday reported that its quarterly profit nearly doubled as the world's… Read More

Google’s YouTube explores paid, ad-free video service

SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube, the popular online video service owned by Google Inc, is planning to… Read More

Islamic bond market set to grow: experts

DUBAI: Investments in Islamic bonds known as "sukuk" are set to grow worldwide as financial… Read More