Markets Vietnam July coffee export to drop from June-traders HANOI: Vietnam is expected to export between 45,000 tonnes and 70,000 tonnes, or 750,000 to 1.17 million bags, of coffee Published 05 Jul, 2011 09:38am
Business & Finance Indian court directs Idea Cellular on overlapping licenses MUMBAI: An Indian court has directed Idea Cellular, the country's fifth-biggest mobile carrier, to seek prior permission Published 05 Jul, 2011 09:31am
Business & Finance China's local govt debt understated by $540bn: Moody's BEIJING: China's local government debt burden may be 3.5 trillion yuan ($540 billion) larger than auditors estimated, pu Published 05 Jul, 2011 09:17am
Markets Palm oil to edge up to 3,136 ringgit per tonne SINGAPORE: Malaysian palm oil still struggles for a weak rebound which could be limited to 3,136 ringgit per tonne. A Published 05 Jul, 2011 09:06am
World Fox News Twitter account hacked, claims Obama dead WASHINGTON: Hackers broke into an official Twitter account operated by Fox News early Monday and posted a series of twee Published 04 Jul, 2011 01:28pm
Life & Style Lady Gaga wows Taiwan, vows Asia tour next year TAIPEI: Lady Gaga promised her legions of fans on Monday that she would be back to hold an Asian tour next year, after t Published 04 Jul, 2011 10:28am
Top News 'Pakistan should learn strategy from Japan to uplift SME sector' KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Muhammad Saeed Shafiq, in a meeting with the Consul Published 04 Jul, 2011 09:57am
Markets Indonesia cocoa output may fall to 420,000 tonnes SINGAPORE: Indonesia, the world's third-largest cocoa producer, may see this year's output fall to its lowest since at l Published 04 Jul, 2011 09:31am
Markets Ukraine's ViOil plans $144 mln Warsaw IPO KIEV: Ukrainian sunflower and rapeseed oil producer ViOil plans to raise at least $144 million by selling 28 to 37 perce Published 04 Jul, 2011 09:15am
Markets South Korea inflation-linked bond market has room to grow-HSBC SEOUL: South Korea's inflation-protected bond market seems to be undervalued due to a lack of liquidity and low trading Published 04 Jul, 2011 09:00am
Top News 'Banks to improve internal control procedures for fraudulent cheques' KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Saturday advised all banks to assess adequacy and implementation of their inte Published 02 Jul, 2011 12:11pm
Top News Dr. Ishrat Husain inaugurates SBP museum, art gallery KARACHI: Director, Institute of Business Administration IBA and former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan Dr. Ishrat Husai Published 02 Jul, 2011 12:03pm
Pakistan Soft launch event of Pakistani mangoes held at Asda Store MANCHESTER: It is heartening to inform that a soft launch event of Pakistani mangoes was held at Asda Store in Longsight Published 01 Jul, 2011 01:35pm
Top News FPCCI for women exploring new business frontiers KASHGAR: President Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Senator Haji Ghulam Ali, on Friday s Published 01 Jul, 2011 09:25am
Business & Finance PEMRA takes action against illegal channels KARACHI: PEMRA has launched action against illegal and proscribed channels being run by cable TV operators in Sindh, Pun Published 01 Jul, 2011 08:51am
Business & Finance More people claim falling sick due to heat intensity: Survey ISLAMABAD : According to the results of a Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan this year Published 01 Jul, 2011 08:05am
Top News SBP amends EF-1, EE-1 statements KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that in order to strengthen the monitoring mechanism of finance provi Published 30 Jun, 2011 11:12am
Top News China increases import of Vietnamese agro-products HANOI : China has stepped up buying farm products from Vietnam , including coffee, rice and rubber as it grapples wit Published 30 Jun, 2011 10:20am
Top News South Korea-EU trade deal to have global impact: envoy SEOUL : A sweeping free trade agreement between South Korea and the European Union will have a worldwide impact, the E Published 30 Jun, 2011 10:11am
Top News German official retail sales mark four-year drop in May FRANKFURT : German retail sales showed the sharpest drop for four years in May, provisional official data showed on Thur Published 30 Jun, 2011 09:30am