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Business & Finance

Family Dollar rejects latest bid from Dollar General

NEW YORK: Discount retailer Family Dollar on Friday rejected a sweetened $9.8 billion takeover offer from Dollar General

Published 05 Sep, 2014 09:41pm

World

US group launches campaign against 'bad apple' gun sellers

WASHINGTON: US gun control activists said Friday they are launching a national campaign against "bad apple" gun dealers

Published 05 Sep, 2014 09:37pm

World

Renegade Lesotho general 'seizes weapons'

MASERU: A Lesotho general suspected of involvement in last week's attempted coup has seized army weapons in preparat

Published 05 Sep, 2014 09:26pm

World

US rallies Western powers to defeat IS

NEWPORT: US President Barack Obama said on Friday he was confident he could gather a broad international coalition to de

Published 05 Sep, 2014 09:23pm

World

Polish apples hit in sanctions battle, European glut in sight

WOLKA LECZESZYCKA: His apple trees are bending under the weight of ripening fruit, yet Polish orchard-owner Ryszard Wozn

Published 05 Sep, 2014 09:14pm

Business & Finance

ECB lifeline depends on reform by governments: analysts

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank has charged to the rescue of the eurozone once again, but governments' foot-dra

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:59pm

Markets

European stocks slip after ECB surprise

LONDON: Europe's main stock markets closed mixed on Friday as investors digested the ECB's surprise deflation-fi

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:56pm

Markets

European stocks end week mixed

LONDON: European stock markets ended the week mixed on Friday, disrupted by poorer-than-expected US unemployment data. I

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:53pm

World

Russia may need to be 'coerced' to stop bullying its neighbours: Clinton

MEXICO CITY: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday criticized Russia for trying to intimidate its neigh

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:46pm

World

In break from NATO, Obama visits prehistoric Stonehenge

STONEHENGE: After wrestling with threats ranging from Russia to Islamist insurgency in the Middle East, US President Bar

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:40pm

Business & Finance

Alitalia board designates Silvano Cassano as CEO of 'new Alitalia'

MILAN: Italian airline Alitalia said on Friday it had designated Silvano Cassano as CEO of the new company that will be

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:37pm

Business & Finance

Yields slide after US jobs report disappoints

NEW YORK: Benchmark US Treasury debt yields fell from one-month highs on Friday after data showed the world's larges

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:34pm

Markets

Dollar slips, shares pare losses after US data: global markets

NEW YORK: The dollar slipped against the euro and global equity markets rebounded on Friday after data showed US jobs gr

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:32pm

World

US eyes deal with South Korea on F-16 upgrades by year-end: sources

WASHINGTON: The US government hopes to hammer out an agreement with South Korea by the end of the year for the US unit o

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:28pm

World

Nebraska court hears questions about Keystone XL pipeline plan

LINCOLN: Nebraska's Supreme Court heard arguments on Friday about whether Governor Dave Heineman acted properly when

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:24pm

World

Iraq refiles case in US court over disputed Kurdish crude

HOUSTON: Iraq has refiled in US court to gain control of $100 million of Kurdish crude oil on a tanker near Texas, days

Published 05 Sep, 2014 07:21pm

World

Detroit needs to shed debt to afford improvements: witness

DETROIT: Detroit could not afford to undertake a series of necessary improvements without a court-approved plan to shed

Published 05 Sep, 2014 06:49pm

Markets

Statoil Arctic oil well halted after environmental challenge

OSLO: Norwegian oil company Statoil has had to stop drilling at the Arctic Pingvin prospect because of an appeal against

Published 05 Sep, 2014 06:46pm

Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree ceasefire deal

MINSK: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agreed a ceasefire on Friday, the first step towards ending fighting in eastern Uk

Published 05 Sep, 2014 06:44pm

Business & Finance

SNB says vice-chairman Danthine to retire mid-2015

ZURICH: The Swiss National Bank said on Friday its vice-chairman Jean-Pierre Danthine who helped introduce a cap on the

Published 05 Sep, 2014 06:40pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 22	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 22	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 22	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 22	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 21	5,948.71
Nasdaq / Nov 21	18,972.42
Dow Jones / Nov 21	43,870.35
India Sensex / Nov 22	78,147.34
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,170.91
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,202.46
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,225.74

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 22	70.18
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 22	2,691.90
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 22	70.12
Petrol/Litre / Nov 23	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.15 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	620.68 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	69.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,084.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.35 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.15 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	620.68 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	69.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,084.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.35 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	95,563,962 ▲ 0.00
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Nov 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	51,499,190 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 23 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	48,260,119 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	44,585,332 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 23 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	42,849,466 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 23 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	41,650,133 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 23 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	33,841,692 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	25,303,681 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,120,112 ▲ 0.00

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