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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 14	277.83
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 14	277.63
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 14	155.86
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 14	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 14	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 14	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	5,985.38
Nasdaq / Nov 13	19,230.72
Dow Jones / Nov 13	43,958.19
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,517.41
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 14	38,680.99
Hang Seng / Nov 14	19,503.42
FTSE 100 / Nov 14	8,042.72
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 14	19,122.26

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 12	231,911
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,085
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 14	67.97
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 14	2,558.37
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 14	71.10
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	599.28 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	62.51 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.80 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,019.78 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.25 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	599.28 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	62.51 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.80 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,019.78 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.25 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 15 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	43,291,848 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 15 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,201,636 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	31,524,926 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 15 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,455,465 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Nov 15 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	26,996,630 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	26,013,918 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 15 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	25,704,933 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 15 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	23,694,836 ▲ 0.00
Secure Logistics / Nov 15 Secure Logistics Group Limited(SLGL)	23,623,241 ▲ 0.00

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