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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 / Dec 24	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 24	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.10
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 23	5,974.07
Nasdaq / Dec 23	19,764.89
Dow Jones / Dec 23	42,906.95
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
India Sensex / Dec 24	78,616.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 24	39,036.85
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,130.86

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 23	241,087.80
Petrol/Litre / Dec 24	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	69.54
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 24	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,618.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 24	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.99 ▲ 1.00 (20.04%)
Next Capital / Dec 24 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	8.90 ▲ 1.00 (12.66%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 24 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9 ▲ 1.00 (12.50%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 24 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.13 ▲ 1.47 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 24 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.58 ▲ 1.42 (10.03%)
Mandviwala / Dec 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	16.59 ▲ 1.51 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 24 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.77 ▲ 27.43 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Dec 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Dec 24 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.58 ▼ -1.18 (-10.03%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 24 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -4.00 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.95 ▼ -3.77 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 24 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	26.16 ▼ -2.90 (-9.98%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Dec 24 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	9.85 ▼ -1.07 (-9.80%)
National Silk / Dec 24 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.01 ▼ -5.43 (-9.79%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 24 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.10 ▼ -0.40 (-8.89%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	40.16 ▼ -3.81 (-8.66%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 24 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.55 ▼ -1.05 (-8.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	126,573,463 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	66,984,381 ▲ 0.49
Cnergyico PK / Dec 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,471,663 ▼ -0.27
Pak Elektron / Dec 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,651,653 ▼ -1.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,108,956 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,467,532 ▼ -0.50
P.T.C.L. / Dec 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,030,118 ▼ -1.31
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,441,264 ▲ 3.35
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 24 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	28,106,970 ▼ -0.18

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