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Obama vows to cut lines for foreigners at US airports

COOPERSTOWN: President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to cut long and frustrating lines at customs for foreigners arrivi

Published 22 May, 2014 10:19pm

US blasts Cuba for blocking dissident website

WASHINGTON: The US State Department accused Cuba on Thursday of suppressing free speech by shutting down a dissident-run

Published 22 May, 2014 10:08pm

World

Biden hails Cyprus as 'key partner' after reunification talks

NICOSIA: US Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed Cyprus as a "key partner" and said its rival leaders had agreed

Published 22 May, 2014 10:05pm

Markets

US stocks rise; small caps score big gains

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks on Thursday finished higher following mixed US economic data as a closely watched index of

Published 22 May, 2014 10:02pm

Last Syrian chemicals packed and ready: watchdog

THE HAGUE: The last of Syria's chemicals agents are packed and ready to be taken to Latakia port and out of the coun

Published 22 May, 2014 09:58pm

Markets

European stocks close mostly up

LONDON: Europe's main stock markets mostly rose on Thursday, although London's FTSE 100 index of top companies f

Published 22 May, 2014 09:52pm

Markets

European stocks subdued as polls open

LONDON: Europe's stock markets were subdued on Thursday as the region began voting in parliamentary polls, while tra

Published 22 May, 2014 09:47pm

Business & Finance

Hewlett-Packard to cut more jobs in reorganization

NEW YORK: US computer giant Hewlett-Packard announced on Thursday it was cutting an additional 11,000 to 16,000 jobs as

Published 22 May, 2014 09:31pm

Markets

Dollar higher vs euro after dull eurozone PMI numbers

NEW YORK: The euro fell against the dollar Thursday, under pressure from a slight downturn in a key eurozone gauge of bu

Published 22 May, 2014 09:28pm

Business & Finance

Hungarian central bank to tighten lending rules

BUDAPEST: Hungary's central bank plans to impose stricter rules on household loans to prevent an excessive unhealthy

Published 22 May, 2014 07:58pm

Business & Finance

Toshiba to boost annual sales

TOKYO: Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it aimed to boost annual sales by 1 trillion yen ($9.85 billion) to 7.5 trillion ye

Published 22 May, 2014 07:49pm

World

US leading economic indicators post third straight rise

WASHINGTON: A gauge of future US economic activity rose for a third straight month in April, suggesting the economy cont

Published 22 May, 2014 07:47pm

Business & Finance

Polish central bank may decide on rates guidance in July: minutes

WARSAW: Poland's central bank may decide whether to extend its forward guidance for flat rates in July, when it publ

Published 22 May, 2014 07:31pm

Business & Finance

Poland's KGHM talking to banks about possible $2.5bn loan: source

WARSAW: Europe's No.2 copper producer, Poland's KGHM, is seeking proposals from banks for a possible 5-year loan

Published 22 May, 2014 07:27pm

Markets

Polish energy firm plans eurobonds worth up to 2bn euros

WARSAW: Poland's biggest energy firm PGE said on Thursday it has established a eurobond program under which it may i

Published 22 May, 2014 07:19pm

Business & Finance

NZ's Xero posts wider annual loss but revenue up

WELLINGTON: New Zealand accounting software developer Xero Ltd said on Thursday that its annual net loss had widened on

Published 22 May, 2014 07:15pm

Business & Finance

NZ inflation expectations little moved: RBNZ survey

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's near-term inflation expectations edged marginally higher in the second quarter, with the r

Published 22 May, 2014 07:12pm

Business & Finance

Commerzbank close to selling Japan property loan package: source

FRANKFURT: Commerzbank is close to selling a 700 million euro ($957 million) portfolio of commercial property loans in J

Published 22 May, 2014 06:59pm

Business & Finance

PSA to build next Citroen C3 compact in Slovakia: sources

PARIS: PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to build its next C3 compact model in Slovakia instead of France, sources close to the

Published 22 May, 2014 06:57pm

Business & Finance

GE ready to extend Alstom offer until June 23: Le Figaro

PARIS: General Electric is ready to extend its 12.35 billion euro ($16.87 billion) offer for the power business of Alsto

Published 22 May, 2014 06:53pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 15	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 15	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 15	155.61
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 15	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 15	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 15	1.06

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,580.31
S&P 500 / Nov 15	5,906.50
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 15	38,642.91
Nasdaq / Nov 15	18,861.33
Hang Seng / Nov 15	19,426.34
FTSE 100 / Nov 15	8,065.30
Dow Jones / Nov 15	43,602
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 15	19,211.48

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 14	232,340
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 15	67.86
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 15	18,085
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 15	2,567.71
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 15	69.87
Petrol/Litre / Nov 16	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 16 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.37 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 16 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.47 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 16 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 16 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 16 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	61.35 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 16 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.03 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 16 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	993.93 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 16 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 16 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.31 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 16 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.37 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 16 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.47 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 16 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 16 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 16 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	61.35 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 16 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.03 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 16 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	993.93 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 16 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 16 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.31 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,393,273 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 16 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	59,224,094 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 16 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	47,940,702 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 16 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,748,255 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	32,665,062 ▲ 0.00
TPL Properties / Nov 16 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	30,497,881 ▲ 0.00
Treet Corp / Nov 16 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	29,734,104 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 16 Telecard Limited(TELE)	29,162,423 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 16 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	27,309,247 ▲ 0.00

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