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Print - 2009-01-19
Internet help boosts physical activity

Internet help boosts physical activity

People who spend a lot of time browsing the Internet may want to check out some fitness-related Websites. Internet-based exercise programmes work as well as printed advice in getting sedentary adults to take up regular physical activity, Health news repor
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Sony Ericsson sinks further into the red

Sony Ericsson sinks further into the red

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said on Friday it had plunged further into the red in the fourth quarter with a net loss of 187 million euros (247 million dollars), with sales slumping 22 percent.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Crisis in PC market: stagnant growth for the first time

Crisis in PC market: stagnant growth for the first time

The economic crisis has hit the personal computer market, with sales figures in the fourth quarter of 2008 stagnating for the first time in five years, two US research companies reported on Thursday.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
China Internet users soar to 298 million

China Internet users soar to 298 million

The number of Internet users in China jumped nearly 42 percent to 298 million by the end of 2008 from the previous year, cementing the country's position as the world's largest Internet population, the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) sai
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
First purpose-built Internet car radio

First purpose-built Internet car radio

German audio equipment maker Blaupunkt and Australia's miRoamer have teamed up to produce the first Internet car radio, giving drivers access to tens of thousands of Web radio stations.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
IN SHORT: Shortcovers turns iPhones into electronic books

IN SHORT: Shortcovers turns iPhones into electronic books

Shortcovers expects to be turning iPhones into electronic books by month's end. Shortcovers is releasing a mini-application that lets people read books, short stories or other written works on Apple-made smart phones in a direct challenge to electronic bo
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Barclays expects pretax profits to beat estimates

Barclays expects pretax profits to beat estimates

Britain's Barclays Plc said on January 16 it knew of no justification for the big fall in its share price and it expects next month to report pretax profit for the year "well ahead" of analysts' estimates. In a statement issued after the bank's shares clo
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Barclays expects pretax profits to beat estimates

Barclays expects pretax profits to beat estimates

Britain's Barclays Plc said on January 16 it knew of no justification for the big fall in its share price and it expects next month to report pretax profit for the year "well ahead" of analysts' estimates. In a statement issued after the bank's shares clo
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
India's Jet Airways posts sharply higher third quarter losses

India's Jet Airways posts sharply higher third quarter losses

India's largest private carrier Jet Airways reported on January 16 its net loss more than doubled in the third quarter from a year earlier, hit by high fuel costs and lower revenues as air traffic fell The company warned the travel market would remain dif
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
India's Jet Airways posts sharply higher third quarter losses

India's Jet Airways posts sharply higher third quarter losses

India's largest private carrier Jet Airways reported on January 16 its net loss more than doubled in the third quarter from a year earlier, hit by high fuel costs and lower revenues as air traffic fell The company warned the travel market would remain dif
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
ING cuts 750 US jobs due to economic slowdown

ING cuts 750 US jobs due to economic slowdown

Dutch financial services group ING Groep NV will cut 750 jobs, or 7 percent of its US workforce, as part of a global programme to cope with the economic slowdown, ING spokesmen said on January 13. "As many companies in the United States we need to align o
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Nomura eyes basics to lure individuals

Nomura eyes basics to lure individuals

Nomura Holdings, Japan's top brokerage, plans to offer simple financial products to lure risk-averse Japanese retail investors who are still licking their wounds from the financial crisis, a company executive said.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
De Beers to cut output, jobs on weak demand

De Beers to cut output, jobs on weak demand

De Beers, the world's top diamond producer, will cut production, capital spending and jobs this year as the global recession hits demand for luxury goods, officials said on January 16.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
De Beers to cut output, jobs on weak demand

De Beers to cut output, jobs on weak demand

De Beers, the world's top diamond producer, will cut production, capital spending and jobs this year as the global recession hits demand for luxury goods, officials said on January 16.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Foreign banks may regret rush out of China

Foreign banks may regret rush out of China

In the scramble to unload their stakes in Chinese banks, international lenders are hurrying out through a door that took years to pry open and may be shut more tightly on them in the future.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Siemens gloomy on outlook for 2009-10

Siemens gloomy on outlook for 2009-10

Siemens is gloomy on the outlook for the rest of this year and next, despite seeing operating earnings grow in its fiscal first quarter, the German engineering conglomerate said.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Siemens gloomy on outlook for 2009-10

Siemens gloomy on outlook for 2009-10

Siemens is gloomy on the outlook for the rest of this year and next, despite seeing operating earnings grow in its fiscal first quarter, the German engineering conglomerate said.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Toyota and Honda cut more output amid EU gloom

Toyota and Honda cut more output amid EU gloom

Honda joined fellow Japanese carmaker Toyota in cutting output further on January 16, as a top European official warned some of the region's manufacturers might not survive a "brutal" 2009 for the industry.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Pranger wins again after four-year gap

Pranger wins again after four-year gap

Nearly four years after his last World Cup victory, Manfred Pranger triumphed in Sunday's slalom. The 30-year-old Austrian won two of the most coveted slaloms on the circuit, at home in Kitzbuehel and Schladming in 2005, but injuries prevented him from ad
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Armstrong finishes in pack in comeback race

Armstrong finishes in pack in comeback race

Seven-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong finished in the middle of the field in his comeback to professional cycling on Sunday after a conservative ride in the Tour Down Under's criterium.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Marsh helps Aussies level series against South Africa

Marsh helps Aussies level series against South Africa

Australian opener Marsh made 78 and added 135 with captain Ricky Ponting (64) as they made 249-9 from their 50 overs, with Makhaya Ntini taking 3-39 for South Africa in their second one-day international at the MCG on Sunday. Jacques Kallis (72) and AB de
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Bellamy absent as West Ham cruise past Fulham

Bellamy absent as West Ham cruise past Fulham

West Ham United made light of striker Craig Bellamy's absence on Sunday, beating Fulham 3-1 to move further away from the Premier League relegation zone. Wales international Bellamy, a reported target for Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, was not inc
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Abramovich looking to sell Chelsea: report

Abramovich looking to sell Chelsea: report

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich is sounding out wealthy Gulf businessmen about selling Chelsea Football Club, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. Citing Gulf sources, the weekly broadsheet said Abramovich's representatives had travelled to Saudi Arabia
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Tsoumeleka tests positive for EPO: TV

Tsoumeleka tests positive for EPO: TV

Greece's 2004 Athens Olympic 20km walk champion Athanasia Tsoumeleka has tested positive for the bloodbooster erythropoietin (EPO), the state broadcaster Net reported on Saturday. The broadcaster said she had tested positive on August 6 last year, just tw
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Kenyan Mugara wins Mumbai marathon

Kenyan Mugara wins Mumbai marathon

Kenneth Mugara led a Kenyan sweep in the men's event of the Mumbai marathon on Sunday in the city's first international sports event since the militant attacks last November.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
AC Milan lost over Kaka saga

AC Milan lost over Kaka saga

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has admitted that his club don't know what to do over Manchester City's reported 100 million euroo bid for Brazilian star Kaka The Italian club have given Kaka and his representatives permission to talk to City whi
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Kaka saga is 'ridiculous': Sheikh advisor

Kaka saga is 'ridiculous': Sheikh advisor

The will-he-won't he transfer saga of Brazilian star Kaka's potential move to Manchester City for a record fee is "ridiculous" hype engendered by his club AC Milan, according to a source close to City's Arab owners.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Jayawardene worried about batting form

Jayawardene worried about batting form

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene expressed concern on Sunday about his ability to still play big innings in one-day cricket ahead of his team's three-match series against Pakistan starting on Tuesday. Jayawardene has scored four ducks in his last five
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Podolski to return to Cologne

Podolski to return to Cologne

German international striker Lukas Podolski will return this summer to former club Cologne from Bayern Munich, where he has had an unhappy time since joining in 2006, a Cologne official said Sunday. "A quick decision needs to be taken in everyone's intere
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Rookie Jadeja named in India squad for Sri Lanka tour

Rookie Jadeja named in India squad for Sri Lanka tour

India's cricket selectors on Sunday included uncapped all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for the five one-day matches and a Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka starting later this month. Jadeja, 20, replaced injured off-spinner Harbhajan Singh in the 15-man
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Sublime Federer exudes confidence on eve of Open

Sublime Federer exudes confidence on eve of Open

Rafael Nadal swiped his top ranking and his Wimbledon crown, Andy Murray stole his thunder when a number of bookmakers installed him as favourite for the Australian Open, but Roger Federer is still the man to beat when the first grand slam of the year kic
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Debt-plagued EU companies face refinancing test

Debt-plagued EU companies face refinancing test

Although the global credit crunch has shown signs of easing recently, many European companies face a make-or-break year as they struggle with debt levels higher than their US competitors.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Almost all US cities to lose jobs in 2009: forecast

Almost all US cities to lose jobs in 2009: forecast

All but five US cities will experience job losses this year, with New York suffering the largest decline, according to a forecast released by the US Conference of Mayors on Saturday.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
India Prime Minister sees economic growth under pressure ahead

India Prime Minister sees economic growth under pressure ahead

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sees economic growth under pressure in the next fiscal year beginning April, after growth slowed in the current year amid the global credit crisis, the Economic Times reported. "Our problems will not be over in the cu
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Economic crisis tames Year of the Ox celebrations in Asia

Economic crisis tames Year of the Ox celebrations in Asia

Chinese families across Asia are planning cheaper reunion feasts and gifts to mark the Year of the Ox as the global economic slump forces a toning-down of celebrations. From China to Singapore, businesses that traditionally see roaring sales ahead of the
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Nippon sees recovery in two years, Toyota deal delay

Nippon sees recovery in two years, Toyota deal delay

Japan's Nippon Steel believes the global steel industry may need two to three years to recover from the current downturn, its chairman said. The company does not expect an agreement with Toyota Motor Corp on cutting steel prices until iron ore import deal
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Dubai free zone strikes off US investor

Dubai free zone strikes off US investor

A US private equity firm once hailed as a major foreign investor in Dubai says it has been shut down without warning following a dispute with the government of the Gulf Arab trade hub.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Banks need to get credit moving: Obama aide

Banks need to get credit moving: Obama aide

US President-elect Barack Obama will have a "strong message" for bankers once he becomes president, his senior adviser David Axelrod said on Sunday on ABC's "This Week" news program. "I think he is going to have a strong message for the bankers. We want t
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Iran informs 21 oil customers of supply cuts: report

Iran informs 21 oil customers of supply cuts: report

Iran has told 21 Asian and European customers it will reduce oil sales to them, its Opec governor said in remarks published on Sunday, as Iran and other members of the cartel cut output to halt sliding prices.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Taiwan hands out vouchers in bid to lift faltering economy

Taiwan hands out vouchers in bid to lift faltering economy

Taiwan started handing out shopping vouchers to each of the island's residents on Sunday, as part of a 2.5-billion-dollar scheme aimed at boosting the island's flagging economy. Government employees began distributing the vouchers at more than 14,000 loca
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Abu Dhabi to press ahead with green city

Abu Dhabi to press ahead with green city

Abu Dhabi will press ahead with a $22 billion project to build a green energy city taking advantage of the fallout of the global crisis, a top executive at the firm implementing the project said on Sunday.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
'Mexico's Slim may invest in New York Times'

'Mexico's Slim may invest in New York Times'

The New York Times Co is in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, a source told Reuters on Saturday, a move that would give the ailing newspaper publisher a critical cash infusion to pay its debt.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
UBS Zurich headquarters targeted in paint attack

UBS Zurich headquarters targeted in paint attack

Vandals threw paint at the Zurich headquarters of UBS, once an icon of sober Swiss banking, now a domestic embarrassment for many after the company had to be rescued by the state following risky US investments.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Thai Prime Minister plans cash handouts, village grants

Thai Prime Minister plans cash handouts, village grants

The Thai government will give more money to the rural poor to jump-start the economy, the prime minister said Sunday, adopting and expanding a much-criticised key program of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Detroit auto show opens for public

Detroit auto show opens for public

The North American International Auto Show opened to the general public Saturday, amid great fanfare but thin crowds, as onlookers had plenty of time and space to inspect the new merchandise.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Satyam's top executives ordered into police custody

Satyam's top executives ordered into police custody

An Indian metropolitan court in the southern city of Hyderabad has ordered the former chairman, managing director and chief financial officer of embattled Satyam Computer Services be taken into police custody for four days from Sunday.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Tokyo stocks set for Obama boost: analysts

Tokyo stocks set for Obama boost: analysts

Tokyo share prices are likely to rebound next week as Barack Obama's inauguration as US president reignites hopes for an economic recovery, dealers said Friday. "The next week will see a rebound in stock prices largely because of resurgent expectations ab
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Malaysian stocks seen rangebound

Malaysian stocks seen rangebound

Malaysian stocks are expected to remain rangebound next week, with investors unlikely to be heavily swayed by the outcome of a crucial weekend by-election, analysts said Friday.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Obama inauguration may lift Australian market: dealers

Obama inauguration may lift Australian market: dealers

Australian share prices could rally in the week ahead if investor confidence lifts on the back of the Barack Obama's inauguration as United States president, analysts said Friday. The market had been expected to lift in the lead-up to the January 20 inaug
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Recession in Britain likely to be confirmed next week

Recession in Britain likely to be confirmed next week

Recession is likely to become official in Britain next week when data is expected to show that the economy contracted for a second straight quarter in the final three months of 2008. Heralding the grim news, the London Stock Exchange lost 6.78 percent ove
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Singapore shares seen trading higher

Singapore shares seen trading higher

Singapore shares are expected to trade higher next week on optimism the national budget will contain help for businesses and people affected by the recession, analysts said. Optimism in the United States, Singapore's key export market, ahead of the inaugu
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
'South Korea market likely to see rebound'

'South Korea market likely to see rebound'

South Korea's stock market is expected to see a technical rebound in the coming week on hopes of steps to stabilise financial markets, an analyst said Friday. "The market has already reflected negative factors this week, and investors are likely to move o
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Asian currencies mixed against dollar

Asian currencies mixed against dollar

Asian currencies ended the week mixed against the dollar, on concerns about the health of the global economy and a turbulent performance by world stock markets.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Thai stocks likely to be volatile: analyst

Thai stocks likely to be volatile: analyst

The Thai stock market will be volatile next week as the market welcomes the US presidential inauguration of Barack Obama but investors expect Thai banks to report poor earnings, an analyst said. "The market is likely to be quite volatile next week. Positi
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Hong Kong shares to stabilise: dealers

Hong Kong shares to stabilise: dealers

Hong Kong share prices should head to calmer waters next week after a dismal January so far, but worries over heavyweight HSBC will continue to dominate, dealers said. For the week ending January 16, the benchmark Hang Seng Index closed at 13,255.51, down
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Indian stocks to track quarterly earnings

Indian stocks to track quarterly earnings

Indian markets will track trends emerging from India's corporate quarterly earning season in the coming week, dealers said. So far, the third-quarter earnings data has been mixed. Earlier in the week, Nasdaq-listed Infosys reported net profit grew by 33 p
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Taiwan shares seen quiet ahead of Lunar New Year holiday

Taiwan shares seen quiet ahead of Lunar New Year holiday

Taiwan share prices are expected to turn quiet in the shortened trading week ahead of the prolonged Lunar New Year holiday, dealers said Friday. Investors may closely watch how Barack Obama deals with the dismal economic conditions after he is sworn in as
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Wall Street licks wounds, awaits Obama

Wall Street licks wounds, awaits Obama

Bruised and battered at the start of 2009, Wall Street looks ahead to the inauguration of Barack Obama as president with hopes the new administration can tackle the global economic crisis. The markets, which open trade on inauguration day Tuesday after th
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
French army helicopter in Gabon crashes, two dead

French army helicopter in Gabon crashes, two dead

A French army helicopter crashed into the sea off the Gabon coast while on a bilateral military exercise, and the French Defence Ministry said on Sunday that two soldiers were killed and six were missing. The helicopter, which had a total of 10 soldiers o
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Sri Lanka army seizes camp, says rebels boxed in

Sri Lanka army seizes camp, says rebels boxed in

Soldiers captured a Tamil Tiger camp and a factory as government forces pushed the separatist rebels into a shrinking enclave in Sri Lanka's war-ravaged north, the military said Sunday. A defence ministry statement said soldiers seized ``a highly fortifie
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Japan Prime Minister, opposition rally members as poll looms

Japan Prime Minister, opposition rally members as poll looms

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso tried to rally his fracturing party on Sunday ahead of an election this year it looks set to lose, vowing to turn around a worsening recession and win over disillusioned voters.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Malaysia government stumbles to another poll defeat

Malaysia government stumbles to another poll defeat

Malaysia's government stumbled to a second by-election loss in its heartland on Saturday, raising questions as to whether it can reconnect with voters at a time of rising economic and political stress.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
US sends home six Guantanamo prisoners

US sends home six Guantanamo prisoners

The US military sent six more Guantanamo prisoners home from Guantanamo on Saturday, further winnowing the captive population as it awaits new orders from President-elect Barack Obama about the fate of the detention camp. Four prisoners were sent home to
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Avalanches kill at least 10 in Afghanistan

Avalanches kill at least 10 in Afghanistan

A series of avalanches have killed at least 10 people in Afghanistan and authorities were still searching for those feared missing, an official said on Sunday. The avalanches hit the southern part of the Salang Tunnel on Friday, the main highway linking s
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Turkey's Prime Minister travels to Brussels to bolster EU bid

Turkey's Prime Minister travels to Brussels to bolster EU bid

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flies to Brussels on Sunday to try to boost the Muslim country's troubled attempt to join the European Union. Erdogan's trip, his first to Brussels in four years, comes as Ankara faces EU pressure to speed up reforms
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Obama inauguration turns page in US race relations

Obama inauguration turns page in US race relations

Anyone looking for evidence of the change represented by the United States electing an African-American as president could start with the White House itself. It was built 200 years ago using black slave labor.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Al Qaeda threatens German soldiers in web video

Al Qaeda threatens German soldiers in web video

Al Qaeda issued an Internet threat against German soldiers at the weekend, citing their involvement in fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. "Your soldiers are safe nowhere," said a masked man dressed in a black turban in a video message posted on the Inte
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
New Karachi Town forms tax recovery teams

New Karachi Town forms tax recovery teams

The recovery of Tax under various heads was reviewed in a special meeting of New Karachi Town held under the chairmanship of Town Nazim Akhtar Hussain and a five-member team formed at every UC level for an increase in the Town's revenue.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Ministry successfully completes Haj operation

Ministry successfully completes Haj operation

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has successfully completed Haj operation in which a record 1,64,647 pilgrims, both under government and private schemes, performed Haj-2008. A total of 1,49,333 applications under government scheme were received which wer
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
OGDCL exploration activities in full swing

OGDCL exploration activities in full swing

The exploration and production activities of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) are in full swing to meet the growing energy demand of the country. OGDCL yielded five crude oil, gas, and condensates discoveries, two each in Hyderabad and Tand
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Soldiers of fortune

Soldiers of fortune

Pakistan has been a victim of the insatiable greed of its soldiers of fortune, some of them in uniform, while others out of uniform, busy in their role of making hay while the sun shines. The misfortunes of the people of Pakistan are due to the rampant co
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Gas row inches towards solution on German soil

Gas row inches towards solution on German soil

The room in Berlin's Ritz hotel was pleasantly warm as Russia's prime minister met Friday with European gas company executives intent on resolving the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute. Vladimir Putin emphasised his desire for a solution, although his message
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Can we defend our past economic performance?

Can we defend our past economic performance?

Is the Musharraf government responsible for much of the ills that plague Pakistan both in the field of economics as well as security today? And if so why, given the advent of democracy in the country, in however nascent a form, are key decision-making mem
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Per capita healthcare spending

Per capita healthcare spending

The State of the World's Children Report 2009, launched by Unicef's representative in Pakistan, Martin Nogwanja, provides a disturbing peep into the per capita healthcare spending in Pakistan, i.e. only $18 per annum, of which only $4 is spent by public s
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Amending the constitution

Amending the constitution

Thanks to the dynamics of political power the very debate that was expected to restore the 1973 Constitution to its pre-1999 condition tends to precipitate yet another power tussle in the country.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
'149,635 urea fertiliser bags supplied against total demand of 135,000'

'149,635 urea fertiliser bags supplied against total demand of 135,000'

The DCO Hyderabad Aftab Ahmed Khatri has said that as against the targeted demand of 135,000 bags, 149,635 Urea fertiliser bags have been made available in the markets of the district from October 2008 to January 2009 as such there was no shortage of fert
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Commodity prices depict mixed pattern

Commodity prices depict mixed pattern

The commodities depicted mix pattern locally and internationally for the second week in a row on better supplies and low demand such as oil, metal prices, grains, sugar and raw rubber etc locally speaking in this trading on Monday gur, wheat, guwar and Ir
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
PAC Sindh fails to get its office vacated

PAC Sindh fails to get its office vacated

Newly formed Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Sindh has failed to gets its office vacated at Sindh Assembly building, which is being used by a retired bureaucrat. Well informed sources in the Sindh government told on Sunday that PAC Sindh Chairman Jam Tama
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Frequency of Karachi-Istanbul flights be increased

Frequency of Karachi-Istanbul flights be increased

The frequency of flights between Karachi and Istanbul be increased. This was stated by the Naib Nazim of Karachi, Nasreen Jalil, in a meeting with the Country Manager of Turkish Airline in Pakistan, Utku Yazan. She said that Istanbul is an important and h
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Transporters demand cut in oil prices

Transporters demand cut in oil prices

President Karachi Transport Action Committee and Anjumane Ettehad Bus Malikan Karachi, Muhammad Ashraf Banglori and other office-bearers have demanded of the government to slash petroleum prices as per decline in the prices in international market.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
July-December RTO Hyderabad collection up 35 percent

July-December RTO Hyderabad collection up 35 percent

The Regional Tax Office (RTO), Hyderabad collected Rs 1894.58 million under Direct Taxes during the first half (July-Dec) of financial year 2008-09, against the target of Rs 1880.00 million set by the Federal Board of Revenue (ERR) for this period.
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Keenjhar Lake ecosystem facing oil pollution

Keenjhar Lake ecosystem facing oil pollution

Keenjhar Lake ecosystem based on rich bio-diversity habitat for about 48 species of fish and migratory birds coming from Siberia and Central Asia is facing rising oil pollution as trucks, tractors and construction vehicles are practically parked in the la
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Lint prices may stay above 3,000 level

Lint prices may stay above 3,000 level

Upcountry reports of slow seed-cotton deliveries to ginneries gives strength to the estimates of cotton crop close between 11.0 and 11.5 million running bales, we produced last season. The latest cotton arrival reports of PCGA put total cotton arrivals at
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Lint prices may stay above 3,000 level

Lint prices may stay above 3,000 level

Upcountry reports of slow seed-cotton deliveries to ginneries gives strength to the estimates of cotton crop close between 11.0 and 11.5 million running bales, we produced last season. The latest cotton arrival reports of PCGA put total cotton arrivals at
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Cotton buying started on good nod

Cotton buying started on good nod

The cotton buying started on good nod as buyers lay hands on quality lots on back of positive signals from authorities leading to optimises that exporters are hell bent to exploit the potential world markets has despite recession warning. The TCP presence
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
Cotton buying started on good nod

Cotton buying started on good nod

The cotton buying started on good nod as buyers lay hands on quality lots on back of positive signals from authorities leading to optimises that exporters are hell bent to exploit the potential world markets has despite recession warning. The TCP presence
Published 19 Jan, 2009 12:00am
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