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Eighty nations strike deal over e-commerce, but lack US backing

GENEVA: Around 80 countries reached agreement on Friday on rules governing global digital commerce including...

Published 26 Jul, 2024 07:03pm

Business & Finance

Alibaba misses revenue estimates; boosts buyback by $25bn

SHANGHAI: China’s Alibaba Group Holding on Wednesday missed analysts’ estimates for third-quarter revenue, hurt by...

Published 07 Feb, 2024 04:51pm

Business & Finance

Walmart laying off hundreds of US workers at five e-commerce fulfillment centers

NEW YORK: Hundreds of workers at five U.S. Walmart facilities that fulfill e-commerce orders are being asked to find...

Published 23 Mar, 2023 08:40pm

Business & Finance

Alibaba reports loss of $2.9bn in third quarter

BEIJING: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Thursday reported a loss of 20.6 billion yuan ($2.89 billion) for the...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am

Business & Finance

Alibaba keeps Singles Day sales tally under wraps for first time

BEIJING: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has not released full sales figures for its annual Singles Day event for...

Published 12 Nov, 2022 10:29am

Business & Finance

Need stressed for realising e-commerce potential

KARACHI: Pakistani entrepreneurs have great potential to shine on the global e-commerce market as the country...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 05:54am

Opinion

Tech titans curb hiring in a ‘challenging macro environment’

From e-commerce colossus Amazon to social networking star Facebook, US tech firms that once grew with abandon have...

Published 16 May, 2022 05:42am

Pakistan

BBS, MYU sign MoU to strengthen cooperation in business, e-commerce

ISLAMABAD: Beijing Business School (BBS), China, and Muslim Youth University (MYU), Pakistan, have signed MoU to...

Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am

Business & Finance

TDAP holds seminar on ‘Women in Trade Export Readiness’

FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FWCCI) is working to promote women entrepreneurship ...

Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am

Business & Finance

E-commerce industry in Pakistan can attract ‘significant’ FDI: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s e-commerce industry is one of the few in the CAREC region to attract significant foreign...

Published 22 Mar, 2022 05:21am

Pakistan

NUST Institute of Policy Studies holds discussion on G-B

ISLAMABAD: NUST Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS) organised a high-level roundtable on Gilgit-Baltistan here the...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 04:07am

Opinion

FBR — making tax digital and beyond—I

For the first time in the history of the country FBR is keeping pace with changes taking place on the tax landscape...

Updated 28 Jan, 2022 06:02am

Business & Finance

China’s shopping festival: Livestreaming e-commerce: Pakistani goods get a boost

BEIJING: Livestream selling boosted the sale of Pakistani goods in the Chinese market, and Pakistan could learn from...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 05:03am

Business & Finance

Alibaba urges Pakistan businesses to use e-commerce platform

LAHORE: Country Manager of Alibaba for Pakistan Songsong has exhorted the businessmen from Lahore to use the...

Updated 07 Jan, 2022 12:00pm

SBP cuts realization period for exporters by 60 days

KARACHI: In order to ensure the timely arrival of foreign exchange, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Wednesday...

Updated 06 Jan, 2022 09:56am

BR Research

Startup space 2021

Not only has there been a spate of startups in Pakistan in 2021, there has been a funding frenzy in the startup ...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 08:25am

Opinion

Pakistan’s tax culture

According to media reports, a Chinese influencer known as the “queen of livestreaming” has been ordered to pay...

Published 24 Dec, 2021 05:43am

Pakistan

Agreement signed: ISE, Sysnatic Info to develop ‘Trainings and Data Center Lab’

LAHORE: The Infinity School of Engineering (ISE) and Sysnatic Info Pvt have signed an agreement to develop the...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am

Business & Finance

Middle East & Africa: ‘Digitalisation readiness is key to unlocking SME growth potential’

KARACHI: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region are recognizing...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 06:34am

Business & Finance

CCP drafts studies to help create ‘a level playing field’ for SMEs

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has drafted two studies of small and medium enterprises...

Published 12 Dec, 2021 04:19am

Business & Finance

Silkbank partners with OLX Mall

KARACHI: Silkbank Limited, with its substantial market share in the credit cards segment, has partnered with OLX...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am

Pakistan

NIFT and C Square join hands to bring in revolutionary AI chatbot

KARACHI: National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (NIFT) and C Square collaborate to bring AI integrated...

Published 07 Dec, 2021 06:29am

Pakistan

Senator Buppi made SAPM on e-commerce

ISLAMABAD: Senator Aon Abbas Buppi was handpicked as special assistant to the prime minister on e-commerce on...

Published 25 Nov, 2021 03:53am

Opinion

Visa’s CFO expects to resolve fee row with Amazon

Visa expects to resolve its credit card fee dispute with Amazon.com Inc in Britain and hopes to continue its...

Published 21 Nov, 2021 04:19am

Alibaba says profit falls 81pc

SHANGHAI: Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group said on Thursday that its profit for the most recent quarter...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

Business & Finance

Paypal in $45bn bid for Pinterest

NEW YORK: PayPal Holdings Inc has made an offer to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest Inc for $45 billion, people...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 04:38am

Business & Finance

E-commerce system: Pakistan Visa country head identifies obstacles to growth

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has yet to realise its full potential in developing its e-commerce system, due to major issues ...

Updated 02 Nov, 2021 04:43pm

Business & Finance

International e-payment gateway: 4-member body to seek input from stakeholders

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has constituted a four-member committee to seek input from stakeholders ...

Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am

Technology

Adobe jumps into e-commerce payments business in challenge to Shopify

"What they're really looking for is simplicity of operations and having all of their reporting and reconciliation in a single tool set," Sheldon says

Published 15 Sep, 2021 05:27pm

Blackstone scraps $3bn takeover of property giant Soho China

BEIJING: A US private equity firm has abandoned a planned $3 billion purchase of Chinese property developer Soho...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 04:18am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 3	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 3	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 3	150.01
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 3	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 3	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 3	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 2	6,047.15
Nasdaq / Dec 2	19,403.95
Dow Jones / Dec 2	44,782
India Sensex / Dec 3	80,853.10
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 3	39,248.86
Hang Seng / Dec 3	19,694.44
FTSE 100 / Dec 3	8,345.09
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 3	20,011.64

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 2	235,340
Petrol/Litre / Dec 3	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 3	68.37
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 3	17,685
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 3	2,645.88
Diesel/Litre / Dec 3	258.43

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	213,514,857 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	196,907,321 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	68,325,507 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	66,212,972 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 3 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	65,264,278 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	61,288,845 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 3 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	49,268,731 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 3 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	46,902,495 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Dec 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	31,910,059 ▲ 0.00

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