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Chip shortage has seemingly eased, but challenges persist

The advent of Covid-19 in early 2020 sparked unprecedented and unimaginable problems for the world. However, some...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 08:35pm

Business & Finance

Volkswagen gets reality check after Tesla's week of milestones

FRANKFURT: It's been a sobering week for Herbert Diess' electric vehicle ambitions. While Tesla joined the...

Updated 29 Oct, 2021 05:46pm

Business & Finance

GM upbeat on full-year results despite impact of chip shortage

DETROIT: General Motors Co on Wednesday reported stronger-than-expected results for the third quarter, despite a ...

Published 27 Oct, 2021 05:40pm

Business & Finance

Renault sees bigger production hit from chip shortage

PARIS: French carmaker Renault expects to produce at least 300,000 fewer vehicles this year due to a global shortage...

Published 20 Oct, 2021 05:04pm

Business & Finance

New semiconductor plants will end global auto chip shortage next year: Tesla's Musk

"There's a lot of chip fabrication plants that are being built," Musk says
"I think we will have good capacity for providing chips by next year," he says

Published 24 Sep, 2021 05:45pm

Business & Finance

Hyundai Motor set to use internally developed chip for upcoming car: media report

We are aiming to apply our internally developed power chip to a new car to be launched in the second quarter of next year

Updated 03 Sep, 2021 05:47pm

Business & Finance

Germany ready to double state aid for semiconductor industry

He has already earmarked 5 billion euros ($5.9 billion) in government money to support chip makers under a European Union-backed scheme.
Citing "high interest from significant investors from outside Germany", Altmaier told.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 06:10pm

Technology

Chip shortage to become worse in late 2021: Intel CEO

Pat Gelsinger predicts it will get worse before getting better

Published 26 Jun, 2021 02:23pm

Business & Finance

Stellantis CEO says semiconductor crisis hitting carmakers ‘hard and strong’

"The longer the chip crisis lasts, the harder it will be to sustain the auto industry's current business model," Stellantis boss Carlos Tavares told a FT web conference.

Published 12 May, 2021 04:50pm

Business & Finance

Ford cuts production at two German plants due to chip shortage

"The situation on the global semiconductor market remains tense and, according to all estimates, will continue to be so in the coming months, resulting in supply bottlenecks," a spokeswoman for Ford said in a statement.
The carmaker said it planned to make up for lost production "as best we can" and would prioritise vehicles already ordered by customers.

Published 03 May, 2021 07:43pm

Business & Finance

Chip shortage casts shadow over China's auto industry recovery

Automakers around the world have had to adjust assembly lines due to the shortages, caused by manufacturing delays that some semiconductor makers blame on a faster-than expected recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Volkswagen AG, China's biggest foreign automaker which hopes to sell over four million vehicles in the country, said the situation had not improved in the second quarter.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 05:32pm

Business & Finance

TSMC suffers power outage at southern Taiwan plant

It cited Alice Cheng, an executive at the science park administration, as saying that most companies there have backup systems in the event of power failure.
The operations of TSMC, whose clients include Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc, are being closely watched by its customers and investors due to a global shortage of chips for everything from cars to washing machines.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 04:42pm

Business & Finance

Stellantis pickups hit, Ford cuts production due to global semiconductor shortage

Ford said it will idle its Ohio assembly plant, while its Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville will only work two of three shifts. Both plants will return to full production the week of March 29.
The US automaker said the latest action is part of a prior forecast it made that the shortage could hit 2021 profits by $1 bln to $2.5 bln.

Published 20 Mar, 2021 10:23pm

Business & Finance

China chipmaker SMIC to invest in $2.35bn facilities in Shenzhen

"The company and Shenzhen government will jointly drive other third-party investors to complete the remaining capital contribution," it said.
SMIC's co-CEO Zhao Haijun said last month the company could not meet customer demands for certain mature technologies and its plants have been running "fully loaded" for several quarters.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 09:06pm

Business & Finance

GM extends vehicle production cuts due to semiconductor chip shortage

The extended cuts do not change GM's forecast last month that the shortage could shave up to $2 billion from this year's earnings.
GM continues to leverage every available semiconductor to build and ship our most popular and in-demand products, including full-size trucks and SUVs.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 07:22pm

Markets

GM extends vehicle production cuts, begins parking incomplete cars due to global chip shortage

Semiconductor supply remains an issue that is facing the entire industry. GM's plan is to leverage every available semiconductor to build and ship our most popular and in-demand products.
GM vehicles affected by the idled plants include the Chevrolet Malibu sedan, Cadillac XT4 SUV, Chevy Equinox, and GMC Terrain SUVs.

Updated 09 Feb, 2021 10:02pm

Business & Finance

Bosch says pandemic and chip shortage to weigh on carmakers in 2021

"We are quite positive," Chief Executive Volkmar Denner said, although he added that "we still have a long way to go to catch up".
"We all fight together in close cooperation to solve the problem." he said.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 07:16pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	156.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 17	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,619.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,584.06
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,505.22
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,903.39

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	78.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,703.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 19	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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