Financial inclusion in bloom

Financial inclusion in bloom

Moving away from the bureaucratic nightmares of banks, telco mobile wallets have helped significantly boost access to financial. Updated 30 Jun, 2025 10:30am
Marginally improving fiscal planning

Marginally improving fiscal planning

The Finance Bill that is set to become law is notably more people and business-friendly, and less autocratic in tone than the draft presented earlier.
Updated 30 Jun, 2025 09:36am
Is the textile sector recovering?

Is the textile sector recovering?

As shipments account for 55.4pc of total exports in 11MFY25, the sector’s continued growth depends on shifting from commodity.
Updated 30 Jun, 2025 09:10am

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Minimal disruption at Emirates
Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am
Data points

Data points

Cutting workforces
Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Billions for Africa

Bill Gates is moving forward with plans to give away $200bn over the next 20 years, and the billionaire now says the...
Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Crypto’s pig butchering

Caught in June, the largest-ever US seizure of cryptocurrency linked to ‘pig butchering’ — victims tricked ...
Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Employee burnout

Mentions of burnout by employees on job-review site Glassdoor has jumped 32pc in the first quarter from a year...
Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Sponsorship billions

Tennis player Roger Federer’s net worth is now about $1.3bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making...
Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Expensive shoes

Shoe brand Nike is forecasting it will have to pay $1bn in additional costs because of President Donald Trump’s...
Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am
Another step towards a cashless future

Another step towards a cashless future

Google Wallet’s roughly half a million downloads in three months of its introduction indicate that optimism in a digitally charged future is not misplaced.
Updated 01 Jul, 2025 05:43pm
Funding Balochistan’s climate crisis

Funding Balochistan’s climate crisis

New provincial budget hopes to address prolonged droughts and unprecedented rain that continue to damage the region’s infrastructure and agricultural landscape.
Updated 30 Jun, 2025 10:36am

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Awarding HR excellence
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am