Newspaper - Business & Finance - July 1, 2025
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
COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

Minimal disruption at Emirates
Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am
Billions for Africa

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

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

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

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

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 30 Jun, 2025 10:42am
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
The need to widen financial access

The need to widen financial access

Despite the significant contribution of SMEs, accounting for nearly 80pc of employment in the non-agricultural sector
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
Data points

Data points

American consumer power
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
Paying for American residency

Paying for American residency

Nearly 70,000 people have signed up for the new golden Trump Card, a visa scheme that will grant foreigners legal...
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
Selling ugly-cute dolls

Selling ugly-cute dolls

Labubu, an ugly-but-cute plush doll, has become one of China’s most globally recognised brands, bringing in $2bn a...
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
The lure of the government job

The lure of the government job

India’s and China’s bureaucracies are among the most consequential in the world, with their decisions shaping ...
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
Falling Chinese IPOs

Falling Chinese IPOs

In 2022, the Chinese initial public offering raised a record, world-topping $81bn, but in 2024, only 100 firms went...
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
Heatwave in Britain

Heatwave in Britain

An ongoing heatwave in Britain, which has pushed temperatures above 30C, was 10 times more likely because of climate...
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
Tax upheaval and our solar future

Tax upheaval and our solar future

Pakistan could use the sun to boost rural electrification and job creation, but not if taxes make solar unaffordable, especially
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
Planning around global tensions

Planning around global tensions

The Iran-Israel conflict may drive up oil prices and shipping costs, factors that budget makers had assumed would remain.
Updated 23 Jun, 2025 09:41am
Oil markets on edge

Oil markets on edge

‘If military operations between Iran and Israel continue, the global market may lose 5m bpd from Iraq and the Gulf states’
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
Finance: Foresight amid global shocks

Finance: Foresight amid global shocks

Experts agree that it is time for Pakistan to act decisively by expanding the tax base, eliminating exemptions, and restructuring.
Updated 23 Jun, 2025 09:33am
Power without a purpose

Power without a purpose

Pakistan’s energy crisis is not one of insufficient generation but of unrealised, unproductive demand reflecting weak economic
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
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