Newspaper - Business & Finance - April 26, 2025
COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

Bank Alfalah’s Q1 performance
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
Rushing to the  yellow metal

Rushing to the yellow metal

Speculation in gold trading has resurfaced, causing daily disparity in domestic rates.
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
Data points

Data points

Argentina’s case study
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
Diamonds’ losing lustre

Diamonds’ losing lustre

The $82bn diamond industry has ground to a halt because of Trump’s tariffs since the US is the world’s largest...
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
China’s growth rate

China’s growth rate

China’s economy expanded 5.4pc in the first quarter of this year as producers frontloaded exports to beat higher...
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
Rare earth power

Rare earth power

China controls more than two-thirds of global rare earth production and more than 90pc of processing capacity that...
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
Nvidia’s license hit

Nvidia’s license hit

Chip company Nvidia has said its H20 chips, already tailored to comply with existing curbs, would now require a...
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
Trade war investments

Trade war investments

Nvidia will invest $500bn to make supercomputers entirely in the US as it navigates Trump administration’s...
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
Tariff uncertainties hit liquid gold

Tariff uncertainties hit liquid gold

Oil-producing nations revisit their annual budgets as lower-than-anticipated crude prices, due to potential US stagnation, warrant serious adjustments.
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
Confusion clouds  global economy

Confusion clouds global economy

"Trump’s gamble to revive manufacturing via tariffs now risks accelerating the very decline it sought to reverse", say analysts.
Updated 21 Apr, 2025 11:04am
India and the new world disorder

India and the new world disorder

Opening Pakistan’s borders could revive textiles, cement, and agriculture, tapping into the billion-plus market next door.
Updated 21 Apr, 2025 10:50am
Finance: Finding ways to flourish

Finance: Finding ways to flourish

Though positive efforts are underway, sustained progress hinges on more fundamental actions such as restoring political stability
Updated 21 Apr, 2025 11:12am
Agriculture: When mangoes go awry

Agriculture: When mangoes go awry

Mango growers struggle with malformed fruit as unpredictable weather, water shortages, and a rise in pests negatively impacts
Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:26am
COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

Habib University launches IDEAL
Published 14 Apr, 2025 07:07am
Attracting pilgrims

Attracting pilgrims

At $3.3m, religious tourism reaches its highest level ever in FY24.
Published 14 Apr, 2025 07:02am
Changing the economic world order

Changing the economic world order

As Trump’s protectionist policies shake global order, experts warn of deepening inequality, economic instability, and diminishing US global influence.
Updated 14 Apr, 2025 09:52am
Nonagenarian brilliance

Nonagenarian brilliance

While the world’s richest people saw tens of billions of dollars wiped from their net worths, Berkshire Hathaway...
Published 14 Apr, 2025 06:59am
Possible global default rate

Possible global default rate

The possible global default rate next is 8pc, according to Moody’s Ratings, as the Trump administration’s ...
Published 14 Apr, 2025 06:59am
Data points

Data points

India’s e-waste regulations
Published 14 Apr, 2025 06:59am
Bolstering US manufacturing

Bolstering US manufacturing

In light of Trump’s policies, Apple, Diageo and Johnson & Johnson have announced $1.9tr of investments in the...
Published 14 Apr, 2025 06:58am
Time lags for factories

Time lags for factories

It takes 3-10 years for companies to build new factories in the US as they need to secure a location, permits, ...
Published 14 Apr, 2025 06:57am
Beijing’s trade surplus

Beijing’s trade surplus

China makes almost a third of all manufactured goods globally — more than the US, Japan, Germany and South Korea...
Published 14 Apr, 2025 06:57am
The telecom crunch

The telecom crunch

Reducing mobile phone and telecom infrastructure taxes can help expand digital access and financial inclusion.
Published 14 Apr, 2025 06:57am
US tariff hammer to  miss the nail

US tariff hammer to miss the nail

The uncertainty unleashed by the escalation in the US tariff war against most parts of the world does not augur well for Pakistan.
Published 14 Apr, 2025 06:56am
Bracing  for the oncoming tariff tide

Bracing for the oncoming tariff tide

"What little we call manufacturing is mostly assembly, dependent on key imported components, so if global trade dynamics shift, it affects us as much, if not more, than anyone else".
Published 14 Apr, 2025 05:29am
Adapting to Trump’s new tariffs

Adapting to Trump’s new tariffs

Many textile exporters view them and the newly reduced power rates as an opportunity to attract fresh investments.
Updated 07 Apr, 2025 11:05am
Oil markets battered and bruised

Oil markets battered and bruised

Trump’s import tariffs, Opec+’s unwinding of production cuts and China’s retaliatory actions have wiped off $10 per barrel from global oil prices.
Updated 07 Apr, 2025 11:04am
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