Newspaper - Business & Finance - January 13, 2025
COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

The 86th Board Meeting of the South Asian Federation of Accountants, or SAFA — accompanied by a series
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
Scrapping a coal power avenue

Scrapping a coal power avenue

Fate of the Gwadar power plant is under question as consistent delays and high costs have rendered it unaffordable.
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
The slow road to recovery

The slow road to recovery

A 3pc growth rate reflects resilience in challenging circumstances but falls short of the momentum needed for meaningful progress.
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
Pension pain

Pension pain

Govt has recently taken broad measures to curtail the pension budget, including discontinuing multiple pensions.
Updated 13 Jan, 2025 10:13am
Farm sector on autopilot

Farm sector on autopilot

Pakistan’s agriculture sector, according to experts and economists, has been operating on autopilot.
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
Empowering local governments

Empowering local governments

While provincial tax revenues have increased during 6MFY25, there is stubborn resistance to sharing revenues with local govts.
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
Return of the fossil fuels

Return of the fossil fuels

Countries in the Global North veer away from climate action towards fossil fuels as major political shifts take place.
Updated 13 Jan, 2025 10:04am
Stabilised inflation

Stabilised inflation

Inflation is at or near 2pc across the rich world and, barring trade wars or other shocks, should stay low, ...
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
Canadian blues

Canadian blues

Before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation, 44pc of Canadians rated their lives...
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
Non-alchololic booze

Non-alchololic booze

The market for non-alcoholic booze — including beer, wine and spirits — has been flying of late with global ...
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
Homelessness in the US

Homelessness in the US

Between 2023 and 2024 homelessness in the country increased by 18pc, to roughly 771,000 people, according to The...
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
LA wildfires

LA wildfires

The total estimated losses from the LA wildfires will likely be the costliest in US history, reports the Wall Street...
Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:18am
COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

IBA Karachi and faculty from Stanford University’s Life Design Lab met with Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
Adapting economically

Adapting economically

Pakistan would benefit if the international community recognised the importance of balanced bilateral trade to promote global and regional cooperation.
Updated 06 Jan, 2025 10:23am
CORPORATE WINDOW: Untangling  the gas sector

CORPORATE WINDOW: Untangling the gas sector

Gas allocation policy, driven by political priorities, results in deadweight loss, rising circular debt, and inefficient use of valuable natural resources.
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
Data points

Data points

Every Sunday at 8pm Eastern, tween and teen girls across the country check Crumbl Cookies’ social media
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
Grid-scale storage

Grid-scale storage

Grid-scale storage is now the fastest-growing of all the energy technologies, with, some 80GW of new grid-scale...
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
Microsoft’s data centre plans

Microsoft’s data centre plans

Microsoft expects to spend $80bn in fiscal 2025 on the construction of data centres that can handle artificial...
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
New Indian billionaires

New Indian billionaires

A blockbuster year for IPOs in India catapulted seven entrepreneurs into the dollar billionaires league, many of ...
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
Multiplying  wealth

Multiplying wealth

The world’s 500 richest people got vastly richer in 2024, with a group of billionaires reaching a new milestone: a...
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
UK’s flatlined economy

UK’s flatlined economy

At zero per cent, Britain’s economy failed to achieve any growth in the three months to September, according to ...
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
Plugging the  ADR loop-hole

Plugging the ADR loop-hole

Attempts to encourage SME lending backfires as banks’ advances-to-deposits surge benefitted larger businesses the most.
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
Tariff wars on the horizon

Tariff wars on the horizon

As Donald Trump’s inauguration nears, countries prepare for potentially tumultuous trade relations amid "promised" US tariffs.
Published 06 Jan, 2025 06:27am
Shaping the future with Five Es

Shaping the future with Five Es

"In the past, national plans were designed to steer the country toward greatness but were sidetracked by political disruptions".
Published 06 Jan, 2025 05:46am
Nepra highlights recurring woes

Nepra highlights recurring woes

The report reiterates the same persistent challenges the industry has faced for years without offering any corrective measures.
Published 06 Jan, 2025 05:46am
A bleak arena for internal reforms

A bleak arena for internal reforms

Efforts with Uraan Pakistan may prove futile given the lack of progress on key structural reforms, slow foreign inflows, and increasing militancy and political instability.
Updated 06 Jan, 2025 10:28am
Road to carbon markets

Road to carbon markets

Pakistan has a lot to gain from carbon credit trading if it can overcome its severe lack of baseline data, technical resources and expensive technology.
Updated 06 Jan, 2025 03:01pm
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