London, Feb 24 (AFP/APP):European stock markets tumbled at the open on Thursday, after Russia launched an attack on neighbouring Ukraine. London stocks sank almost three percent, while Frankfurt and Paris each slumped by more than four percent. […]
Moscow, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Moscow’s Stock Exchange said Thursday it was “suspending” trading Thursday, hours after President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a special military operation in Ukraine. “Trading on all markets has been suspended. Resumption will be announced later,” it said in a […]
PESHAWAR, February 23 (ONLINE): The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Federal ombudsman have agreed to link the chamber’s Investment Facilitation Centre/Web portal with the Federal ombudsman complaints cell, meant to resolve the complaints of business community regarding governmental departments/authorities amicably. It was also […]
Cape Town, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): South Africa’s economic recovery — encumbered by the pandemic, riots, graft and high unemployment — will be difficult, the finance minister of the continent’s most industrialised economy warned on Wednesday. Economic growth is projected to be 2.1 percent this year, […]
London, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): British bank Barclays announced Wednesday that its 2021 net profit more than quadrupled as the economy recovered from coronavirus fallout. Profit after tax surged to almost £6.4 billion ($8.7 billion), helped by the release of £700 million that had been set […]
Washington, Feb 22 (AFP/APP): US home prices in 2021 saw their biggest increase in at least 34 years, according to data released Tuesday, as buyers spent the year snapping up homes and builders struggled to keep up. Home prices surged 18.8 percent last year, according […]
BERN-February 21 (online): Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has revealed credit Suisse account details of politicians, criminals and spies. According to a report, in 18,000 Swiss accounts more than $100 billion has been revealed. The president of Kazakhstan Kassym Jomart Tokayev, former King […]
Doha, Feb 19 (AFP/APP): Leading gas producers meet in Qatar from Sunday to discuss how to answer frantic world demand, but Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to stay away as Ukraine tensions soar, diplomats said. The 11-member Gas Exporting Countries Forum holds its summit […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (Online): The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has welcomed the flow in foreign direct investment (FDI) which has increased by 11.3% to $1.17 billion in July-January of fiscal year 2021-22 compared to $1.05 billion in the same period of last […]
Washington, Feb 18 (AFP/APP): Existing homes have become harder to find than ever, but Americans kept buying in January, pushing the pace of sales up much more than expected, according to industry data released Friday. Existing homes sales jumped 6.7 percent last month to a […]