Barclays ends partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase: sources
LONDON:Â Barclays is no longer providing banking services to major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, ending a relationship...
Facebook listened to users’ conversations: report
SILICON VALLEY: Facebook has paid hundreds of contractors to listen to and transcribe snippets of users’ conversations, US media reported, amid heightened scrutiny...
Signs of hope in trade war as US delays new tariffs on Chinese electronics
BEIJING: US retailers and global financial markets got an early Christmas present Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration announced it is delaying tariffs...
Shrinking German economy ‘on edge of recession’ as exports stutter
BERLIN: Slumping exports sent Germany’s economy into reverse in the second quarter, with prospects of an early recovery slim as its manufacturers' struggle...
Oil prices fall on weak global economic data
LONDON: Oil prices fell on Wednesday on weak global economic data and a rise in US crude inventories, almost erasing the previous session’s...
Thai airlines’ losses widen on weak tourism, strong baht
BANGKOK:Â Bangkok Airways and smaller Thai carriers have reported surging second-quarter losses as they reeled from a decline in Chinese tourists and a...
China economy shows new signs of weakness with soft data
BEIJING:Â China's economy showed further signs of strain in July with output at its factories falling to its lowest level in 17 years,...
Govt initiates probe into power projects
ISLAMABAD:Â The government's Inquiry Commission on Loans has initiated inquiries against the power projects and has sought a detailed response from the National...
Pakistani businessmen invited to invest in Afghanistan
Commercial Attaché says by investing in Afghanistan, Pakistani investors can get easy access to the Central Asian markets
ISLAMABAD: Commercial Attaché of Afghanistan...
SECP defies govt’s meritocracy claims
'SECP's insurance commissioner lacks sector-specific experience and qualification'
ISLAMABAD:Â Amid government's claims of establishing a system of meritocracy, an irregular officer has been...
High energy costs hampering Pakistan’s cement exports
'Increased govt levies are encouraging unscrupulous elements to import under-invoiced Iranian cement'
LAHORE: Pakistan has been losing a major share of its...
IMF warns increasing US tariffs could cut China growth sharply
WASHINGTON:Â China's economy already is slowing amid the trade conflict with the United States, but if Washington were to ramp up tariffs even...
China to push to attract more high-tech manufacturers
BEIJING: China will push to attract more high-tech manufacturers to set up in the world's No.2 economy, the nation's commerce ministry said...
‘Govt focusing on diversification of export products’
Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood has said that the incumbent government is focusing on diversification of export products...
Trump says US economy ‘handcuffed’ by Fed
WASHINGTON:Â US President Donald Trump on Friday called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates by a full percentage point, saying the...