Tag: Global
Asian markets boosted by China manufacturing data
Asian markets climbed on Monday after data showed Chinese manufacturing activity had picked up pace in November, while increased global confidence provided support for...
South Korea November exports show fragile, uneven global recovery
November exports grew by 3.9 percent over a year earlier to $47.8 billion on top of a revised 1.1 percent rise in October, while...
Hepatitis becomes global healthcare issue
Shifa International Hospital Chief of Medicine and Gastroenterology Dr Nasir Khokhar said that hepatitis had become a devastating global healthcare issue. Around a million...
Malala sixth on ‘global thinkers’ list
Teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai has been given the sixth place on the Top 100 Global Thinkers list by prestigious US magazine Foreign Policy....
Magazine places Malala at 6th among the top 100 Global Thinkers...
US magazine “Foreign Policy” has placed 15-year-old, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani child rights activist at the sixth spot in its top 100 Global Thinkers...
ACCA hold accountants’ moot
ACCA Pakistan organised Accountants for Business Global Forum Pakistan 2012 on 20 November 2012 at Marriott Hotel, Karachi. The event aimed to surface the...
Global stocks gain on fiscal hope; yen down for third day
But shares on major markets still posted a second consecutive weekly loss as the collective worry about the U.S. government's fiscal problems and weak...
Researchers warn about worse climate change
It’s not easy to predict exactly how increased greenhouse gases in our atmosphere will affect global weather patterns, which is one of the main...
Global shares, crude oil dip despite stronger US jobs
The dollar climbed to a more-than-six-month peak against the yen and a three-week high versus the euro after U.S. employers stepped up hiring and...
No change in global financial structure
The International Monetary Fund(IMF)has said that change in the global financial structure is not visible yet, in part because policymakers and bankers have delayed...
Global outpouring to help Malala Yousafzai: report
When the time came to choose medical treatment for Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old schoolgirl who defied the Taliban and then was shot by them,...
Shares gain, bonds tumble as US unemployment falls
Wall Street, however, erased early gains With the S&P 500 breaking a four-day string of gains, weighed by concerns about the upcoming earnings season,...
Scaling down: Global warming making fish smaller
A hearty fillet of fish, already a rare treat because of over-trawled oceans, will become even more infrequent in the future when global warming...
Africa, South Asia lag in boost to global child health
The global mortality rate for young children has been nearly halved in the past two decades, but Africa and South Asia have not kept...
Global climate talks make headway: UN
The United Nations on Wednesday hailed “concrete progress” at week-long climate talks in Bangkok, but environmental campaigners warned much faster action was needed to...
Global stocks, oil jump on US job gains, Europe optimism
Investors took a second look at Thursday’s statement by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and concluded that help was on the way, even...
Lloyds drawn into global Libor probes
Britain's Lloyds Banking Group on Thursday said certain divisions of the state-rescued group had received subpoenas and requests for information as part of global...
