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Small tobacco growers said on Saturday that the federal government’s Tobacco Board that had been captured by tobacco industry and big tobacco growers were...

Pakistan’s exports during October 2011 were valued at $1.896 billion which was 2.2 per cent lower than the $1.938 billion worth of goods exported...

Global mobile devices sales to end users witnessed a robust growth of 16.5 per cent during the second quarter of 2011 (2Q-2011) despite the...

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told Italy's struggling center-right government to deliver on its promised austerity package, adding to international pressure on weakened...

Textile exports during the first month of the current fiscal year (2011-12) were recorded at $1.121 billion, showing an increase of 14.22 per cent...

Revision in Arabian light crude oil forecast from $80 per bbl for FY12 onward to $95 per bbl for FY13 onward have led Pakistan...

According to a product wise analysis of exports, which have achieved the historic figure $24.83 billion during July–June (2010-2011), the Textile and Agricultural sectors...

Indus Motor Company (IMC) Chief Executive Officer Pervez Ghias, in an interview with Profit, said it is expected that the automobile industry will grow...

The executive at General Motors who, with the authority of GM’s top management behind her, brought Cadillac back to top-ranked quality ratings for luxury...

Even though a sizeable chunk of bank credits are turning into bad debts owing to the current global economic downturn, bank deposits have mostly...

Planning Commission (PC) Deputy Chairman Dr Nadeem- ul-Haque stressed that Pakistan needs to maintain the growth rate of seven percent for 20 years for...

SANAA - Tension simmered in Yemen on Monday after a fruitless meeting with Gulf mediators and late night demonstrations turned violent in Sanaa. The streets of Sanaa appeared quiet on Monday following overnight clashes with security forces, an AFP correspondent reported.
Late on Sunday, hundreds of thousands of men and women protested against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's call for an end to men and women demonstrating together against the regime, and called for his ouster.

SANAA - Tension simmered in Yemen on Monday after a fruitless meeting with Gulf mediators and late night demonstrations turned violent in Sanaa.
The streets of Sanaa appeared quiet on Monday following overnight clashes with security forces, an AFP correspondent reported.
Late on Sunday, hundreds of thousands of men and women protested against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's call for an end to men and women demonstrating together against the regime, and called for his

KARACHI - Car sales, last month, improved by an annual 24 percent and reached 15,634 units compared to 12,618 units in the same period last year, according to recent data released by the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA). A month-wise analysis depicted a sales boost of 17 percent spurred by delivery of CNG vehicles, booked in January and February FY11, in the outgoing month.
"Thus, with these numbers, 9MFY11 marked an annual 14 percent improvement," said

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's economy is expected to grow 4 percent in the coming financial year starting July 1, picking up steam again after devastating floods pushed back growth to around 3 percent this year, officials said on Thursday.
"We are looking at a growth rate of 4 percent for the next year because of a good services sector and on hopes of better farm output," said a Finance Ministry official who did not want to be identified.
The figure compares with a 3.7 percent

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's economy is expected to grow 4 percent in the coming financial year starting July 1, picking up steam again after devastating floods pushed back growth to around 3 percent this year, officials said on Thursday.
"We are looking at a growth rate of 4 percent for the next year because of a good services sector and on hopes of better farm output," said a Finance Ministry official who did not want to be identified. The figure compares with a 3.7 percent growth

WASHINGTON - The worldwide smartphone market will grow nearly 50 percent this year and Google's Android will take over as the leading operating system, a technology market research firm said Tuesday. International Data Corp (IDC) said smartphone vendors are expected to ship more than 450 million smartphones in 2011 compared to 303.4 million last year. IDC said the smartphone market will grow more than four times faster than the overall mobile phone market as consumers and enterprise