Tag: Market

Purse-snatching on the rise in commercial market

Citizens have expressed grave concern over the rise in purse-snatching incidents in crowded commercial market. This market is located at the centre of city...

Nigeria steps up security after market attack killed 30

Security forces patrolled an extensive market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday where an assault by suspected Islamists killed some 30 people,...

‘Corporate debt market in the offing’

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) are finalising modalities to launch the long-awaited corporate debt market in...

Chicken price increases, four weeks in a row

The prices of vegetables and fruits remain stable in the Sunday bazaars while the prices of chicken increased. The prices of chicken increased by Rs...

Why I am bullish on the energy market

Energy analysts say the price of oil would start to soar and could rise 50 percent or more within days, according to New York...

Marble market

This is with regards to the news report, “$500b worth Middle East markets remain untapped” published yesterday. Neglect on the part of the government...

Market stages comeback, Index ends flat

After losing as many as 69 points in the early part of the trading session, KSE-100 index put together a strong comeback and at...

Inflated bills perturb consumers

Citizens in the federal capital have received inflated electricity bills this month coupled with fuel price adjustment and disconnection notices in case of not...

Enterprise Applications: the new job market

With college degree enrollments of 352,303 and university enrollments of 741,092, according to Bureau of Statistics survey, it’s heartening to see how the hope...

India opens stock market to foreign investors

India announced on Sunday that it would open up its stock market to individual foreign investors for the first time, in a major economic...

SBP pumps Rs175b in money market

Central bank Friday pumped around 175 billion into the banking system to avoid what the market players believe a potential liquidity crunch. Banking system...

Lack of investor-friendly derivatives plagued capital market in 2011

Like many other markets of the world, it was a bad year for Pakistan’s capital market where trading volumes nose-dived to 10-year low. According to...

‘Reopen vegetable market’

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday directed the Model Town assistant commissioner (AC) and market committee secretary to reopen the entry and exit...

Pressure on rupee limits market gains

The trading band clearly suggests a lack of investor participation. Rumours of CGT thrown out, but the windfall gain of 200 plus points provided...

Suicide bombers hit Afghan market

Twin suicide bombers on a motorcycle struck an Afghan market in the southern province of Nimroz on Monday, killing themselves but causing no other...

Rationing issues

When will the government settle on formulating priorities? When demand for a commodity, at prevailing price, exceeds supply, basics of market economics tell us that...

Sugary products’ prices go up and stay up

The prices of sugar has come down to a record level this year but the producers of sweets, beverages, biscuits and other sugary products...