Trends - Joe Biden - Business Recorder

Joe Biden

UK congratulatory Biden note contained hidden Trump message

Johnson famously prepared two newspaper articles arguing for and against Britain's departure from the European Union before leading the Brexit campaign in 2016.

Updated 11 Nov, 2020 12:59am

World

Joe Biden: Wearing mask 'not a political statement'

Biden, who himself has routinely worn face coverings while campaigning and out in public, said that even as good news of a successful coronavirus vaccine trial has emerged, the single most effective thing we can do to stop the spread of Covid is to wear a mask."

Updated 10 Nov, 2020 08:53pm

World

UN chief congratulates Biden, American people

Biden was projected as the winner of the bitterly contested November 3 election on Saturday by US media, though President Donald Trump has yet to concede.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:37pm

World

Trump tweets he has 'terminated' defense secretary Esper

The firing of Esper, who had clashed with Trump over his suggestion of using military personnel to quash civic unrest, comes a week after the US presidential election.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:29pm

World

Mexico says US vote response not due to fraud suspicions

Trump has launched a slew of legal challenges, complained of vote fraud without offering evidence, and refused to concede after the major US television networks announced Biden's win.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:18pm

World

Biden: Vaccine news gives 'hope,' but long battle ahead

Covid-19 has left more than 237,000 people dead in the US, the worst death toll globally.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 07:34pm

Markets

Biden may 'change course' on Iran, but obstacles abound

In response to the reimposed US sanctions, the Islamic republic has since May 2019 reduced most of its key commitments to the accord.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 06:03pm

World

China, Russia hold off on congratulating Biden; US allies rally round

Some of the United States' biggest and closest allies in Europe, the Middle East and Asia quickly congratulated Biden over the weekend despite Trump's refusal to concede.
"We noticed that Mr. Biden has declared election victory," China's foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:48pm

World

EU says waiting for Biden to take office before commenting on cooperation

"I think we should take things one step at a time," spokesman Eric Mamer told a news briefing.
"We have had now a process in the United States ... ongoing for a while and has now led to us welcoming the victory in the election of Joe Biden."

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:42pm

World

Biden moves forward with COVID-19 task force as Trump tries to cling to power

Biden is due to meet with an advisory board co-chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.
"Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic is one of the most important battles our administration will face, and I will be informed by science and by experts," Biden said.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:33pm

World

Estonian interior minister to resign after calling Biden corrupt

Helme is a member of the populist, far-right Ekre party, which sits in a coalition with the Centre and Fatherland parties under Prime Minister Juri Ratas.
Helme told reporters he stuck by what he had said, but that he was resigning in protest at how his comments had been covered by Estonian media.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:30pm

Business & Finance

Experts believe Biden Presidency to benefit Pakistan

Akbar added that with the arrival of Biden the US and China are likely to cooperate to end the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which would prove beneficial for Pakistan.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 02:31pm

US Elections 2020

World's media welcome Trump defeat, warn of Biden challenges

"A new dawn for America", read the headline of The Independent in Britain.

Published 08 Nov, 2020 05:42pm

US Elections 2020

PM congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris on winning US elections

Imran says he is looking forward to Biden's Global Summit on Democracy & working with him to end illegal tax havens & stealth of nation's wealth by corrupt leaders

Published 08 Nov, 2020 09:34am

World

Trump says 'this election is far from over'

Trump has repeatedly made unfounded claims of fraud in the election.

Published 07 Nov, 2020 10:08pm

World

Joe Biden beats Donald Trump to become 46th President of the United States

Pennsylvania was enough to get Biden over that halfway line. With leads in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, he may well end up winning far more than needed - taking those three states would give him a total of 306.

Updated 07 Nov, 2020 10:17pm

World

Biden vows virus action on 'day one' as Europe suffers under second wave

More than 127,000 new infections were reported in the US on Friday, the third straight day of record cases.

Published 07 Nov, 2020 05:56pm

World

Biden says 'We're going to win this race' as his lead over Trump grows

Americans have been waiting longer than in any presidential election since 2000 to learn the winner, with counting slowed by a record number of mail-in ballots.
"The numbers tell us ... it's a clear and convincing story: We're going to win this race," Biden said.

Published 07 Nov, 2020 05:36pm

World

US election results show Biden closing in on victory

In addition to Pennsylvania, Biden has pulled ahead in the southeastern state of Georgia, which has 16 electoral votes, but it remains too close to call.

Updated 07 Nov, 2020 02:13am

World

France sees smoother trade ties with US if Biden triumphs

President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on French wines in a row over Airbus subsidies, threatened levies on Champagne and luxury handbags in a digital tax dispute.
Biden took a razor-thin lead over President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Georgia early on Friday.

Published 06 Nov, 2020 07:45pm

World

Biden moves ahead in Georgia and Pennsylvania, moving closer to White House

Biden has a 253 to 214 lead in the state-by-state Electoral College vote that determines the winner.
In Pennsylvania, Biden moved ahead of Trump by 5,500 votes on Friday morning, while in Georgia, he had opened up a 1,097-vote lead.

Published 06 Nov, 2020 07:12pm

World

Biden at 253/264 electoral votes, Trump at 214: US media

Biden has captured 22 states including his home state Delaware and big prizes California and New York, as well as the US capital.

Published 06 Nov, 2020 12:02am

World

Biden on cusp of White House victory, Trump turns to courts

The former senator from Delaware and Democratic hopeful currently has 253 electoral votes -- or 264 if the 11 electoral votes from the southwestern state of Arizona are included.

Published 05 Nov, 2020 11:55pm

US Elections 2020

US election could be settled Thursday as key states tally results

Donald Trump has amassed 214 electoral votes so far, and is still in contention in several states that would afford the Republican incumbent a path to reelection.

Published 05 Nov, 2020 11:50pm

Pakistan

'Vote ko Izzat do’: Pakistanis greet delay in US polls result with memes, jokes

Two days after polls close, Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the U.S. presidential race on Thursday with only handful of states that will determine the outcome of the Election.

Updated 06 Nov, 2020 09:16pm

World

Harris’s ancestral village in India gets festive as Biden leads count

Thulasendrapuram, located about 320 km (200 miles) south of Chennai, is where Harris’s maternal grandfather was born more than a century ago.

Published 05 Nov, 2020 01:38pm

World

Timeline: Which U.S. states are still counting votes and when will they be done?

Democratic nominee Joe Biden has a slight edge over Republican President Donald Trump with 227 to 213 electoral votes. That leaves 98 electoral votes to be allocated, and possible paths to victory for both candidates. The winner needs to secure 270 votes.

Published 05 Nov, 2020 10:45am

World

Biden says he expects to win the presidency

“After a long night of counting, it’s clear that we’re winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency,” Biden said. “I’m not here to declare that we’ve won, but I am here to report that when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners.”

Published 05 Nov, 2020 04:11am

World

Biden foresees victory in U.S. election; Trump pursues suits, recount

Trump’s campaign asked to intervene in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case over whether Pennsylvania, another key state that was still working its way through hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots, should be permitted to accept late-arriving ballots sent by Election Day.

Published 05 Nov, 2020 04:08am

World

Biden wins Wisconsin, in blow to Trump: US media

The Trump campaign has announced its intention to request a recount in the state, citing "reports of irregularities... which raise serious doubts about the validity of the result."

Published 05 Nov, 2020 01:41am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 31	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 31	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 31	157.31
USD to Swiss Franc / May 31	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / May 31	1.27
Euro to USD / May 31	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 31	5277.51
India Sensex / May 31	73961.31
Tokyo Nikkei / May 31	38487.90
Nasdaq / May 31	16735.02
Hang Seng / May 31	18079.61
FTSE 100 / May 31	8275.38
Dow Jones / May 31	38686.32
Germany DAX 30 / May 31	18497.94

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 31	76.99
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 31	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 31	207219
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 31	2327.33
Cotton US¢/pound / May 31	75.11
Petrol/Litre / Jun 2	268.36

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Calculate your monthly liability in FY24

Joe Biden

Most Popular