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Walmart laying off hundreds of US workers at five e-commerce fulfillment centers

NEW YORK: Hundreds of workers at five U.S. Walmart facilities that fulfill e-commerce orders are being asked to find...

Published 23 Mar, 2023 08:40pm

Business & Finance

Alibaba reports loss of $2.9bn in third quarter

BEIJING: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Thursday reported a loss of 20.6 billion yuan ($2.89 billion) for the...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am

Business & Finance

Alibaba keeps Singles Day sales tally under wraps for first time

BEIJING: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has not released full sales figures for its annual Singles Day event for...

Published 12 Nov, 2022 10:29am

Business & Finance

Need stressed for realising e-commerce potential

KARACHI: Pakistani entrepreneurs have great potential to shine on the global e-commerce market as the country...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 05:54am

Opinion

Tech titans curb hiring in a ‘challenging macro environment’

From e-commerce colossus Amazon to social networking star Facebook, US tech firms that once grew with abandon have...

Published 16 May, 2022 05:42am

Pakistan

BBS, MYU sign MoU to strengthen cooperation in business, e-commerce

ISLAMABAD: Beijing Business School (BBS), China, and Muslim Youth University (MYU), Pakistan, have signed MoU to...

Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am

Business & Finance

TDAP holds seminar on ‘Women in Trade Export Readiness’

FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FWCCI) is working to promote women entrepreneurship ...

Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am

Business & Finance

E-commerce industry in Pakistan can attract ‘significant’ FDI: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s e-commerce industry is one of the few in the CAREC region to attract significant foreign...

Published 22 Mar, 2022 05:21am

Pakistan

NUST Institute of Policy Studies holds discussion on G-B

ISLAMABAD: NUST Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS) organised a high-level roundtable on Gilgit-Baltistan here the...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 04:07am

Opinion

FBR — making tax digital and beyond—I

For the first time in the history of the country FBR is keeping pace with changes taking place on the tax landscape...

Updated 28 Jan, 2022 06:02am

Business & Finance

China’s shopping festival: Livestreaming e-commerce: Pakistani goods get a boost

BEIJING: Livestream selling boosted the sale of Pakistani goods in the Chinese market, and Pakistan could learn from...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 05:03am

Business & Finance

Alibaba urges Pakistan businesses to use e-commerce platform

LAHORE: Country Manager of Alibaba for Pakistan Songsong has exhorted the businessmen from Lahore to use the...

Updated 07 Jan, 2022 12:00pm

SBP cuts realization period for exporters by 60 days

KARACHI: In order to ensure the timely arrival of foreign exchange, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Wednesday...

Updated 06 Jan, 2022 09:56am

BR Research

Startup space 2021

Not only has there been a spate of startups in Pakistan in 2021, there has been a funding frenzy in the startup ...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 08:25am

Opinion

Pakistan’s tax culture

According to media reports, a Chinese influencer known as the “queen of livestreaming” has been ordered to pay...

Published 24 Dec, 2021 05:43am

Pakistan

Agreement signed: ISE, Sysnatic Info to develop ‘Trainings and Data Center Lab’

LAHORE: The Infinity School of Engineering (ISE) and Sysnatic Info Pvt have signed an agreement to develop the...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am

Business & Finance

Middle East & Africa: ‘Digitalisation readiness is key to unlocking SME growth potential’

KARACHI: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region are recognizing...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 06:34am

Business & Finance

CCP drafts studies to help create ‘a level playing field’ for SMEs

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has drafted two studies of small and medium enterprises...

Published 12 Dec, 2021 04:19am

Business & Finance

Silkbank partners with OLX Mall

KARACHI: Silkbank Limited, with its substantial market share in the credit cards segment, has partnered with OLX...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am

Pakistan

NIFT and C Square join hands to bring in revolutionary AI chatbot

KARACHI: National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (NIFT) and C Square collaborate to bring AI integrated...

Published 07 Dec, 2021 06:29am

Pakistan

Senator Buppi made SAPM on e-commerce

ISLAMABAD: Senator Aon Abbas Buppi was handpicked as special assistant to the prime minister on e-commerce on...

Published 25 Nov, 2021 03:53am

Opinion

Visa’s CFO expects to resolve fee row with Amazon

Visa expects to resolve its credit card fee dispute with Amazon.com Inc in Britain and hopes to continue its...

Published 21 Nov, 2021 04:19am

Alibaba says profit falls 81pc

SHANGHAI: Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group said on Thursday that its profit for the most recent quarter...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

Business & Finance

Paypal in $45bn bid for Pinterest

NEW YORK: PayPal Holdings Inc has made an offer to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest Inc for $45 billion, people...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 04:38am

Business & Finance

E-commerce system: Pakistan Visa country head identifies obstacles to growth

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has yet to realise its full potential in developing its e-commerce system, due to major issues ...

Updated 02 Nov, 2021 04:43pm

Business & Finance

International e-payment gateway: 4-member body to seek input from stakeholders

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has constituted a four-member committee to seek input from stakeholders ...

Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am

Technology

Adobe jumps into e-commerce payments business in challenge to Shopify

"What they're really looking for is simplicity of operations and having all of their reporting and reconciliation in a single tool set," Sheldon says

Published 15 Sep, 2021 05:27pm

Blackstone scraps $3bn takeover of property giant Soho China

BEIJING: A US private equity firm has abandoned a planned $3 billion purchase of Chinese property developer Soho...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 04:18am

Business & Finance

Advent of e-commerce: SME sector throws up new opportunities for women entrepreneurs: speakers

LAHORE: "Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector has become highly conducive for women entrepreneurs with advent ...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:43am

Business & Finance

E-commerce policy: Pakistan lacks privacy, consumer protection statutes: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan does not have a privacy statute of general application nor have national consumer protection...

Updated 22 Aug, 2021 12:59pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Power / Nov 28 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	4.88 ▲ 1.00 (25.77%)
Saritow Spinning / Nov 28 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	6.90 ▲ 0.90 (15.00%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Nov 28 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	8.60 ▲ 1.00 (13.16%)
Hira Textile / Nov 28 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	2.20 ▲ 0.24 (12.24%)
Service Textile / Nov 28 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.11 ▲ 1.00 (10.98%)
Bela Auto / Nov 28 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	7.29 ▲ 0.71 (10.79%)
Shaheen Ins. / Nov 28 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	3.74 ▲ 0.29 (8.41%)
Premier Insurance / Nov 28 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	7.90 ▲ 0.58 (7.92%)
Saif Textile / Nov 28 Saif Textile Mills Limited(SAIF)	12.40 ▲ 0.88 (7.64%)
Calcorp / Nov 28 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	19.91 ▲ 1.39 (7.51%)

Stock	Price
F.Credit & Inv / Nov 28 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	5.53 ▼ -0.66 (-10.66%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Nov 28 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.90 ▼ -0.09 (-9.09%)
Pervez Ahmed Co / Nov 28 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	0.81 ▼ -0.07 (-7.95%)
Samba Bank / Nov 28 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	7.85 ▼ -0.66 (-7.76%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Nov 28 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	38.54 ▼ -3.12 (-7.49%)
Metro Steel / Nov 28 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	24.97 ▼ -2.02 (-7.48%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Nov 28 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	65.05 ▼ -4.95 (-7.07%)
Bank of Khyber / Nov 28 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	11 ▼ -0.80 (-6.78%)
Hala Enterprise / Nov 28 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	10.75 ▼ -0.66 (-5.78%)
Punjab Mod / Nov 28 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.60 ▼ -0.09 (-5.33%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 28 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	109,392,000 ▲ 0.20
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	47,603,061 ▲ 0.08
Treet Corp. (R) / Nov 28 Treet Corporation Limited (R)(TREETR2)	24,352,497 ▼ -0.08
B.O.Punjab / Nov 28 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	23,054,217 ▲ 0.24
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 28 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	22,758,500 ▼ -0.22
Maple Leaf Cement / Nov 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	17,865,589 ▲ 0.26
D.G.K.Cement / Nov 28 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	15,655,201 ▲ 2.67
Agritech Limited / Nov 28 Agritech Limited(AGL)	15,233,500 ▲ 0.63
Pak Elektron / Nov 28 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	14,205,993 ▼ -0.01
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 28 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	13,108,000 ▼ -0.06

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 28	285.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 28	285.35
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 28	148.25
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 28	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 28	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 28	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Nov 27	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 27	4550.43
Nasdaq / Nov 27	14241.02
Dow Jones / Nov 27	35333.47
India Sensex / Nov 28	65983.73
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 28	33370.40
Hang Seng / Nov 28	17485.79
FTSE 100 / Nov 28	7442.27
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 28	15941.55
France CAC40 / Nov 28	7237.40

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 27	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 27	185614
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 28	74.99
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 28	2015.58
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 28	79.06

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