The technology sector is the brightest opportunity for Pakistan which is evident from the fact that over the past 12 months, Pakistani startups have raised more than $100 million in venture funding...
7 million seed funding, total investment reaches $9mPakistan is second only to Saudi Arabia in terms of capital raised in the Menap (Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan) region...
2 billion accounting scandal blamed on management’s overzealous pursuit of profit, in an embarrassing blow to one of Japan Inc’s most-recognised companies...
HONG KONG: Britain no longer looks like a sunny safe haven for Asian corporations...
Companies from Japan to India have historically been drawn to the United Kingdom (UK) for its stable market, its openness to foreign investment, and access to the European Union
It was the men who chased her all the way...
Fashion brand Inc...
The hair and make-up of the showcase was done by students of Syed's fashion institute, International Fashion Academy of Pakistan (IFAP)...
We've all faked it...
Whether once or twice or a few dozen times — be it through forced smiles or forged signatures, replicated art pieces or plagiarised papers, fake IDs or fake orgasms — we have all faked our way through social occasions, conversations, professional ladders and — if one can bring an honest admission of ribaldry here — sexual situations, where faking it is a lot more helpful than making it...
The result has been a collective lunge by Japan Inc for businesses ranging from banks and niche cigarette brands to logistics companies and the Financial Times...
But if Japan Inc has overpaid in the past 12 months the motivation for doing so seems clear: business survival...
NEW YORK: Nikkei Inc’s purchase of Pearson’s FT Group raises once more the question of whether Japanese companies pay too much for overseas acquisitions...
• Japanese brokerage Nomura Holdings Inc acquired Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc’s European and Asian businesses in 2008, in the depth of the global financial crisis...
Some call it Guru Inc — the rise of businesses run by gurus and holy men...
BEIJING: President Emmanuel Macron offered on Tuesday to open up the French economy to Chinese investment in exchange for greater access to China’s booming markets, warning in talks in Beijing that existing trade imbalances would lead to protectionism...
On the first state visit of his eight-month-old presidency, Macron is hoping greater openness from China, coupled with lobbying from the 50-strong business delegation travelling with...
Beijing's unprecedented takeover of private insurer Anbang confirms that toxic risks lurk in the world's second-largest economy while signalling the state's tightening grip on China Inc...
President Xi Jinping has become the most powerful Chinese leader in decades by pushing a programme of party control in all walks of life...
SHANGHAI: Debt growth for Chinese companies has slowed to the lowest rate in more than a decade, according to Reuters analysis, which could provide relief for policymakers worried about the fallout from years of loose lending practices across the economy...
But this growing caution about taking on new debt, along with tighter profit margins and slowing revenue growth, could point to rising risks facing the world’s second largest economy...
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was re-elected in May with a sweeping majority, Indian stock markets jumped to all-time highs as investors anticipated big bang pro-business reforms to revive a flagging economy...
“India Inc is worried that the slowdown may deepen further...
Properly investigating the claims of fraud that triggered the sell-off in Adani’s companies will be a key test for “India Inc” as the country seeks to attract foreign investment and rival China economically in the 21st century, analysts say...
Modi’s demonetisation drive in 2016 — withdrawing almost 86 per cent of banknotes — was catastrophically handled but the stated aim was to root out corruption and bring all transactions out of...
Green buildings, also known as sustainable, energy efficient and smart buildings, are built with the aim to minimise environmental impacts, emitting none or very little amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) and reaping maximum environmental, social and economic benefits...
Generally, the direct and indirect benefits associated with green buildings include: reduced energy consumptions, increased water use efficiency, lower environmental...