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ArchiveBullish streak continues as index gains 295 points
KARACHI: Regardless of the ripples created on the political front, stocks maintained the bullish momentum for the eighth consecutive session, with the KSE-100 index adding 295...
59pc) also contributed 20 points towards the index as the stock gained investor’s attention over news of Pakistan’s ministry of petroleum supporting a potential increase in OMC margins,” stated dealers at Global Securities...
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BusinessPSX closes week on positive note as benchmark index climbs 295 points
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday closed the week on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 295 points to close at 39,080...
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ArchiveStocks jump 295 points on individual buying
KARACHI: The stock market demonstrated bullish trend for the third day in succession with the KSE-100 index climbing 295 points (0...
23pc, Pakistan Tobacco 4...
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ArchiveLorenzo leads Yamaha one-two in France
LE MANS: Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo celebrated his second successive MotoGP win after beating team mate and championship leader Valentino Rossi in a Yamaha one-two at Sunday’s French Grand Prix...
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ArchiveRossi, Lorenzo look to hammer home Yamaha advantage
BARCELONA: Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo aim to hammer home Yamaha’s superiority at the Grand Prix of Catalunya on Sunday with the Italian seeking a seventh top-class win at the circuit...
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BusinessYamaha launches new 125cc bike
Yamaha Motor Pakistan announced the launch of their new 125cc bike vowing to cater the need of common motorcycle users in Pakistan, read a statement issued by the company...
Yamaha earlier introduced two sporty versions in the 125cc category as it introduced YBR125 & YBR125G models around two years back...
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ArchiveVinales on pole in all-Yamaha front row
LE MANS: Spain’s Maverick Vinales ensured a Yamaha lock-out at the front of the grid for Sunday’s French MotoGP after pipping championship leader Valentino Rossi to pole position at Le Mans...
MotoGP rookie Johann Zarco will start Sunday’s race in third to complete a Yamaha hat-trick on the front row...
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ArchiveVinales snaps Yamaha winless streak as Marquez jinx strikes again
PHILLIP ISLAND: Spain’s Maverick Vinales made the most of an early retirement for world champion Marc Marquez to bring an end to Yamaha’s longest MotoGP winless streak with a victory in the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island on Sunday...
Johann Zarco’s Tech3 Yamaha caught the back of the Spaniard’s Honda going into turn one and although the Frenchman escaped a nasty high speed crash without serious injury, the damage to...
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ArchivePakistan fails to capitalise on oil price dip: ADB
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank says that Pakistan’s economy has failed to achieve its growth potential in spite of benefiting from lower prices of oil which accounts for almost a third of its imports...
The ADB approved $1 billion for projects in Pakistan to improve transport and trade...
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ArchiveFixing Pakistan's water woes beyond regulating the price of bottled water
But even if Diamer-Bhasha reaches its funding goal, then what?The court summoned yesterday the CEOs of all bottled water companies to present data on the price of extracted water and the revenue they have made selling it...
We can question whether major bottlers are cartelised, and whether quality audits are functioning well, but let’s think here instead about what the price of water should be...
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ArchivePakistan paid the price for waking up too late
LONDON: Every World Cup failure for Pakistan sparks a wave of reviews and sackings and the promise of a fresh approach — until the team wins again and all is forgotten...
Pakistan won four straight matches to finish level on 11 points with New Zealand, but they bowed out of the tournament due to an inferior net run-rate...
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ArchiveGovt not bound to fix cane price every year, SHC told
HYDERABAD: The Sindh government is under no obligation to fix the price of sugar cane for every crushing season under the Sugar Factories Control Act, 1950, the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench was told by the counsel for litigant sugar millers on Tuesday...
“In fact, it is not incumbent upon the government to determine price of sugar cane on recommendations of the board,” suggested the affidavit citing the words ‘or...
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ArchiveFootprints: The high price of migration
ATHENS: Nasima, 32, has just finished wrangling with her two daughters and one son, when a foreign journalist comes asking Afghan refugees what they plan to do after reports that the border of Macedonia is closed to all non-Syrians...
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ArchiveNew Saudi minister is believer in reform and low oil price
LONDON: It was January 2016 and oil prices had crashed to their lowest in more than a decade...
Saudi Arabia's health minister, Khalid al-Falih, a favourite to take over the oil ministry from his mentor Ali al-Naimi, was not panicking
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