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The number landed on a Thursday in June, the way these numbers tend to. Seventeen private fusion companies have each now raised more than $100 million...
A Belgian worker who clocks 40 years on the job retires, on average, with a supplementary pension worth less than a second-hand car. That’s not a...
Islamabad’s revenue machine is grinding, and the gears are stripping. The Finance Bill 2026 arrived with a headline FBR target near Rs15.3 trillion for the new...
When riot police lined up outside a Southport mosque in August 2024, the violence on the street had already been rehearsed online for hours. Britain’s Big...
A ribbon-cutting in Karachi this week did more than open a branch. It marked the moment BankIslami Pakistan Limited, the country’s second-oldest full-fledged Islamic bank, formally...
Karachi’s fintech corridor produced another paper trail this week. ABHI Microfinance Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with NADRA Technologies Limited (NTL), the commercial arm...
Karachi’s trading floor went quiet for a half-second on June 15, 2026, then erupted. The State Bank of Pakistan had just held its policy rate at...
By March 2026, the architecture of domestic capital in South Asia has fundamentally shifted. Shariah-compliant deposits now capture over 26.5% of the total banking industry, an...
In early 2026, Arthur & Hayes, a mid-sized London accounting firm, quietly fired its bottom quintile of junior analysts. They replaced them not with offshore labour...
A Wuling Hongguang MiniEV rolls off a Liuzhou production line priced at $6,560. A Chevrolet Equinox EV, built four time zones away in Spring Hill, Tennessee,...
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