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WTO ministers deeply divided
DOHA, Nov 9: World Trade Organization ministers are deeply divided as they head into a critical conference here aimed at boosting global trade, WTO Director General Mike Moore acknowledged Friday.... 
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Tax machinery revamping to cost $200 million
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has estimated that the restructuring of the tax administration would cost approximately $200 million, a reliable source told Dawn here on Thursday....
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EU ready to go ‘extra mile’: Lamy: Trade liberalization
DOHA, Nov 9: The European Union is willing to go the “extra mile” to see a new trade liberalization programme launched but cannot do it alone, EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy...
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No price relief for consumers likely in Ramazan
KARACHI, Nov 9: Consumers will have to pay higher prices for buying essential items in Ramazan, starting next week, even if the price regulators announce any cuts....
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Razak, ginners meeting on 15th
KARACHI, Nov 9: Commerce Minister Abdul Razak Dawood is expected to meet the ginners of southern Punjab on November 15, and will persuade them to sell quality lint to the Trading...
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Oil price climbs as Opec readies output cut
LONDON, Nov 9: The price of oil surged more than a dollar a barrel here Friday, as Russia finally signalled it was ready to join Opec in reducing volumes to help...
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China Enters WTO today
DOHA, Nov 9: China caps a 15-year struggle to prise open the doors to the World Trade Organization on Saturday, offering the potential of a major boost to global trade and...
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Shortfall in NWFP receipts
PESHAWAR, Nov 9: The NWFP government recorded massive shortfall in the Provincial Own Receipts (PORs) during the first quarter of the current financial year, according to official sources....
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Terror attacks hit Asian economic growth: ADB
MANILA, Nov 9: Asia’s economic growth would drop sharply this year and in 2002, as the shadow of terrorism pushes the region’s main export markets into a deeper-than-expected downturn, the Asian...
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EBRD urges Central Asia to lure investment
LONDON, Nov 9: Central Asian states, cast into the spotlight by the war on Afghanistan, have an opportunity to lure foreign investment but only if they press on with democratic and...
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Japanese economy slips into 20-year recession
 TOKYO, Nov 9: Japan said Friday its economy would shrink 0.9 per cent in the year to March, reversing an earlier 1.7-per cent growth target and marking the deepest drop in...
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Opec may cut 1.5m bpd oil from Dec
VIENNA, Nov 9: The Opec oil cartel is likely to cut production by up to 1.5 million barrels per day next week, possibly effective from as early as December 1, to...
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Asian stock markets mixed
TOKYO, Nov 9: Asian stock markets closed mixed on Friday, with most bourses higher on bargain-hunting but others including regional leader Tokyo dragged lower on domestic concerns....
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Free trade zone between US, Japan, China stressed
TOKYO, Nov 9: The creation of a free trade zone between the United States, China and Japan would benefit the global economy, said Steve van Andel, chairman of the United States...
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Commerzbank plunges into loss
FRANKFURT, Nov 9: Commerzbank, the fourth-biggest bank in Germany, said on Friday it slid into loss in the third quarter owing to weakness of the stock market and higher provisioning to...
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Pakistan, US firm sign $2m deal: E&P data system
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Pakistan and LMK Resources, US, signed here on Thursday an agreement worth $2 million for establishment, management and operations of the Pakistan Petroleum Exploration and Production (E&P) Data...
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New portfolio of SBP DGs
KARACHI, Nov 9: After the induction of a new deputy governor Tawfiq A. Husain in the State Bank some changes have been made in the portfolios of the two deputy governors....
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Syria moves to rejoin world economy
LONDON, Nov 9: Syria’s readiness to swim against the Western political tide was underlined during UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s recent visit to Damascus, the first ever by a British prime...
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Riyadh may waive penalty on NPCC
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Saudi Arabia is considering to waive a penalty it had imposed on a Pakistani public sector power construction firm for delaying a multi-million dollar project in that country....
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NBP, UBL merge UK branches
KARACHI, Nov 9: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and United Bank Limited (UBL) have signed an agreement under which these two banks will run the UK operations jointly....
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