Newspaper - Business & Finance - December 10, 2024
Harvesting the sun for industrial growth

Harvesting the sun for industrial growth

The surge in distributed solar leading to surplus capacity can allow industries to purchase electricity at marginal price.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 11:02am
Neglecting health and education

Neglecting health and education

The government’s combined budget for health and education is a mere Rs132bn — compare that to the massive Rs151.4bn loss...
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 12:06pm
The cost of a political divide

The cost of a political divide

Demands for opposing parties to put aside differences for the sake of the nation grow as tensions drive up the bill for economics.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 11:35am
COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

Bank Alfalah received the ‘Best Bank for Digital Excellence’ award and ‘Best Bank for Customer Engagement
Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:20am
CORPORATE WINDOW:  Business in limbo

CORPORATE WINDOW: Business in limbo

The renegotiation of IPP contracts has been viewed by some as being in the same league as freezing foreign currency accounts.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 12:48pm
Connectivity as currency

Connectivity as currency

In a tech event this year, I heard a surprising thing. Some of the designs of Trump’s campaign were made by ...
Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:20am
The ongoing internet folly

The ongoing internet folly

Uninterrupted connectivity is crucial to maintain the current growth rate of IT exports.
Updated 10 Dec, 2024 09:47am
Data points

Data points

If Google were a ship, it would be the Titanic in the hours before it struck an iceberg — riding high, supposedly
Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:20am
Swift revenues

Swift revenues

Fueled by her Eras Tour, whose revenue could be around $2bn, Taylor Swift accounts for nearly 2pc of the US music...
Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:20am
Migrating to bluer skies

Migrating to bluer skies

Since election day, app usage of Bluesky in the US and UK rocketed by almost 300pc to 3.5m daily users, according to...
Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:20am
xAI’s new round of billions

xAI’s new round of billions

Elon Musk’s xAI has raised $6bn in new capital, wrapping up a funding round that is said to value the artificial...
Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:20am
Lifting all  tech ships

Lifting all tech ships

Tech’s top six firms have grown by more than $8tr since the launch of ChatGPT two years ago, according to Bloomberg
Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:20am
Inheriting  trillions

Inheriting trillions

About $105tr is projected to be passed down from older generations over the next quarter century as inheritance in...
Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:20am
BYD gambles on Pakistan’s EV market

BYD gambles on Pakistan’s EV market

"Selling 50,000 units a year in the first phase would save $250-300m on the conservative side on fossil fuel imports," the spokesperson says.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 12:34pm
One tariff too many

One tariff too many

US tariff threats to Brics renew interest in de-dollarising
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 11:55am
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