Dollar’s gyrations raise hedging costs for US companies
Wild swings in global currencies hammered corporate earnings in the past year, and while forex markets have gotten less choppy, some companies are seeking ways to guard profits and lower…
From presidential palace to KFC: Bolsonaro’s peculiar exile in US
He used to preside over Latin America’s largest country and its 214 million people. Now Brazil’s former far-right leader lives in a small Florida town and eats alone in a…
Speakers For Collective Efforts To Solve Muslim World’s Contemporary Problems
Speakers at an international conference on 'Islam and Interpretation' emphasized the need for collective academic efforts to solve contemporary problems of the Muslim world. The conference was held at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)…
The legendary Khushwant Singh
February 2 marks the birth anniversary of Khushwant Singh, a literary personality of our region, who was born 108 years ago in the village of Hadali, Punjab in present-day Pakistan.…
Biden, Republican leader clash – with US economy at stake
President Joe Biden and the new Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, face off Wednesday at the White House to discuss the US debt standoff — but…
Austerity: truly misunderstood
Certain policy areas are less well understood. Austerity is one of them. Austerity comes from the Latin word ‘austerus’, meaning harshness. Austerity has grown from a policy of rationing and…
US trade shifts on Covid and China tensions, but no ‘decoupling’ yet
US trade flows are realigning on the back of pandemic shocks and tensions with China, but efforts to reduce interdependence between the superpowers have not brought a swift decoupling. While…
Digital inclusion
The early years of the coronavirus pandemic brought so many changes to our lifestyle, including the way we conduct businesses. During the first two tumultuous years of this natural catastrophe,…
Travesty of justice
The traditional council, or ‘jirga’, is known by different names in different languages in Pakistan – ‘faislo’ in Sindh and ‘panchayat’ in Punjab. The word ‘jirga’ is derived from the…
Burning down the house
A stitch in time saves nine. In the case of our economy, we do not like stitches. We deliberate whether a stitch is even required, or what if we don’t…
