New hemophilia drugs aim to simplify treatment
For 33-year-old video editor and hemophilia patient Travis Roop, being able to get life-saving infusions of a blood clotting agent every two weeks, instead of rushing to treat a bleeding…
Woman empowerment: Shahbaz Sharif’s strong commitment
Punjab government's pronouncement for bringing necessary amendments in laws related to women and making these laws up-to-date in accordance with the present day requirements, is a manifestation of strong commitment…
Corporate governance and SECP: Forcing out the bad
In today's world, the concept of corporate governance has attracted an extraordinary public attention. A topic that not too long-ago, dismissed as a fad limited to the halls of academia,…
Morgan Stanley investors await Fed’s buyback blessing
Morgan Stanley shareholders will find out this week whether the US Federal Reserve will allow the bank to start returning capital to shareholders in a meaningful way for the first…
Controversies and over-exuberance
On March 26, the Finance Minister again assured the parliament that the much talked about $1.5 billion inflow into Pakistan was an unconditional 'gift' from a friendly country. Never before…
National resource giants plot varied paths to global goal
In teaming up with Cargill to create the world's largest sugar trader last week, Brazil's Copersucar has joined a small but growing club of national resource champions steadily transforming the…
West stumbles as autocratic force trumps economics
A quarter-century after the fall of the Soviet Union, authoritarian rulers such as Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad are showing they can and will defy international norms, suppress dissent and…
Huge housing deal may signal Gulf investment push into Egypt
A $40 billion deal for Dubai firm Arabtec to build one million homes in Egypt may mark the start of politically-inspired Gulf investment in the country's creaking infrastructure, from housing…
After popular protests, Oman starts to pursue graft
Young Omanis who took to the streets in 2011 to demand jobs and better economic prospects failed to trigger the mass protests that transformed other parts of the Arab world…
Record Argentine soy crop to pump exports despite hoarding
Argentina will put downward pressure on world food prices by exporting more soy this year, even as growers hedge against the country's dysfunctional financial system by hoarding a bigger chunk…
