AT&T-DirecTV tie-up shifts focus from Comcast megadeal
AT&T's blockbuster deal for DirecTV raises new concerns about consolidation in the US pay TV sector, but may also lead to a rethinking of another megadeal involving cable giant Comcast.…
An unequal battle
While going to the Karachi Press Club to attend a press conference called by the Citizens Trust Against Crime, I noticed heavy traffic moving in the wrong direction on a…
Myanmar’s log export ban to hurt businessmen but help forests
Myanmar will ban the export of raw timber logs from April 1, choking off profits in a sector that provided critical funding to the country's former military rulers for decades,…
Simmering over SIMs
One ought to be intellectually challenged or suffering some kind of disorder to organise the mindless and wasteful record-breaking inanities that unfold around Lahore every other weekend. Making the largest…
Managing digitized human resource
In spite the escalating rhetoric about Human Resource Management, in Pakistan, is still remains one of the most ill executed management function, is organisational context mostly due to misconceptions &…
Zombie idea
THE government has announced a privatisation plan to sell off state-owned entities including ones that have `blue chip` status in the Karachi Stock Exchange. The argument given is that such…
Secrets of our darkened soul
Do nations have souls? The question is a hypothetical one. But if they do, then the soul of our country is shrouded in all kinds of ugly secrets; secrets we…
Market-friendly?
Governments in developing countries are increasingly being accused of policies and practices that favour cronies and party loyalists in allocation of scarce resources. They do this blatantly in the name…
Twitter gives NYSE momentum in IPO battle versus Nasdaq
Twitter Inc's successful debut on the New York Stock Exchange could help the Big Board win a title it has never held before: the No 1 US listing venue for…
Nokia: a lesson in how high-tech flyers can fall fast
In just five years Nokia fell from dominating the mobile phone industry to abandoning the handset business, a swift fall from grace with lessons for market leaders. The story of…
