Traders bet ECB will be first big central bank to cut rates
Financial markets are ramping up expectations for interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank, betting it will be the first major central bank to ease policy to buffer a…
Israeli offensive in south Gaza will put civilians in firing line
An Israeli military push into the crowded south of the Gaza Strip, expected in the coming days, may prove more complicated than its ground offensive in the north, with higher…
Foreign firms race to open Saudi offices before deadline
A wave of ribbon-cutting ceremonies is sweeping the Saudi capital as multinationals face a January deadline to open regional headquarters in the Gulf kingdom or lose out on government contracts.…
Immediate ceasefire
In late October while his military bombed the people of Gaza around the clock in response to the Hamas October 7, 2023 massacre of Israelis, Benjamin Netanyahu told the world…
Trucking firm prepares long-shot bid for Yellow, seeks US Treasury support
One of the largest US privately owned auto transport companies is quietly mounting a long-shot bid - with increasing interest from the Biden administration - to rescue trucking giant Yellow…
Budgetary outcome in first quarter
The information on fiscal operations in the first quarter of 2023-24 by the Federal and the four Provincial governments has been released recently by the Federal Ministry of Finance. The…
Tech firms roll back misinformation curbs ahead of 2024 polls
As a global election season widely expected to be mired in misinformation and falsehoods fast approaches, the big US-based tech platforms are walking back policies meant to curb them, stoking…
Socialist Paulette Lenert could be Luxembourg’s first woman PM
Socialist leader Paulette Lenert could become Luxembourg’s first woman prime minister following Sunday’s elections in the country wedged between Belgium, France and Germany. No stranger to a challenge, the 55-year-old…
Ceasefire now
Amid Israel’s relentless bombing campaign in Gaza is a crisis within a crisis: The presence of many hostages, including US citizens, held captive in a war zone. According to the…
First, the enemy within
Though it fell to caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti’s lot to deliver it, the message clearly had the stamp of a higher level. And it seemed to have been designed…
