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Textile industry in Punjab without gas supply for 31st day r...

LAHORE: Textile industry in Punjab is out of gas supply for the last 31 days. The textile industry circles said gas supply to textile industry has been suspended for 31 days in Faisalabad region and for 28 days in Lahore region. Result [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Banks to take a holiday

ANZ and National Australia Bank have warned customers not to expect payments to be processed through Christmas, in the latest inconvenience a week after a high-profile outage and a security flaw limited services. ANZ, in a note to custom [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Bank Transfer Day: Marches Planned on Banks Nationwide

Today is Bank Transfer Day -- a deadline of sorts to a movement calling for people to shift their funds from for-profit banking institutions to not-for-profit credit unions before Nov. 5. More than 82,000 people have RSVPed to the move [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

State Bank notifies five-day working week

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday notified five days working week for the central bank and all banks. However, to facilitate the business community, selected branches of banks are allowed to conduct operations on Saturdays, it sa [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Egyptian Banks To Close Monday, Tuesday Amid Strikes -Centra...

The Central Bank of Egypt said late Sunday that banks in Egypt will close on Monday and Tuesday due to workers' strikes and the birth of Prophet Mohammad. "Amidst the strikes of worker in some authorities, including public banks [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Irish banks may get bailout cash in days: report

The European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed a bailout of Ireland to shore up its banks. The loan is expected to be up to 85 billion euros ($114 billion). Ireland could impose a levy on banks as a term of the bail [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Troubled Afghan bank faces further day of queues

Queues formed at branches of Afghanistan's biggest bank on Sunday as customers clamoured to withdraw their savings, though lines were shorter days after corruption allegations appeared in US newspapers. Security appeared to have been [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Oil falls to near $82 after 2-day rally

Oil prices fell to near $82 a barrel Thursday in Asia, paring two days of gains that were fueled by signs U.S. crude demand may be improving. Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 75 cents to $82.18 a barrel. At late afternoon [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Oil Falls for First Day in 5 as China Seeks to Cool Expansio...

Crude oil fell for the first day in five after China, the world’s fastest-growing energy-consuming country, sought to cool its economic expansion. Oil dropped below $75 a barrel as the People’s Bank of China ordered banks to [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Oil Rises a Second Day on Forecast U.S. Supply Shrank Last W...

Crude oil rose for a second day before a report forecast to show that U.S. crude inventories declined last week. Oil advanced in tandem with European equities after a report showed U.S. factories churned out more goods in November tha [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

British Airways workers plan Christmas holiday strike

British Airways cabin crews plan to strike during the Christmas holiday and into the new year, which could disrupt the plans of tens of thousands of travelers between the U.S. and Britain. Unite, the union representing the crews, announced [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Oil rises for second day straight

Crude oil and gasoline gained for a second day after US consumer confidence beat forecasts, a sign that the economy is recovering from the worst recession since World War II. Crude rose 0.3 per cent and gasoline climbed as consumer sentime [...]

Posted On : Aug, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Friday bank failures, finding black boxes

When a plane goes down at sea, why is it sometimes so difficult to find the black boxes? Shouldn't it be as simple as equipping them with GPS devices? Curiosity about hunting down a plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders inspired [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Oil Gains for Second Day on API Stockpile Drop, Weaker Dolla...

Oil supplies fell 3.13 million barrels to 370.7 million last week, the American Petroleum Institute said late yesterday. Additional support for crude prices came as the dollar fell to the lowest level against the euro since March, bolsterin [...]