Jean-Paul Cassone’ It is ironic that an administration who has been guilty of illegal “market manipulative practices” itself via the “Plunger Team” (President’s Council of Economic Advisors) is now trying to beat the heather that... (Continue reading)
Riaz Haq Karachi shares market significantly outperformed Mumbai in the last ten years. But this fact is not enough to get any positive attention from Fareed Zakaria, India’s best-known cheerleader in the West. As expected, Fareed... (Continue reading)
By Abbas Kassar Government of Sindh Food department has thrown the wheat growers at mercy of traders who are exploiting the situation arising out of failure of the department to procure wheat from them. The deparment ... (Continue reading)
Riaz Haq Last December 31, 2009, was not just the end of the year; it brought a momentous decade of achievements in Pakistan to a chaotic and bloody end. After a relatively peaceful but economically stagnant decade... (Continue reading)
India is Home to One Third of the World’s Poor By Riaz Haq In spite of all of the recent news about aid to Pakistan dominating the media, the fact remains that resurgent India has received more foreign... (Continue reading)
The Greenback Out of Favor By Riaz Haq A series of Chinese government policy changes are enabling Asian companies to settle trades with their Chinese counterparts in renminbi, according to Risk.net website. And increased intra-Asian trading... (Continue reading)
BY ABBAS KASSAR President Asif Ali Zardari was taking personal interest in development of agriculture economy in Pakistan and for that matter he had taken a lot of steps including his visits to China along with delegation of agriculture experts... (Continue reading)
It is quickly becoming evident that US retail analysts have much ado about nothing when it comes to deciphering the recent results of “Black Friday’s” sales reports! In fact, one quickly gets the sense that they’re shell-gaming... (Continue reading)
As the U.S. President enjoys the lime light of his Nobel Peace Prize a silent tsunami of extreme proportions is slowly headed his country’s way. It is “the jobs void of Generation Y” within a high pressure zone of “white... (Continue reading)
On June 14, 2008 there was a well attended demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club.This incident was well reported in the National news papers, but it did not make any headlines nor any ripples were caused in... (Continue reading)