ORLEANS, France - The ECB is exploring ways to directly help small companies as a way to boost the recession-hit eurozone economy directly, said Benoit Coeure, A member of the bank’s executive board. Coeure, speaking at a conference south of Paris, did not say how exactly the policy would ...

SAN FRANCISCO : To mark the Cinco de Mayo holiday this year, Domino’s Pizza festooned its Facebook page with a string of posts, including an image of a Mexican-themed guacamole pizza that garnered over 2,000 “likes”. But visitors to Domino’s companion Google+ page on that ...

LAHORE - Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday called for barter trade with Iran, as smuggling is not only widening the trade deficit but also causing huge loss to the exchequer.LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar was talking to a 10-member Pakistan Plastic Manufacturers Association ...

LAHORE - President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has said that role of business community is crucial for the progress & prosperity of the country and they should help the government to achieve the economic goals.He was speaking at the Annual Goodwill Dinner in honour of foreign ambassadors in ...

LAHORE – SALMAN ABDUHU  - It were the textile giants which fluctuate or regulate the prices of textile products at their own will in a bid to maintain their monopoly in the market besides earning huge profits; thus leaving small businesses, especially traders, at their mercy. They ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The Pakistani businesses represent 7 percent of Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) registered companies. Out of more than 5,000 companies from 138 countries registered at the RAK free trade zone, Pakistan is the third in the top 10 countries in our portfolio. This ...

KARACHI - For small and medium size business organisations to grow into large-scale corporations, it was imperative to position themselves to the needs of the future markets while retaining and growing their current market share, said Dr Ishrat Husain, dean and director, Institute of Business ...

Schools and businesses were shut across Bangladesh on Tuesday as the countrys main opposition party enforced a dawn-to-dusk general strike to protest against alleged misrule by the government. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said the strike was called to ...

LAHORE - The economic impact of the floods has yet to be fully quantified though it is evident that agriculture sector has been hit hardest. As regards SMEs, SMEDA estimates that around 310,000 small businesses are affected by this tragedy, the majority of which are subsistence enterprises with ...

LAHORE (PPI) - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is working to increase support for smaller businesses in Pakistan by increasing the availability of business management training opportunities, which will help businesses grow and create employment in the country. IFC hosted a one-day seminar to ...

NEW YORK - Cyber-Tex Incorporated, an IT technology training company run by a Pakistani enterpreneur, has been selected as one of the Top 500 Emerging Businesses in the United States, a company press release said Saturday. The selection of the company, which is based in Austin, Texas, was made by ...

PARIS (AFP) - Governments rolled out fresh measures Thursday to shield businesses and banks from the financial maelstrom as deepening fears of a global recession ensured another battering for stock markets. As new figures showed cross-border lending by banks had suffered its biggest decline for ...