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AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday after US shares dropped, with a jump in the yen sparking speculation that the Japanese government had intervened in the market for the second time this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225…

APP Islamabad: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish trend on Tuesday, shedding 592.49 points, a negative change of 0.83 percent, closing at 71,102.55 points against 71,695.03 points the previous trading…

AFP/APP Seoul: Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its first-quarter operating profits had risen nearly tenfold year-on-year amid recovering chip prices and growing demand, notably for generative AI. The firm is the flagship…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday after gains on Wall Street, with a focus on the yen amid speculation of Japanese government intervention to prop up the currency. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.96…

AFP/APP Jakarta: Microsoft's chief executive officer met the president of Indonesia on Tuesday, pledging a $1.7 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing to help develop the archipelago's AI infrastructure. …

AFP/APP Hong Kong: The yen sank to a new 34-year low past 160 per dollar on Monday after a forecast-beating US inflation reading dented expectations for US interest rate cuts this year. The greenback bought 160.17 yen in morning trade…

News Desk  Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) President Saqib Rafiq said that there were immense opportunities in the nonconventional market sectors like gemstones and jewelry in the country which could play a…

APP Islamabad: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday gained 771.35 points, a positive change of 1.07 percent, closing at 72,742.75 points against 71,971.40 points the previous trading day. A total of 541,144,650…

AFP/APP London: US stocks rebounded Friday on the back of buoyant big tech earnings while London hit another record peak as investors tracked a series of takeover bids for UK companies. Wall Street opened higher as traders shrugged…

Sabir Khan Peshawar: Politics is the history, present and future of the sapiens. The story of the world is the story of the political institutions. 20th century drastically changed the politics of the world so as the political…