Category: Finance

KARACHI: The Indus Motor Company (IMC) was declared the winner of the Global Compact Business Sustainability Award 2022 in the Multinational Enterprises category at a ceremony hosted by the UN Global Compact Network Pakistan (UN GCNP) at Karachi. The award was presented at the SDGs Pakistan Summit 2023 by Jonas Erlandsen, Senior Lead South Asia, […]

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks at the International Forum on Islamophobia at Putrajaya February 27,2023. – Malay Mail photo PUTRAJAYA (March 7): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to uplift its dignity and be feared for its strict principles of governance. Speaking at the ministry’s monthly assembly […]

A Sugar Land business owner who won $55 million from city and county contracts over the last several years pleaded guilty Monday to committing fraud against an unrelated private company, federal prosecutors said.  Sudhakar Kalaga, 56, admitted to submitting fake bids from non-existent companies to a Houston manufacturing company between 2010 and 2019 in order […]

Surrey council sitting as the finance committee rejected the city’s proposed budget for 2023 after taking it on the chin from angry Surrey residents at a public hearing on Monday afternoon. “It is very challenging times. We were left, frankly, with a fiscal mess,” Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said, forecasting budget pain “way worse in […]

I’ve always tried to shop locally as much as possible. Not only do you often get better customer service and products from a “mom-and-pop,” but it’s also helpful to support community businesses. Driftwood Deli in Toms River has been around forever. Over the past couple of decades, it’s changed hands, but at least it’s still […]

Yahoo Finance’s Anjalee Khemlani joins the Live show to discuss reports that Walgreens will not sell abortion pills in 20 U.S. states. Video Transcript [AUDIO LOGO] – Walgreens says it will not be selling abortion pills in some states where it remains legal. That’s after several Republican attorneys general threatened legal action. Yahoo Finance’s Anjalee […]

FinovateEurope 2023 begins next week, March 14 through March 15, at the Intercontinental O2 in London, U.K. Tickets are on sale now. Visit our FinovateEurope hub today and secure your spot! This year’s annual European fintech conference is on track to be even bigger than last year’s event. What’s more, we have all of the […]

Harvie says Delta is taking meaningful action to serve businesses faster and more effectively The City of Delta is open for business. That was the message made abundantly clear from Mayor George Harvie during his Mayor’s Economic Business Breakfast, held at the Cascades Casino Delta on Friday, March 3, an event with many business leaders […]

Anura Perera  Independent/Non-Executive Director Anura Perera has been appointed as the new Chairman of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance PLC (MBSL), a subsidiary of Bank of Ceylon.  He was first appointed to the Board in July 2020. Perera served as Finance Director of Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, USA […]

Security risks and other technological pitfalls are the most common threats to a financial company. And while a proactive approach to cybersecurity is a significant deterrent to costly attacks, other technologies, such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), can help industries dramatically improve their operations. As one of the main branches of Artificial Intelligence, NLP is […]