» Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, ‘India’s Warren Buffet’, dies at 62
14/08/22 12:00 from Business Recorder - Latest News
MUMBAI: Stock investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, dubbed India’s Warren Buffett with an estimated net worth of $6 billion, died early on Sunday at age 62, his family said. A chartered accountant by profession from the desert state of Rajasthan...
» Russia’s war priority: reorient units to strengthen southern Ukraine, UK says
14/08/22 11:53 from Business Recorder - Latest News
Russia’s priority over the past week has likely been to reorient units to strengthen its campaign southern Ukraine, British military intelligence said on Sunday. Ukraine and Russia have traded accusations over multiple incidents of shell...
» Saudi Aramco profit soars on higher prices and refining margins
14/08/22 11:48 from Business Recorder - Latest News
DUBAI: Saudi Arabian state oil producer Aramco reported a 90% rise in second-quarter profit on Sunday, beating analyst expectations, boosted by higher oil prices, volumes sold and refining margins. The company expects “oil demand to cont...
» Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
14/08/22 11:44 from Business Recorder - Latest News
Ukraine is targeting Russian soldiers who shoot at Europe’s largest nuclear power station or use it as a base to shoot from, as G7 nations, fearing a nuclear catastrophe, called on Moscow to withdraw its forces from the plant. New strike...
» Sarajevo Film Festival provides platform for Ukrainian filmmakers
14/08/22 11:38 from Business Recorder - Latest News
SARAJEVO: The Sarajevo Film Festival, the largest film industry showcase in the region, is for the first time allowing Ukrainian movies in its competition and providing support to Ukrainian filmmakers. The festival, which has grown to co...
» Independence Day: PM Shehbaz calls for national dialogue to resolve economic woes
14/08/22 13:06 from Business Recorder - Latest News
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday called upon all departments and political parties to hold a national dialogue in a bid to resolve the economic woes of Pakistan and amend the mistakes made in the past. Addressing a ceremony to mar...
» David Popovici, skinny magician of the water conjures up world record
14/08/22 11:09 from Business Recorder - Latest News
ROME: As David Popovici has accelerated past his older rivals in the pool this summer, it seemed inevitable that the skinny 17-year-old would threaten world records, the only surprise when he broke the 100m freestyle mark in Rome on Satu...
» Neymar scores brace, Mbappe on target in PSG victory
14/08/22 11:05 from Business Recorder - Latest News
PARIS: Neymar continued his outstanding start to the season with a brace while Kylian Mbappe marked his return to the team with a goal but also had a penalty saved as Paris Saint-Germain trounced Montpellier 5-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday. N...
» Spaun clings to PGA Memphis lead as Smith, Zalatoris charge
14/08/22 11:03 from Business Recorder - Latest News
WASHINGTON: J.J. Spaun birdied two of the last three holes to shoot a two-under par 68 for a one-stroke lead after Saturday’s third round of the US PGA Tour’s St. Jude Championship. Spaun tapped in to birdie the par-5 16th and holed a 17...
» North Korea criticises UN chief over denuclearisation call
14/08/22 11:01 from Business Recorder - Latest News
SEOUL: North Korea on Sunday criticised UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his “dangerous words” after he called for the complete and verifiable denuclearisation of Pyongyang during a visit to Seoul. Guterres, who was in South Kor...
» Gaming industry feels squeeze after pandemic boom
14/08/22 10:57 from Business Recorder - Latest News
SAN FRANCISCO: In the height of the pandemic, video games offered people solace in isolation. But now that life is slowly returning to pre-crisis normal, and inflation is soaring, gaming companies are feeling the pinch. Makers of console...
» Iraq’s Garden of Eden now ‘like a desert’
14/08/22 10:53 from Business Recorder - Latest News
HUWAIZAH MARSHES: To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilometres (six miles) of sunburnt land in southern Iraq, where drought is devastating swathes of the mythical Mesopotamian Marshes. The reputed home of the bi...
» Farming under fire on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine
14/08/22 10:44 from Business Recorder - Latest News
SLOVIANSK: The combine harvester lies crippled in a field of eastern Ukraine, surrounded by a blackened patch of cropland. The machine was lumbering through a pasture outside the village of Maidan – around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from t...
» Luck decides life and death in Ukraine’s war zone
14/08/22 10:40 from Business Recorder - Latest News
BAKHMUT: When rockets scream across the skies of eastern Ukraine the people below are hostage to fortune. A soldier racing through a frontline town in a drab pickup truck may take a direct hit only to be saved by a miracle. An elderly wo...
» ‘Now Hiring’: US employers struggle to find enough workers
14/08/22 10:37 from Business Recorder - Latest News
WASHINGTON: Salespeople, food servers, postal workers – “Help Wanted” ads are proliferating across the United States, as companies struggle to deal with a worker shortage caused by the pandemic, a rash of early retirements and restrictiv...
» New Zealand bowler Henry ruled out of West Indies tour
14/08/22 10:32 from Business Recorder - Latest News
KINGSTON: New Zealand pace bowler Matt Henry has returned home with a rib injury, ruling him out of the three-match one-day international series against the West Indies. Henry suffered pain down the left side of his body during training ...
» Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of nuclear plant strikes
14/08/22 10:29 from Business Recorder - Latest News
KYIV: Kyiv and Moscow have exchanged blame for fresh shelling around Europe’s largest nuclear facility, which is in Russia’s control and has come under fire repeatedly in the past week. The Zaporizhzhia plant in southeastern Ukraine has ...
» Hurkacz topples Ruud to set Montreal final against Carreno Busta
14/08/22 10:24 from Business Recorder - Latest News
MONTREAL: Hubert Hurkacz shrugged off a slow start to upset fourth seed Casper Ruud on Saturday and book a title clash with Pablo Carreno Busta at the ATP Montreal Masters. Poland’s Eighth-seeded Hurkacz needed two hours to claim a 5-7, ...
» 2022 sees record Europe wildfire destruction: EU
14/08/22 10:20 from Business Recorder - Latest News
PARIS: Europe’s blistering summer may not be over yet but 2022 is already breaking records, with nearly 660,000 hectares ravaged since January, according to the EU’s satellite monitoring service. And while countries on the Mediterranean ...
» Ramzan Sugar Mills, Ashiana Housing Scheme: Hearing on references against PM, Hamza adjourned till Sept 7
14/08/22 07:35 from Business Recorder - Latest News
LAHORE: Accountability Court on Saturday adjourned hearings of Ramzan Sugar Mills and Ashiana Housing Scheme references against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son former Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shehbaz till September 07. Both ...