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India has offered US a trade deal with no tariffs: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that India had offered a trade deal that proposed “no tariffs” for American goods, while expressing his dissatisfaction with Apple’s (AAPL.O) plans to invest in India. New Delhi is seeking to clinch a trade deal with the US within the 90-day pause announced by Trump on April 9 on tariff hikes for major trading partners. “It is very hard to sell in I

Trump asks Apple chief to expand production back to US instead of India

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he spoke with Apple CEO Tim Cook and told him not to expand his production facilities in India, but to do so in America. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said during his visit to Qatar. “I said to him, Tim, you’re my friend, I treated you very good. You’re coming here with $500 billion, but now you’re building all over In

Diesel price cut, petrol steady as govt raises freight margin

For the third time in two months, the government on Thurs­day did not pass on the full impact of lower international oil prices to consumers and kept the price of petrol unchanged and reduced that of high-speed diesel by Rs2 per litre for the current fortnight ending May 31. The government incre­ased the Inland Freight Equalisation Margin (IFEM) on both petrol and diesel to clear about Rs34 bil

Stocks close flat on budget jitters, rupee concerns

After two consecutive sessions of a strong bull run, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a mixed trading day on Wednesday, marked by heightened volatility and profit-taking. The benchmark KSE-100 index recorded a sharp swing, rising as high as 885 points and dipping by 427 points during the session, before closing almost flat at 118,537 points, down 39 points or 0.03pc. The market

The fallout

THE battle is over. Now brace for the fallout. This changes everything. Rarely have we seen fortunes reverse as rapidly as they just did. The military’s standing has skyrocketed, and a long line will now form outside the general’s door of people and groups and parties waiting their turn to shower him with honorifics. Banners are going up in cities, ads in newspapers, by business and industry gr