Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Saudi Delegation Set to Sign $2 Billion Agreements with Pakistan Tomorrow

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Saudi Delegation to Sign $2 Billion Agreements with Pakistan. Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih will visit Islamabad from October 10-11. The government committed $3.2 billion in foreign loans, including a $1.2 billion Saudi Oil Facility. ISLAMABAD: A high-level Saudi delegation is expected to sign agreements worth $2 billion with the federal government during their visit … Read more

United Airlines and the pilots’ union will reopen contract negotiations

United Airlines

The United branch of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). Said the current agreement “fell short” of some pilots’ expectations. The tentative deal approved last month was set to give pilots a more than 14% pay raise. In the next 18 months when calculated from the beginning of the year. United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL.O) … Read more

Tesco and Heinz reach agreement in price row

Tesco

Heinz beans and tomato ketchup were two items that vanished from Tesco’s shelves. Tesco declined to comment on if the new deal will result in a price increase for specific products. The dispute started when Kraft Heinz attempted to increase rates it was billing Tesco. Following a settlement between Tesco and Heinz, some of the … Read more

Musk pulling out of $44 billion deal prompts Twitter to promise legal action

Musk

Elon Musk ends his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter (TWTR.N). The social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement.  Shares of Twitter were down 6% at $34.58 in extended trading. That is 36% below the $54.20 per share Musk agreed to buy Twitter for in April. Elon Musk, the CEO of … Read more

Qantas: Engineers vote on work disruptions as they demand

Qantas

After failing to strike a salary agreement with the airline. Licensed aviation engineers employed by Qantas Airways. Will vote on work stoppages of up to 12 hours and overtime bans. Qantas Airways Ltd’s (QAN.AX) unionized authorized airplane engineers are deciding on work stoppages of as long as 12 hours and extra time. Restrictions from the … Read more

Ivan Fedotov: Russian ice hockey player confined over military charges

Ivan

A Russian ice hockey player under agreement with a U.S.- based National Hockey League. Russia over charges he dodged military assistance and has since been taken to tactical emergency clinic. Subsequent to becoming sick, his legal counselor told a Russian state news office. Ivan Fedotov, a goaltender in the Russian group that won silver at … Read more

FTX agrees to buy BlockFi for up to $240 million

BlockFi

FTX has announced an agreement with BlockFi that includes an option for the cryptocurrency exchange to acquire the lending platform.  The deal boosts the size of FTX’s assistance to BlockFi, which was $250 million last week.  Analysts have likened this “Lehman moment” for the digital asset industry. FTX has announced an agreement with BlockFi that … Read more

After becoming viral, Hello Kitty company signs a partnership with China

Hello Kitty

Sanrio’s imp-like rabbit Kuromi was featured in a Chinese social media video that went viral. The brand has generated billions of dollars since its inception almost 50 years ago. Sanrio’s sales in China grew 39% to 4.7bn Japanese yen ($34.4m) in the year to March this year. The Japanese organization behind the Hello Kitty brand … Read more

Labor contract at U.S. West Coast ports expires

West Coast

Contract expires for more than 22,000 U.S. West Coast port workers. The agreement covers 29 Pacific Coast ports stretching from California to Washington State. Normal operations will continue at the ports until an agreement can be reached, groups say. The talks are being closely watched by industry and the White House. Biden met with the … Read more

EU and New Zealand conclude a trade agreement

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EU and New Zealand conclude a trade agreement covering trade and investment. Agreement will eliminate nearly all tariffs on EU exports to New Zealand.  Trade deal is the first Brussels has reached in three years, following resistance from member states to reductions in trade barrier reductions A trade agreement between the EU and New Zealand … Read more

After becoming viral, Hello Kitty company signs a partnership with China.

Alibaba, will have the only right to produce and market products featuring its 26 characters. The agreement follows the appearance of imp-like rabbit Kuromi in a popular Chinese video. Sanrio’s stock increased by about 14% as of Thursday’s closure in Tokyo. A licensing agreement has been reached in China by the Japanese business behind the … Read more

Lavrov visits Iran to discuss the nuclear agreement and collaboration

Sergei Lavrov’s visit comes as Western powers struggle to resurrect their 2015 nuclear agreement. Russia and Iran are both subject to Western sanctions. Tehran is trying to maintain its economy due to U.S. sanctions. As Western powers and Tehran struggle to resurrect their 2015 nuclear agreement and negotiations deadlock, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov landed … Read more

For agreement, Bombardier makes a final offer to the Montreal union

Bombardier

Bombardier Inc. (BBDb.TO) presented a final contract offer to a union representing workers on a key business jet program. Union spokesman said details of the offer would be provided to members on Monday. Workers walked off the job on Monday after rejecting a contract offer due to pay. Bombardier Inc. on Friday said it introduced … Read more

Joker: Joaquin Phoenix tries to reprise his role as Arthur Fleck

Joaquin Phoenix

Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy are taking over at Warner Bros. A sequel to The Joker is still on track. Todd Phillips and Scott Silver are working on the script. Joaquin Phoenix won an Oscar for his performance as Arthur Fleck in the first film. This has been brewing since Toby Emmerich left Warner … Read more

Tottenham confident of signing Inter Milan winger Ivan Perisic

Tottenham

Tottenham are sure of marking Ivan Perisic on a free exchange from Inter Milan. Prods have made the 33-year-old an agreement offer, with his arrangement at Inter reaching a conclusion. Further discussions are normal on Monday, when Perisic is set to go with a choice on his future, likewise in the midst of one more … Read more

Sky Sports accomplices with UK telecasters to make World Cup play-off last accessible to all

FIFA

On Sunday June 5, everybody in the UK will actually want to watch Wales take on one or the other Scotland or Ukraine in the FIFA World Cup Play-Off Final. The significant installation will see the champ getting a spot at the FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar this November and will be accessible allowed … Read more

Equal pay agreement for US men’s and women’s soccer teams is dubbed “historic.”

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The US people’s public soccer groups will get equivalent compensation under a “noteworthy” arrangement declared by the US Soccer Federation on Wednesday, following long stretches of tension from female players. The move makes the league the principal on the planet to level World Cup prize cash granted to its people’s groups. “This is a genuinely … Read more

CAA Sports, a sports agency, has signed T1 and Faker.

Faker

T1 Entertainment & Sports, an international esports organisation, has partnered with CAA Sports, a division of entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency. CAA Sports will represent the organisation for sponsorships and endorsements under the agreement. T1’s Korean great player Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok has also signed with CAA Sports. This isn’t the first time CAA … Read more

Zion wants long-term stay with Pelicans after NBA playoff run

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After watching the New Orleans Pelicans playoff success, Zion Williamson, who missed the entire 2021-22 NBA season due to a broken right foot, wants a long-term agreement with the team. The 21-year-old American forward is eligible to sign a long-term contract this summer after being selected first overall in the 2019 NBA Draft. Williamson sees … Read more

Pakistan Post, PSCA sign agreement to deliver e-challans at doorsteps

Pakistan Post and the Punjab Safe City Authority (PSCA) on Monday signed an agreement to deliver e-challans at doorsteps. Punjab Postmaster General Khwaja Imran Raza and Safe City Authority Chief Operating Officer Muhammad Kamran Khan signed the agreement. The PSCA would generate the challans of the violations caught on its cameras, which would be delivered … Read more

CCP, PICG sign agreement

CCP

KARACHI: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG) have signed a MoU for strengthening corporate governance and compliance, a statement said. CCP Chairperson Rahat Kaunain Hassan and PICG Chief Executive Officer Ahsan Jamil signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a ceremony at the CCP’s head office in … Read more

Dad and his 6-year-old son sign an ‘agreement’ for his daily routine

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The parent offers to reward the boy with money if he completes the tasks on time. Of course, there are a few clauses, as with any written agreement. Even though they are young, children are expert negotiators when it comes to acquiring what they want. It was signed by a father to write an “agreement” … Read more

UK, Pakistan to ink accord for repatriation of criminals

UK, Pakistan to ink accord for repatriation of criminals

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday finalised negotiations and is set to sign the pact with the United Kingdom for the repatriation of convicted citizens and criminals. The agreement was struck today in Islamabad during a meeting between Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and UK High Commissioner in Islamabad Christian Turner. During the meeting, it … Read more

Pakistan, India exchange list of prisoners under agreement

India Pakistan

Under the Consular Access Agreement, Pakistan and India have exchanged the list of each other’s nationals held in jails by both countries, a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Saturday. The statement said the government of Pakistan has shared a list of 628 Indian prisoners in Pakistan including 51 civilians … Read more

Aramco launches tender to upgrade world’s largest offshore oilfield

Aramco

RIYADH: Saudi Aramco has launched a tender for a key engineering, procurement, construction and installation, EPCI contract, to upgrade the world’s largest offshore oilfield Safaniyah. The state-owned company issued the Safaniyah upgrade tender as a part of its long term agreement with offshore contractors, Upstream reported citing two people with direct knowledge of the development … Read more

PSX, Deutsche Börse AG sign exclusive data licensing agreement

PSX

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has signed an exclusive data licensing agreement with the leading exchange operator Deutsche Börse for enhancing the depth and coverage of its market data product offerings globally, a statement said on Wednesday. DBAG would be the exclusive licensor of the PSX market data to all current and prospective international PSX … Read more

Congress reaches agreement to avert calamitous US debt default

US

WASHINGTON: US senators struck a deal on Tuesday to create a one-time law, allowing Democrats to lift the nation’s borrowing authority and avert a catastrophic credit default without requiring votes from the opposition Republicans. The House of Representatives approved the fix in an evening vote and it is expected to be approved by the Senate in … Read more