Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Small businesses suffered brunt of July heatwaves

Small businesses heatwaves

A recent report highlights the toll of record-breaking heatwaves on small businesses and their workers across the United States. During July, dangerous temperatures forced many small businesses to close early, leading to reduced working hours for employees due to changes in consumer behavior caused by the scorching heat. The extreme heat advisories affected millions of … Read more

Japan’s record extra budget to boost virus-hit economy

Japan

Japan’s parliament enacted a record supplementary budget worth over $300 billion on Monday as part of the measures to bolster the world’s third largest economy, as the pandemic threat drags on. The extra budget, larger than the total annual GDP of countries such as Colombia, Vietnam and Finland, will fund part of the massive virus … Read more

Huawei Cloud announces Spark programme for SMEs in Middle East

Huawei

KARACHI: Huawei Cloud has announced the launch of ‘Spark’, a new startup ecosystem support programme, aiming at empowering the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to develop their cloud capabilities, a statement said. This initiative is the first step towards supporting Huawei Cloud partners in line with the recently launched Oasis Programme, where Huawei announced plans … Read more