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Four pieces of good news for the Pakistani Economy


There’s quite a bit to feel good about with respect to the recent news regarding the Pakistani economy. Here is a quick summary: 1) When the floods hit, there was widespread reporting that the budget deficit would hit 7% and in fact, some commentators from across the border even speculated that it would reach 8%. [...]

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KSE heads north once more – crosses 10,000


The KSE’s experienced some ups and downs lately. Perhaps not as extreme as the Dow rollercoaster, but ups and downs nonetheless. It’s good to see there’s some positive movement now and there’s been a consistent recovery from the dip we saw a couple of months ago. The run-up has allowed the index to comfortably cross [...]

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Venture troubles worsen in Q1 '09; investments down by 50%, funds getting smaller


We recently covered the trials and tribulations of the Venture industry and hypothesized that perhaps it is curtains for the VC industry as we’ve known it over the past few decades. Well, here’s some more on the same. In a new report published by Dow Jones’ VentureSource, new investments are down 50% . In Q4 2008, [...]

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