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The writer is a business and economy journalist. NEWS is coming in that the agreement reached between the government and the IMF for restarting the programme includes up to Rs200 billion of continuing spending for Covid support, an amount that is substantially lower than the unspent funds committed by the prime minister under his relief package announced at the start of the pandemic last year. The news has not yet been confirmed officially by the Fund or the government, but has been reported by the intrepid Shahbaz Rana. The Fund had hinted at this in its last statement when it said the fisca...

More than 5,000 households in Barrow will be impacted if the £20-a-week uplifts to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit are not extended in the…

BusinessWorld THE FINANCIAL Institutions Strategic Transfer (FIST) Law will not be enough for a “turnaround” in credit growth even as it aims to help banks offload non-performing assets (NPAs), ANZ Research said in a note. “It (FIST Law) is unlikely to trigger a credit cycle until the risk profile of borrowers improves, a development that is contingent upon a broad-based upturn in the business cycle,” ANZ Research Chief Economist Sanjay Mathur said in a note sent on Thursday. Republic Act No. 11532 signed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte last week allows banks to get ri...

GameStop, Amazon, Google, Alibaba and Silver - 5 Things You Must Know Tuesday TheStreet 2/2/2021 Here are five things you must know for Tuesday, Feb. 2: 1. -- Stock Futures Rise on Stimulus Bets, Vaccine Progress Stock futures traded higher Tuesday as hopes grew for more U.S. stimulus, progress was made on vaccinations and investors looked ahead to earnings from tech giants Amazon.com and Alphabet . Contracts linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 245 points, S&P 500 futures gained 32 points and Nasdaq futures were up 111 points. President Joe Biden held on Monday what was describ...

Croatia earthquake: Swiss respond to appeal for help Workers clear a building damaged in an earthquake in Petrinja, Croatia, following the quake of 29 December, 2020 swissinfo.ch Switzerland is to supply emergency shelters to families left homeless after a strong earthquake in Croatia in December. This content was published on January 22, 2021 - 16:45 January 22, 2021 - 16:45 Reuters/FDFA/ilj Thousands of people lost their homes in the 6.4 strength quake, which hit the Sisak-Moslavina region of central Croatia on December 29, 2020. At least seven people died and more than 20 were injured. The...