Business

Salesforce data migration sounds straightforward on paper. In practice, it almost never is. The system goes live, everyone gets access, and nothing seems obviously wrong at first. Then little questions start popping up. A report doesn’t quite line up. A dashboard only makes sense after a few extra filters. Sales reps pull numbers into Excel just to feel sure. Before …

Markup percentage confuses a lot of retail business owners when they are starting out. The math itself isn’t that complicated, but applying it to actual business situations gets messy. Different products need different markups, competition affects what you can charge, and your costs aren’t always what they seem at first. ​Understanding What Markup Actually Means Markup is how much you …

As global business travel rebounds and airport volumes edge back towards pre-pandemic levels, pressure is once again building across the travel ecosystem. Airlines and airports have poured investment into digital transformation over the past decade, yet one critical part of the journey has remained stubbornly fragmented: ground transport. For business travellers, the most unpredictable part of a trip is often …

Over the past few years, Saudi Arabia’s approach to expatriates has noticeably changed. The country is no longer seen only as a place for short-term work assignments, but increasingly as a destination where foreign professionals can settle and build a longer-term life. Much of this shift is tied to Vision 2030, which focuses not only on economic reform, but also …

QUETTA: A brazen terrorist attack on government officials in Quetta’s Syuryab Road Hazard Ganj area on Friday left one officer wounded and four policemen martyred. The assailants opened fire on a vehicle of the Customs Department. Officials confirmed that a bullet struck the shoulder of Customs Assistant Collector Mr. Saleem Khokhar. He was immediately rushed to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) …

KARACHI: Prominent businessman and internationally recognised philatelist Muhammad Arif Balagamwala has proposed the issuance of a special series of commemorative postage stamps to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 2026. In a statement, Mr Balgamwala, recipient of the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, shared that he has designed a set of stamps highlighting key phases of the Founder of …

Karachi: Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s leading Islamic bank and one of the largest banks in the country, engaged with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the Central Bank of Malaysia, under a focused knowledge-sharing initiative on risk-sharing finance. On the invitation of BNM, Meezan Bank contributed as a speaker to a Programme titled “Incubation Programme on Risk-Sharing” designed for Islamic banking practitioners in …

Donald Trump has described it as “very dangerous” for the UK to do business with China, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Shanghai on the third day of his official visit to the country. Trump’s comments followed the announcement of several agreements aimed at boosting trade and investment between the UK and China, reached after Starmer met Chinese president …

Amazon is in early-stage talks to invest as much as $50 billion (£40bn) in OpenAI, in what would be one of the largest private technology investments ever made. According to reports, discussions remain preliminary and the final size and structure of any deal have yet to be agreed. If completed at the upper end, the investment would make Amazon the …

Tens of thousands of so-called “zombie” businesses could collapse this year as mounting cost pressures and weak demand push companies to breaking point, insolvency specialists have warned. New research from Begbies Traynor shows a sharp rise in businesses experiencing severe financial strain, with a 44 per cent increase in companies classed as being in “critical financial distress” in the final …