The Pak Banker - 2014-12-30

• BankIslami receives Rs 29.35 million from sponsors
• Russian banks step up efforts to tap Islamic finance amid internatio­nal sanctions
• PM for gearing up efforts for producing low-cost electricit­y
• Shahbaz, Barton vow to bolster Pak-UK business relations
• Olson says US approves assistance $532b for Pakistan
• PAF launches two new books
• The flowers wilt: a tale of two provinces
• Seven die, 54 injured in fog-related accidents
• Greece faces snap election as presidency pick fails
• Putin's rate wish echoed by market stirs skeptics
• Asian stocks gain as Chinese shares climb on stimulus optimism
• Mourinho cries foul over Chelsea diving focus
• Cisse prolongs Everton's bleak mid-winter
• China tackles first-world quandary as $800b lending freed
• NFL: Niners part ways with Harbaugh minutes after win
• Oil strengthen­s as Libya conflict offers relief from glut
• Gold declines as dollar's strength curbs demand; silver advances
• Alternativ­e sources of income for banks
• Towards a new strategy
• 'comfort zone'
• Bankers never made New Year resolution­s
• Private investment is the key for developmen­t
• Debate on largest economy pointless
• Day of reckoning for Greece
• Sears closing up to 120 stores as sales slide
• US consumer confidence perks up, house prices sag
• Appeals court delays SEC-Citigroup fraud case
• Ukraine lawmakers approve 2015 state budget to unlock aid
• Subway investigat­es China media reports of doctored expiry dates
• Japan's industrial output down, unemployme­nt flat
• The 94pc plunge shows Abenomics losing global investors
• AirAsia plane search widens as no emergency signal detected
• ING seeks disruption as CEO Hamers plots digital growth
• Flamboyant AirAsia boss confronts first major crisis
• Billionair­e Milner sees Xiaomi at $100 billion
• Sony bulls look beyond hack to lucrative turnaround play
• Continuity of constituti­on, democracy solution to ills of Pakistan: Farooq
• Japan's regional banks face stress test for ultra-low rates
• Rival bankers wrangle over credit for Chinese megadeals
• India's banking system vulnerable to financial contagion: RBI
• Stand Chart hires former US prosecutor­s amid sanctions probe
• Russian economy suffers first major contractio­n since 2009

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