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Vai alla Scheda Paese »There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Ogun Faults Conditions For Accessing Counterpart Project Funding
The Ogun State government at the weekend urged the Federal Ministry of Finance to deemphasize conditions, mandating participating states to provide a certain percentage of the project counterpart fund before they can access grants from the international donor agencies. The state commissioner for Finance and Chief Economic Adviser, Mr. Dapo ...
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Sarah Palin v. New York Times Spotlights Push to Loosen Libel Law
The trial comes at a time when those who argue that news outlets should pay a steeper price for getting something wrong are more emboldened than they’ve been in decades.
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Nigerians In US Seek improved Service Delivery At Atlanta Consulate
Nigerians living in the United States of America have charged officials of the Nigerian Consulate in the country to brace up for better performance. They gave the charge at an interactive session with the new consul general, Amb. Amina Smaila, in Atlanta with stakeholders in the Nigerian business community in ...
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Harvey G. Stack, Leading Dealer in Rare Coins, Dies at 93
At the New York firm his father and uncle started in 1933, he was said to have personally conducted more auction sales than anyone else in the industry.
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Being A Better Parent In The Digital Era
This article contributes to the cybersecurity conversation around being a parent in the digital era. Technological devices serve as tools to enable us to carry out our business and private functions with greater ease—the proliferation of mobile devices in the hands of children is commonplace in various households. These gadgets ...
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Ogun Partners Lagos, Oyo To Flush Out Killer Herdsmen
Ogun State government on Friday, said it has forged a partnership with the two neighbouring states of Lagos and Oyo to tackle the menace of killer herdsmen, kidnappers as well as other bandits operating in its forests. The chairman of the state chapter of the South West Security Network, code ...
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Argentina’s trade surplus rose to US$14.75 billion in December 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) calculated that Argentina's trade surplus reached US$14.75 billion in December 2021, which represented an increase of US$735 million compared to 2020. This surplus was the result of a 42% increase in exports, which reached US$77.934 billion, and ...
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Texas, resta il divieto d’aborto: la Corte suprema respinge richiesta di annullare la legge
L’organismo che ha preso la decisione è interamente controllato da giudici repubblicani e non è tenuto ad agire immediatamente
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Driven by fintechs, investments in startups triple in Brazil in 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The race for digitalization and the great global liquidity led venture capital funds, which invest in startups, to set a new annual record for investments in Brazil. These funds invested R$46.5 (US$8.6) billion last year in Brazilian startups, tripling the amount recorded the year before, ...
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Korean tech firms keep eye on possible Russia export curbs
The escalating geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine is drawing attention to whether Washington will pose restrictions on exports to Russia, and the headache that could pose to South Korean electronics giants. The White House National Sec
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‚Nechci komplikovat fungování vlády.‘ Farský vyslyšel výzvu hnutí STAN a vzdá se mandátu
Poslanec a první místopředseda hnutí Starostové a nezávislí Jan Farský se vzdá mandátu ve Sněmovně. Oznámil to po půlnoci poté, co ho k rezignaci vyzvalo předsednictvo hnutí. Farský čelil kritice koaličních partnerů i opozice kvůli půlroční stáži v USA, kterou chtěl absolvovat současně s výkonem své poslanecké funkce.
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Hyundai Motor, IonQ team up on next-generation batteries
Hyundai Motor said Thursday it has partnered with US quantum computer firm IonQ to develop next-generation batteries for cars. The partnership will allow Hyundai to use IonQ’s quantum computers to develop high-performance lithium batteries wi
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Bolivia’s international reserves plummet
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia closed last year with a 9.9% drop (US$524 million) in Net International Reserves (NIR). Financial assets fell from US$5.3 billion as of December 2020 to US$4.8 billion as of December 2021. This drop, of 9.9%, is the least abrupt recorded in the last four ...
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Brazil’s transmission capital expenditure expected to increase significantly in 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) estimates that the two transmission auctions scheduled for June and December this year will attract investments of R$11 billion (US$1.98 billion), 160% more than in 2021. Projected capital spending is also 35% higher than in 2020 and represents ...
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Colombia earmarks US$2.97 million to upgrade its M113A2 armored vehicles
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Colombian Ministry of Defense (MDF-Army Command) has contracted the maintenance of its FMC-BAE M113-A2 type vehicles to strengthen the operational capabilities of its mechanized infantry. For such purposes, a Letter of Offer and Acceptance was signed between the Governments of Colombia and the United ...
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Chile’s plan in the 2022 debt market: issue bonds for up to US$20 billion
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Amid the greatest spending pressures that Chile has faced following the social outbreak and pandemic, the Ministry of Finance announced this morning that the Treasury estimates to place Treasury bonds during 2022, for up to an amount equivalent to US$20 billion, in accordance with the ...
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Petrobras atinge recorde de produção no pré-sal em 2021
A Petrobras atingiu recorde anual de produção no pré-sal em 2021, ao alcançar 1,95 milhão de barris de óleo equivalente por dia (boed). Esse volume corresponde a 70% da produção total da companhia, que foi de 2,77 milhões de boed no ano passado. O recorde anterior foi em 2020, quando ...
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Brazil: Online sales outperform shopping malls in pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Earlier than expected and with a boost from the pandemic, e-commerce sales have outperformed those of shopping malls in Brazil. According to a study by Canuma Capital management company, last year online sales reached R$260 (US$47) billion, an increase of R$160 billion over 2019, before ...
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Samsung unveils Exynos 2200 mobile processor with AMD’s GPU
Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it has teamed up with California-based chip maker Advanced Micro Devices to unveil its flagship Exynos 2200 processor chips for mobile phones, in a delayed announcement by a week. The partnership with AMD in Samsung&
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Colombia is importing more: foreign purchases grew by 56.3% in November 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Imports totaled US$6.5 billion in November last year; this represented an annual growth of 56.3% compared to the same month in 2020, one of the highest in recent years. This performance was mainly due to the 50.8% increase in the manufacturing group. The other sectors ...
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Brazil ends 2021 with largest trade surplus in historical series
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Foreign Trade Indicator (Icomex), released yesterday (14) by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), indicates that the Brazilian trade balance recorded last year the largest surplus in the historical series, amounting to US$61.2 billion, US$10.8 billion more than the balance of 2020. The trade flow, ...