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Russia
Foreign Russia Investors Warn Over Nemtsov Killing
Businessmen and investors said Monday that the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov by the walls of the Kremlin last week will further worsen Russia's battered investment climate.
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Russia
Capital Flight From Russia May Hit $90-100 Billion This Year Finance Minster
Russia may face net capital outflows of around $30 billion in the first quarter and $90-$100 billion in 2015 as a whole, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told reporters Monday.
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Iran
Iran to sign 2nd gas export deal with Iraq soon: official
TEHRAN – Iran is set to sign an agreement with Iraq in the next Iranian calendar year to supply natural gas to the Iraqi southern city of Basra, according to National Iranian Gas Exports Company’s Managing Director Alireza Kameli. The next Iranian calendar year will begin on March 21, 2015. Kameli said ...
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Algeria
Bouchouareb calls US companies to diversify investments in Algeria
ALGIERS-Minister of Industry and Mines Abdessalem Bouchouareb called Monday in Algiers US companies to diversify their investments in Algeria and to move towards the technological chains, reaffirming the government's commitment to further improving the business climate. "Our ambition for the industrial development of the country is to enter global ...
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Algeria
US willing to help Algeria diversify its economy, American official stresses
ALGIERS-US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin underscored Monday the willingness of the US to support Algeria in its economic diversification process. "I am here (in Algeria) to try to find ways to boost economic affairs between the two countries. We will also try ...
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Giappone
Japan's Reits prefer share sales to bonds as property market turns bullish
JAPAN'S real estate investment trusts are raising more funds from shares, and avoiding a volatile bond market, as investors bet Abenomics will boost property prices.
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Australia
Record Sydney home sales fuel bubble fears
SYDNEYSIDERS wanting to sell their homes have never had it easier. The proportion of successful house auctions in Australia's largest city was above 80 per cent at the weekend for the fourth week in a row. That is the longest stretch on record and highlights the potential consequences of ...
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Corea del Sud
New free trade deal to heighten economic ties with South Korea
The Viet Nam-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will serve as a milestone to strengthen the two countries' economic relations, expected to reach US$70 billion in trade by 2020.
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Angola Egitto Marocco Mozambico Camerun Ghana Kenya Etiopia Algeria Nigeria Costa D'Avorio
New bid to boost Africa-US trade
Efforts to remove trade barriers between the East African Community and the US have started in earnest.
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Kenya
Kenya: Tender: KMC top managers under probe
The management of the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) is on the spot over procurement improprieties.