• Brasile Giappone

    In Olympic campaign, Nissan bets on a Brazilian recovery

    Like so many things in Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Ghosn’s turn in the Olympic Torch Relay on Friday didn’t go as planned. Ghosn, who is chief executive officer at both Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA, was supposed to finish his 200-meter leg right in front of a Copacabana hotel ...

  • Giappone

    At ¥10.63 trillion, January-June current account surplus largest since 2007

    Japan has posted its largest current account surplus for a half-year period since 2007 on the back of reduced imports due to lower crude oil prices and a rising number of foreign tourists, the government said Monday. The surplus between January and June grew 31.3 percent from a year earlier ...

  • Giappone

    World’s ‘least miserable’ live in Asia, thanks to disinflation

    The Land of Smiles really is the happiest place in the world, at least in terms of holding a job and keeping the rising cost of goods in check. The Misery Index, computed by adding inflation to the unemployment rate, gives Thailand a score of 1.11 percent, which is the ...

  • ADNEC says contributes $359m to Abu Dhabi economy in H1

    Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company also says it attracted 812,000 visitors to conference, exhibitions in first six months of year

  • Brasile Argentina Venezuela

    Empresários querem acordos comerciais com EUA e União Europeia, diz CNI

    Os Estados Unidos e a União Europeia são considerados os parceiros mais atrativos para acordos comerciais, de acordo com a maioria dos empresários brasileiros que trabalham com exportações. A informação está na pesquisa Desafios à Competitividade das Exportações Brasileiras, da Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI), em parceria com a Escola ...

  • Brasile

    Cemig dá prioridade à venda de suas participações

    A Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (Cemig) negocia com empresas estrangeiras - algumas sem presença no país - a venda de parte de seus ativos, com o objetivo de enxugar sua estrutura e reduzir o endividamento, a fim de gerar caixa e retomar as condições de crescimento

  • Nigeria

    MEND chieftains out to kill me, says Jonathan

    Ex-President, Wike, IYC disown Avengers Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is still plotting to assassinate him, just as he denied being a sponsor of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). He spoke four days after he declared in Abuja during ...

  • Nigeria

    Notore denies security, economic saboteur label

    A fertiliser manufacturing company, Notore Chemical Industries Plc, yesterday denied its involvement in activities that could sabotage security and the economy. The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), last week, accused Notore of being a conduit for explosive materials, describing the firm as “unpatriotic”. But the company’s management said ...

  • Nigeria

    Gas Vandalism Crippling Economy – SON

    The blowing up of gas pipelines by the Niger Delta terrorists is negatively affecting the nation’s economy, especially the manufacturing sector. This was the position of the Standard Organisation of  Nigeria (SON),  and a cross section of managers in Lafarge Holcim during an inspection tour of Lafarge Ewekoro Plant by ...

  • Nigeria

    At last, Wuye Market Opens For Business

    After about three years of legal muscle flexing, the Wuye Ultramodern Market in Abuja has finally opened for business, with traders who genuinely paid through due process taking over their shops amid tight security. At the market on Saturday, it was a beehive of activities as shop owners commenced full ...