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USA
Africa: Elumelu to Clinton, Trump - Africa Needs More U.S. Engagement in Trade, Investment
[This Day] Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, yesterday appealed to the leading candidates in the United States presidential election -- Democratic Party's Hilary Clinton and Republican Party's Donald Trump -- to retain the prevailing US-Africa policy, saying it was adequate and would only need to be expanded and ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Investor Confidence Needed to Boost Economy - Afrinvest
[Vanguard] Afrinvest West Africa Limited has stated that investors' confidence is required to boost the Nigeria's economy, even as it gets set to launch its banking reports.
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Vietnam
Going digital
Southeast Asia's emerging economies continue to attract manufacturers and service providers eager to tap into a combined population of 630 million and a growing middle class. But an increasing number of investments in recent years have been focused on the new digital economy and the huge potential it represents.
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Cina Giappone
Two Samsung phones ‘catch fire’ in China
Two Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones reportedly have caught fire in China, in potentially the first such incidents in the world’s largest smartphone market. Samsung Electronics said it was investigating one of the reported cases. The South Korean firm had earlier said Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold in China were ...
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Cina Giappone Filippine
Casino billionaire sees Duterte’s gambling crackdown, China stance as good for business
anila Philippine casino mogul Enrique Razon is pushing ahead with plans to build a 20 billion peso ($418 million) resort in Manila, undeterred by President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on gambling. The chairman and founder of Bloomberry Resorts Corp. said construction of the company’s second casino, in Quezon City in the ...
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Giappone
Five snippets of information about VW’s ‘Dieselgate’ scandal
It has been a year since Volkswagen admitted to fitting millions of cars with cheating software to dupe emissions tests, plunging the German auto giant into one of the biggest scandals ever to hit the industry. Billions of dollars in compensation later and mired in legal woes and mass recalls, ...
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Giappone
One year after ‘Dieselgate’ surfaced, can Volkswagen leave scandal behind?
One year ago, Volkswagen’s cheating on emissions tests for millions of its diesel cars erupted into public view, leaving the mammoth carmaker battling an unprecedented crisis. Barely a week has passed since that has not seen a fresh twist in the saga, which has tarnished Germany’s proud auto industry and ...
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Abu Dhabi Financial Group hires new chief for business units
Dr Saleh Al Hashemi, former senior exec at Abu Dhabi’s Executive Council, leads capital markets and securities subsidiaries
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Kenya
Kenya: Why Nairobi women have no business going to the gym
I am certain, if it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of them wouldn't get any exercise at all.
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Kenya
Kenya: Migori man in shock as mother-in-law suggests weird remedy for ailing child
Omusula said he flatly ruled out the strange mumbo jumbo and forcefully took the child to hospital where he got medical attention