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USA
Special Prosecution Panders Public Sentiments by Trying to Arrest Business Leader
Samsung Group, the global giant with an annual sales in excess of US$230 billion, is in danger of being pushed off the cliff. That's because special prosecutors are set to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant to the group's vice chairman and de facto leader Lee Jae-yong on January ...
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Cina
China's 2016 Exports Shrink for 2 Consecutive Years
China's exports declined for two consecutive years in 2016. The Chinese General Administration of Customs said on January 13 that the nation's export volume was down 6.1 percent (in terms of dollar) from the same month in the previous year. This is lower than the market consensus figure of -3.5 ...
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USA
Trump planning Iceland summit with Putin
US President-elect Donald Trump plans to hold a summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on his first foreign trip shortly after taking office, the Sunday Times reported. Trump would seek to “reset” relations with the Kremlin, with Iceland the likely venue, emulating Ronald Reagan’s Reykjavik meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail ...
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Nigeria
Cocoa exporters lament non-implementation of N550bn export fund
Peter Dada Cocoa exporters under the auspices of Cocoa Exporters Association of Nigeria have appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Export-Import Bank to implement the N550bn export fund to enable commercial banks to grant importers loans at a single-digit interest rate. The CBN and NEXIM had ...
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Nigeria
Super rich churches that do business must pay tax –Ahmad
The Chief Missioner Ansar-ud-Deen Nigeria, Sheikh Abdur-Rahman Ahmad, in this interview with BAYO AKINLOYE says religious leaders in churches and mosques are answerable to God and the government Do you think the regulations of the Financial Reporting Council are specifically targeted at churches? I think nothing can be farther from ...
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Nigeria
Capital, not most important in business –Adeh
The Creative Manager, Joyalty Unisex Fashion, Ms. Joy Adeh, 30, speaks on her business management techniques in this interview with IFE OGUNFUWA What is your educational background? I am a student of the National Open University of Nigeria, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in criminology and security studies. What do you ...
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Thailandia
Something's brewing
A fortune teller suggested Puripong Suthisopapan and his business partner focus on selling beer when they opened their Be Right Back restaurant in Khon Kaen over a year ago. Starting only with one refrigerator, most of the beer they sold was illegally home-brewed as Thai law prohibits small-scale brewing.
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Nigeria
Stock Market Investors Record N604bn Loss In 2016
Stock market analysts have revealed that the uncertainty around foreign exchange (FX) availability and the country’s general monetary policies coupled with some tough fiscal policies in 2016 aggregated to ensure a huge loss of N604 billion by investors in the Nigeria’s capital market. The sector analysts also revealed that the ...
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Giappone
Trudeau says Canada’s oil sands must be phased out
Canada must “phase out” Alberta’s oil sands and end the country’s dependence on hydrocarbons, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. “We can’t shut down the oil sands tomorrow. We need to phase them out,” he said. “We need to manage the transition off our dependence on fossil fuels.” He ...
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Colombia
Colombia: Sexual violence, hidden violence
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: ColombiaMSF treated 645 survivors of sexual violence in two Colombian cities in 2016. MSF insists that comprehensive physical and mental health care for survivors of sexual violence be made a priority.Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams treated 645 survivors of sexual violence in two Colombian ...