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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Economy In The Light Of DMO’s Interventions
It is an incontrovertible fact that among the recessions that had taken place in Nigeria, none had been too disastrous like the current one. In its 56-year history, the country has gone through five recessions which had damaging economic consequences. Of the downturns, four were caused by the drop in ...
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Nigeria
Regular Power Supply Crucial To Nigeria’s Rapid Industrial Growth —Sowemimo
The federal and state governments have been urged to channel more resources to provision of basic amenities like electricity, potable water and other incentives that will accelerate the growth of small and medium scale industries in the country. The publisher of Pagepedia magazine, Mr. Abiodun Sowemimo who gave the charge ...
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Russia
Russia tells White House it will not return Crimea to Ukraine
Russia said on Feb. 15 it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine or discuss the matter with foreign partners after the White House said U.S. President Donald Trump expected the annexed Black Sea peninsula to be returned
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Spagna
Economía/Empresas.- Los estibadores no harán huelga en los puertos la próxima semana
br /> MADRID, 15 (EUROPA PRESS) Los sindicatos de estibadores no secundarán finalmente las huelgas convocadas en los puertos para la próxima semana, los próximos días 20, 22 y 24 de febrero, ante la propuesta del Ministerio de Fomento de retrasar la aprobación de la reforma ...
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Thailandia
Commercial counsellor meeting to map trade
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak is scheduled to lead a joint meeting with Thai commercial counsellors worldwide to map out the country's long-term strategic partnership plan, in a move to sustain Thailand's international trade growth.
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Thailandia
Prayut hungry for foreign funds
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday called on foreign and Thai investors to rev up investing in its targeted industries, saying the government over the last two years has rectified and amended rules and regulations to promote and streamline private investment.
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Singapore
SEC eyes cross-border sales
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to push cross-border sales of real estate investment trusts (REITs), infrastructure funds, medium-term funds and stocks in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.
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Giappone
Yahoo warns anew of email account breach, blames state-sponsored ‘forged cookies’
Yahoo is warning users of potentially malicious activity on their accounts between 2015 and 2016, the latest development in the internet company’s investigation of a mega-breach that exposed 1 billion users’ data several years ago. Yahoo confirmed Wednesday that it was notifying users that their accounts had potentially been compromised ...
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Giappone
Auto unions seek repeat of 2016 base pay hike amid firms’ cloudy earnings prospects
Annual spring wage negotiations between companies and labor unions got into full swing Wednesday with unions from Japan’s major automakers demanding the same base wage increase as last year despite concerns about the industry’s earnings prospects. The unions of Toyota Motor Corp. and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., among other major ...
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USA Giappone
Dakota Access exec likens protesters to terrorists as Sioux slam failure to obtain consent
A top executive at the company building the controversial Dakota Access pipeline is comparing pipeline opponents to terrorists. Joey Mahmoud, executive vice president of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, says protesters have “assaulted numerous pipeline personnel,” destroyed millions of dollars’ worth of construction equipment and even fired a pistol at law ...