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Thailandia
SET up 2.67 points at opening
Thai stocks opened up 0.17% at the start of trade this morning.
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Nigeria
Ex-minister to court: I need cancer treatment abroad
A former Minister of State for Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, has asked Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos to permit her to travel abroad to receive treatment for breast cancer. She said doctors at the National Hospital recommended that she receives further treatment abroad after suffering ...
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Nigeria
No plans to leave PDP, say lawmakers
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Lagos State House of Assembly have denied rumours that some of them have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman, Committee on Central Business District (CBD), Victor Akande, said he was not aware of any detection plan. Akande, representing Ojo 1, said: ...
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Nigeria
Unending Internal Crisis, Bane Of Nigeria’s Power Sector
There is no gainsaying that every developed economy thrives on availability of electricity. Thus rationale thinking would suggest that to exit the current economic recession, fixing the power sector becomes a priority. But recent developments in the sector indicate that the sector is crisis-ridden. FESTUS OKOROMADU, takes a look at ...
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Nigeria
Fuel Scarcity Looms In South West, As Marketers Threaten To Close Shop
The chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, (IPMAN) Ibadan Depot, Alhaji Raheem Rasaq Tayo has threatened that his members would close shop if necessary actions are not taken to facilitate what he call the despicable state of the Pipelines Products Marketing Company (PPMC), depots in the south-west zone. ...
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Giappone
Pyongyang using refined tactics to duck sanctions on large scale: U.N. report
North Korea is increasing the scale and refinement of the tactics it uses to evade international sanctions, particularly in the lucrative trade in military technology, according to a summary of a U.N. experts’ report obtained by Kyodo News. The country’s movement of illicit ammunition, weapons and natural resources continues to ...
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Giappone
Renault-Nissan group nears GM in global sales after Ghosn’s rescue of MMC
The Renault-Nissan Alliance came just short of matching General Motors Co. and joining the ranks of the three-biggest automakers by global sales, after Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn rescued a Japanese peer last year. Nissan Motor Co., Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. combined delivered 9.96 million vehicles last year, ...
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USA Giappone
Native Americans vow to wage pipeline protests across U.S.; Seattle dumps Wells Fargo
Native American groups said they would step up efforts to block the development of energy infrastructure across the United States to prevent future water contamination and damage to sacred land, following the defeat for the Standing Rock Sioux in its battle against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline. Protesters were ...
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Giappone
Nordstrom stocks dip amid Trump tweet storm over chain treating Ivanka ‘so unfairly’
President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that Nordstrom, which decided to stop selling Ivanka Trump’s clothing and accessory line, treated his daughter “so unfairly.” Nordstrom shares dropped after the tweet but later recovered. The department store chain had said last week that it made the decision based on the brand’s performance, ...
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USA Giappone
U.S. meat industry groups urge Trump to start trade talks with Japan after TPP exit
Two U.S. meat industry groups sent a joint letter on Tuesday to President Donald Trump calling on the new leader of the country to launch bilateral free trade talks with Japan at his meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Washington on Friday. The meat industry is calling for an ...