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Kenya
Business News: Nairobi to host regional seed firm targeting SMEs
Nairobi has been chosen for the establishment of the first foundation seed production company in sub-Saharan Africa. The firm mainly targets Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
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Kenya
Business: Nairobi to host regional seed firm targeting SMEs
Nairobi has been chosen for the establishment of the first foundation seed production company in sub-Saharan Africa. The firm mainly targets Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
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Romania
Romania's masses protest against law decriminalising corruption offences
Nearly 300,000 people marched against a law giving pardon to corruption crimes.
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Cina India
Apple to start building iPhones in India
The company is seeking to tap into a booming middle class while sales in China slow.
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USA
US retailer Nordstrom drops Ivanka Trump brand
The retailer cited slow sales after a campaign to boycott stores doing business with the new US president's family.
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USA
US retailer Nordstrom drops Ivanka Trump brand
Donald Trump adviser's fashion line hit by low sales as buyers shun stores doing business with the Trump family.
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USA
2016 Current Account Surplus Hits Record High of $98.7 Bil...Second Highest in History
Korea's current account surplus hit a record high of US$98.7 billion last year. This is the second highest level in history after $105.94 billion in 2015. Even though the goods trade balance was in excess of $120 billion primarily due to low international oil prices, the service trade balance was ...
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Nigeria
NAICOM settles claim worth N5.5bn in 2016
The National Insurance Commission on Friday said it settled claims worth N5.5bn to aggrieved policy holders in 2016. The Head, Corporate Affairs, NAICOM, Mr. Rasaaq Salami, said in Abuja that the paid claims were as a result of complaints the commission resolved within 2016. He said, “In 2016, NAICOM successfully ...
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USA Iran
Iran denies US wrestling team visas after Trump ban
Iran has refused visas for US athletes due to compete in an international wrestling tournament in response to President Donald Trump’s travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries, the foreign ministry said Friday. “Considering the policies adopted by the new US administration, the foreign ministry was inevitably forced to refuse travel ...
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Francia
BREAKING: Soldier shoots knife attacker near Paris’ Louvre Museum
A machete-wielding man has been shot and wounded by a French soldier near the Louvre Museum in central Paris after an apparent attack on a second soldier. The individual, carrying a backpack, cried out “Allahu Akbar” according to Michel Cadot, the head of Paris’s police force. One soldier was lighty ...