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Kenya Regno Unito
Business: Barclays brand to exit Kenya as UK lender reaches stock sale plan
Barclays Kenya is set for a major re-organisation after the UK banking giant reached an agreement on the sale of its controlling stake in Barclays Africa Group Ltd (BAGL).
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Giappone
In reversal from Obama, GOP-backing private prisons to stay under Trump: Sessions
Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled Thursday his strong support for the federal government’s continued use of private prisons, reversing an Obama administration directive to phase out their use. Stock prices of major private prison companies rose at the news. Sessions issued a memo replacing one issued last August by Sally ...
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Giappone
Factory jobs exist but skills don’t, manufacturing execs tell Trump
President Donald Trump brought two dozen manufacturing CEOs to the White House on Thursday and declared their collective commitment to restoring factory jobs lost to foreign competition. Yet some of the CEOs suggested that there were still plenty of openings for U.S. factory jobs but too few qualified people to ...
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Kenya
Kenya: Tough law slaps 10-year jail term on bribe givers
Anti-corruption chairman Eliud Wabukala has welcomed a new law that seeks to punish bribery offenders.
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Brasile
Piloto é a única vítima de acidente com aeronave em Santa Catarina
O piloto era o único tripulante da aeronave de pequeno porte que caiu na manhã desta quinta-feira (23/2), em Garuva, norte do Estado de Santa Catarina, próximo à divisa com o Paraná. As informações são da Polícia Militar de Florianópolis. Ainda não há dados sobre as causas do acidente ou sobre ...
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Brasile
Tiroteio em presídio deixa quatro mortos e 35 feridos em Goiás
Um tiroteio que ocorreu na manhã desta quinta-feira (23/2), na Penitenciária Odenir Guimarães, em Aparecida de Goiânia, Região Metropolitana da capital, deixou quatro presos mortos e 35 detentos feridos. O tumulto foi contido no início da tarde, sem nenhum caso de fuga registrado, de acordo com a Superintendência Executiva de ...
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Nigeria
Facility management can reduce manufacturing cost – IFMA
The International Facility Management Agency has said that manufacturers can cut costs by employing trained facility managers or training their workers to manage their facilities while owners of the business concentrate on the core competence. The President, IFMA, Nigeria Chapter, Mr. Pius Iwundu, made this remarks on Thursday during the ...
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Nigeria
LCCI, EU link Nigerian SMEs, European firms
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has collaborated with the European Union to create links between the Small and Medium Enterprises and firms abroad seeking partners in Nigeria. At a forum tagged ‘Enterprise Europe Network’, which took place in Lagos on Thursday, the LCCI and the economic delegation team ...
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Nigeria
Kudos for HIV/AIDS Coalition at officers’election
A new set of officers, (co-chairs) have been inaugurated to run the affairs of the Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCAA). The event took place at the Skyline Terrace of Oriental Hotel in Lagos. The dignitaries including Chief Executive Officers and policy-makers lighted up the night. They were all dressed ...
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Nigeria
Oceanic Health marks 10 years of performance
Oceanic Health Management Limited has marked 10 years of providing good health to Nigerians. At the ceremony to mark the feat, its MD/CEO, Dr. Charles Onwuzuluigbo,described the firm as a leading Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) licensed by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2007 to provide managed healthcare. “We ...