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Thailandia
SET falls 2.00 to 1,533.51 at opening
Thai stocks opened down 0.13% at the start of trade this morning.
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Indonesia Singapore Vietnam Filippine
Asean members reaffirm 90% tariff cuts under RCEP
Asean members are holding to their vow to cut import tariffs on 90% of products, amounting to 5,000-6,000 items under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), over the next 15 years.
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Panama
Delegados de 30 países participan en Panama Maritime XIII
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Giappone Austria
Vienna again tops list of nicest cities as Baghdad comes in last
Vienna, Austria’s grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer’s list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered the worst place to live. The survey of 231 cities helps companies and organizations determine compensation ...
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USA Giappone
Kushner family’s business set to get over $400 million from Chinese firm
A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, stands to receive more than $400 million from a prominent Chinese company that is investing in the Kushners’ marquee Manhattan office tower at 666 Fifth Ave. The planned $4 billion transaction includes terms that ...
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USA Giappone
Dissassembled 200-year-old Massachusetts tavern moved to Connecticut
A 200-year-old tavern has been moved in its entirety from Massachusetts to Connecticut. The MetroWest Daily News (bit.ly/2mDzFKS ) reports that hundreds of pieces of the nine-room Woodbury Tavern that had been stored in a barn behind Paul Bourdon’s Southborough, Massachusetts, home were trucked about 100 miles to Guilford, Connecticut, ...
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Nigeria
Recession: How ICT can replace oil as economy’s mainstay
As oil revenue steadily drops, ICT experts say technology can become Nigeria’s economic mainstay, writes OZIOMA UBABUKOH Even though the global oil prices are gradually rising again, there are indications that steadiness of the prices at the high end is no longer feasible and its implications for emerging economies relying ...
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Nigeria
BoI to finance MSMEs in Kebbi with N2bn
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Bank of Industry and Kebbi State Government have agreed to set up a N2bn loan scheme to support entrepreneurship development in the state. The Acting Managing Director, BoI, Mr. Waheed Olagunju, stated this during a meeting with the Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Bagudu. He said ...
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Nigeria
Ghost workers: FG wants BVN extended to MFBs
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government, in a bid to fish out more ghost workers, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to extend the requirement for the Bank Verification Number to account holders in microfinance banks. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, stated this in a letter ...
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Nigeria
Ogun upgrades MAPOLY to MKO Abiola varsity
The Ogun Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday, signed the bill to upgrade the state-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, to the Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, Abeokuta. Also signed into law is the bill to establish the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia, in the Yewa area of the state. ...