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Kenya
Business: Kenya's Sh1.7 trillion tax plan faulted
Market analysts have differed on whether Kenyans' pockets are deep enough to foot half of the Sh2.6 trillion budget.
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USA Kenya
Kenyan seeks to grow taste for purple tea in the US
Kenya’s purple tea received a major boost last week after it debuted at a major US trade fair meant to increase sales of the beverage in the global market.
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Italia
IndStars 2 presenta la business combination con SIT Group per portarla Borsa
(Teleborsa) - Industrial Stars of Italy 2, la SPAC quotata sul mercato AIM Italia da maggio 2016 e promossa da Giovanni Cavallini, ex Presidente di Interpump, ed Attilio Arietti, fondatore e...
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USA Cuba
Sapore di Cuba
Negli ultimi due anni la vendita di sigari cubani è aumentata sia sull’isola sia all’estero. Nel 2016 il giro d’affari è stato di 430 milioni di dollari. Questa crescita, soprattutto nel mercato straniero, è stata favorita dall’amministrazione dell’ex presidente statunitense Barack Obama, che ha consentito ai viaggiatori di portare quantità ...
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Giappone
Job offers for graduating students in 2018 up amid labor shortage
More companies are offering jobs to university students on course to graduate next March than the previous year as businesses look to secure their workforce amid a growing labor shortage, a Tokyo-based recruitment company said Tuesday. Among students searching for jobs, 14.8 percent had a job offer as of April ...
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Giappone
Dollar falls to ¥110.50 in Tokyo on geopolitical risks
The dollar retreated to levels around ¥110.50 in Tokyo trading Tuesday, weighed down by heightened geopolitical risks over Syria and North Korea. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥110.54-55, down from ¥111.32-33 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.0590-0590, slightly up from $1.0585-0587, and at ¥117.07-07, ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks fall back on yen’s rise
Stocks turned lower Tuesday, weighed down by the yen’s appreciation against the dollar on haven buying. The Nikkei 225 average lost 50.01 points, or 0.27 percent, to finish at 18,747.87. On Monday, the key market gauge climbed 133.25 points. The Topix, which covers all first-section issues, closed down 4.55 points, ...
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Brasile Cina USA Giappone
New Emirates routes; China Airlines milestone; JAL teams with American
New Emirates routes Emirates has announced three new Airbus A380 destinations, running its flagship three-class double-decker aircraft from Dubai to Tokyo, Casablanca and Sao Paulo. With the triple deployment, Emirates is the first airline to operate scheduled A380 services to Latin America, as well as to North Africa. In addition, ...
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Nigeria
Anti-corruption fight, a difficult one – Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday admitted that the present administration’s ongoing anti-corruption fight is a difficult one. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President spoke while receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers at ...
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Nigeria
$17bn stolen crude: FG prepares criminal charge against IOCs, says AGF
John Ameh, Abuja The Federal Government is considering the option of filing criminal charges against International Oil Companies implicated in the alleged export of $17bn worth of Nigeria’s undeclared crude and gas resources between 2011 and 2014. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, disclosed ...