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Thailandia
SET opens up 3.31 to 1,567.97
Thai stocks opened up 0.21% at the start of trade this morning.
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica aprovecha subsidio panameño
Aunque la población panameña en el área fronteriza no es abundante, un solo comercio facturó en 20 días, 180 tanques de gas licuado de acuerdo con las autoridades.
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Giappone
Mercari e-commerce site bans listing of currency for sale
Mercari, a mobile e-commerce site that matches individual buyers and sellers, has banned sellers from listing cash after the site operator discovered that ¥10,000 notes were being sold at a higher value. According to officials of the Japanese startup virtual market place, which mainly deals in used items such as ...
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Giappone
Japan venture develops case to curb kids’ smartphone addiction
A Japanese venture has developed a smartphone case designed to help parents protect their children from becoming addicted to the mobile devices. The Kobe-based company Momo Ltd. plans to begin selling the smartphone case in late August. Called the Otomos, it allows parents to set time restrictions and prevent children ...
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USA Giappone
Same lawyer represents passengers in two viral airline videos
The woman seen sobbing in a viral video after an American Airlines flight attendant took away her stroller now has a lawyer — the same attorney representing a man dragged off a United Express flight earlier this month. The Chicago lawyer, Thomas Demetrio, says the flight attendant was “out of ...
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Nigeria
NDLEA declares Lagos socialite wanted over drug trafficking
Afeez Hanafi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared a Lagos socialite, Mrs. Fumilola Ogbuaya, aka Arike Fumilola Ogundipe, wanted in connection with drug trafficking. The woman was also accused of allegedly using proceeds of drugs to acquire property. PUNCH Metro learnt that the socialite was implicated in a ...
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Nigeria
Islamic finance and the prosaic ethics of capital
Tayo Oke In the last couple of weeks, former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has been decrying how the northern part of Nigeria appears to be enmeshed in a cultural milieu more ideally suited to the “13th century view of the Islamic world”. He was venting ...
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Nigeria
Court dismisses Obanikoro’s N100m suit against EFCC
Ramon Oladimeji The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday struck out the N100m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Obanikoro; his wife, Moroophat; his sons, Gbolahon and Babajide; and a daughter-in-law, Fati, had ...
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Senegal
Dématérialisation des procédures douanières : un responsable souligne la nécessité d'une "résilience forte"
Dakar, 24 avr (APS) - La modernisation des administrations douanières, dans l'optique d'une offre de service public de qualité, va passer nécessairement par "une résilience forte des procédures automatisées et dématérialisées", a soutenu, lundi, à Dakar, le coordonnateur de la Direction générale des douanes sénégalaises, Moctar Kettani Doucouré. Dakar, 24 avr ...
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Portogallo
PCP quer passe social para todos os estudantes do ensino superior na Madeira
O Partido Comunista Português recomenda a criação na Madeira de um novo passe social para os transportes público e destinado aos estudantes do ensino superior, público ou privado.