• Spagna

    Economía/Empresas.- Atresmedia eleva un 4,5% su beneficio en el primer trimestre, hasta 28,4 millones

    MADRID, 20 (EUROPA PRESS) Atresmedia obtuvo un beneficio neto de 28,4 millones de euros en el primer trimestre del año, cifra un 4,5% superior a la del mismo periodo de 2016, cuando la compañía ganó 27,2 millones de euros, según ha informado este jueves el grupo a la ...

  • USA Corea del Sud

    U.S. Gov't Willing to Revise Korea-U.S. FTA Terms...VP Pence

    U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on April 18 that his administration is set to revise the terms of the U.S.-Korea free trade agreement. He said this in a meeting organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, adding, "It is true America's trade ...

  • USA

    Whittier Law School Says It Will Shut Down

    At a time when many law schools are wrestling with declining enrollments, Whittier, in Southern California, is the first fully accredited school to announce that it will close.

  • Nigeria

    Fund to develop power assets in Nigeria, others

    An investment fund managed by QG Investments Africa Management Limited, QG AfricaMezzanine LP, has announced the establishment of a power firm to develop power assets across sub-Saharan Africa. The new joint venture, QG Power Africa, was established in collaboration with Tomé International Limited and Independent Power Corporation Plc, a statement ...

  • Nigeria

    Pay contractor, court orders Standard Alliance Insurance

    Ramon Oladimeji The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has entered monetary judgment in favour of a construction company, Ravega Construction and Project Management Limited, against Standard Alliance Insurance Plc. The court, in a judgment on March 24, 2017 by Justice O.O. Femi-Adeniyi, ordered Standard Alliance Insurance Plc to forthwith ...

  • Nigeria

    Foreign borrowing’ll increase debt service burden — NBCC

    Increased foreign borrowing will put more pressure on Nigeria’s debt service burden, the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce has said. According to the chamber, the country’s debt service burden currently stands at 35 per cent owing to low government revenue and that additional external loans will certainly raise the figure. In ...

  • Nigeria

    NLNG revenue hits seven-year low amid oil slump

     ’Femi Asu The Nigeria LNG Limited, the biggest gas exporter in the country, said it earned a total of $4.723bn last year, the lowest in seven years. The company, which was created to harness the nation’s vast natural gas resources and produce Liquefied Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids for ...

  • Nigeria

    Task force plans fresh arrest of liquidated banks’ directors

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation on Wednesday said the Task Force on the Implementation of the Failed Bank Act would soon begin to re-arrest for prosecution directors and officers of licensed banks who had committed malpractices and had absconded. The task force is made up of representatives ...

  • Nigeria

    Why EFCC, ICPC, AGF may lose more corruption cases

    Some top lawyers have suggested to the various anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies how the trend of losing high-profile corruption cases can be reversed, ADE ADESOMOJU reports On April 3, 2017, which was Monday, the first working day of the week, the Federal High Court in Lagos lifted the order ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria needs reforms to prevent exchange rate crisis — W/Bank

    Oyetunji Abioye with agency report Nigeria needs to reform its finance to ensure it can hedge against any future foreign exchange crisis, the World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, Albert Zeufack, has said. Zeufack said on Wednesday that exchange rate adjustments could lead to higher inflation but continued monetary policy ...