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Nigeria
Sales girl docked over N285,000 fraud
A 21-year-old sales girl, Oluwatobi Blessing, was on Thursday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged N285,000 fraud. Blessing is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and theft. The prosecutor, Sgt. Sunday Ajayi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Aug. 7, at Akindeko area ...
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Nigeria
Afreximbank introduces $300m equity offering to Nigerian investors
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on Thursday in Lagos met with leading Nigerian investors to push for strong participation in the bank’s $300 million equity offering. Dr Benedict Oramah, the President of Afreximbank, told the investors that the equity offering would be issued through depository receipts backed by its Class ...
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Brasile
STF deve terminar nesta quinta julgamento sobre amianto
Após três sessões, o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) deve concluir nesta quinta-feira (24/8), o julgamento da ação que discute se é legal ou não a lei federal que permite a extração e comercialização do amianto do tipo "crisotila" no Brasil. No panorama atual, com 4 votos a favor do produto ...
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Brasile
Brazil Announces Massive R$44 Billion Privatization Plan
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – To increase its revenues and boost the economy, Brazil’s federal government announced on Wednesday a plan to privatize 57 federal holdings in hopes these will yield R$44 billion. Among those holdings to go to the private sector are fourteen airports, ...
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USA
US governors seek to reassure foreign investors
Local officials feel need to compensate for president’s combative rhetoric
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Cina
Back to the future for China tycoon sweepstakes
Crackdown on splashy foreign acquisitions favours traditional property magnates
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Spagna
Economía/PIB.- (Ampl.) El PIB acelera su crecimiento al 0,9% en el segundo trimestre por el empuje del consumo
La tasa interanual escala una décima, hasta el 3,1%, y el empleo acelera su avance hasta el 2,8%, con la creación de 480.000 puestos de trabajo MADRID, 24 (EUROPA PRESS)
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Spagna
Spagna, il PIL ancora in salita nel secondo trimestre
(Teleborsa) - L'economia spagnola conferma una crescita sostenuta, chiudendo il secondo trimestre dell'anno con una lieve accelerazione rispetto al buon dato dei primi tre mesi del 2017. Lo ha...
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Francia
Francia, in crescita la fiducia della manifattura ad agosto
(Teleborsa) - Cresce ad agosto il sentiment delle imprese manifatturiere francesi, anche se cala la fiducia nel mercato del lavoro, mentre il clima degli affari rimane ai massimi dagli ultimi...
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Kenya
S&P says increasing debt largest threat to the Kenyan economy
Piling public debt poses the largest risk to Kenya’s economy in the medium term, an analyst at credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has said.