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USA Singapore
Singapore shares lead gains, SET jumps more than 1%
Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Monday, with Singapore marking a three-week closing high, as the start of Sino-US trade talks raised hopes that a deal would alleviate concerns about slowing global economic growth.
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USA
US negotiators in Beijing for trade war talks
Talks come a month after Trump and Xi agreed to suspend a planned tariff hike for three months.
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Nigeria
Pinnick To Meet Victor Moses Over Retirement Plans
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), president Amaju Pinnick is set to meet Victor Moses to discuss his international retirement. The 28-year-old Chelsea winger quit international duty in August to focus on his club career. However, he has struggled to break into the plans of manager Maurizio Sarri. “I have arranged to ...
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Nigeria
‘Rate Cutting Threatens NAICOM’s N1trn Premium Target’
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) at the weekend cautioned insurance operators against rate cutting in 2019. The Deputy Commissioner for Insurance, Technical, Sunday Thomas, issued the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Mr Thomas explained that the industry’s target of N1 trillion premium ...
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Nigeria
Almond To Organise Insurance Consumers’ Forum
Almond Productions Limited is set to hold its 2018 Insurance Consumers’ Forum (ICF), where insurance practitioners and consumers will converge to deliberate on how insurers can provide seamless and comfortable services to their numerous clients nationwide. The forum, expected to hold on Friday 16th of November, 2018 in Lagos, is ...
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USA
Need For FG, States To Insure Workers
The federal and state governments have neglected their responsibilities by failing to purchase group life insurance coverage for civil servants across the country, thereby, shortchanging the workers in the process. ZAKA ABD-KHALIQ writes. Despite the fact that the Pension Reforms Act(PRA 2014) mandates companies both in public and private sphere ...
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Cina
As Trade Talks Begin, Trump Sees China’s Economic Weakness as U.S. Strength
President Trump is largely ignoring economic warning signs in the U.S., saying China is too weak to keep up the trade fight.
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Israele
Business in Brief: Tel Aviv shares surge as Wall Street rebounds
Naty Saidoff’s Housing & Construction raises concerns ■ Company that sells cannabis derivatives online to European customers to be listed at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange ■ BioView shares jump 34%
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Senegal
Beijing va élargir sa coopération avec Dakar dans l'industrie et le numérique (Wang Yi)
Dakar, 6 janv (APS) - La Chine veut élargir son partenariat avec le Sénégal dans les domaines de l'industrie et du numérique pour que la coopération sino-sénégalaise soit pionnière en Afrique, a déclaré dimanche, à Dakar, le Conseiller d'Etat et ministre chinois des Affaires étrangères, Wang Yi - Asie
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Nuova Zelanda
Hoe waagt de premier van Nieuw-Zeeland zich in het mijnenveld?
Jacinda Ardern, premier van Nieuw-Zeeland, heeft tijdens haar premierschap met haar partner een dochter gekregen. Op een Amerikaanse zender krijgt ze de vraag of het moederschap gevolgen heeft voor haar beleid. Kijkt ze nu anders naar bepaalde onderwerpen?