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Kenya
Global recession: If it comes, how will it affect Kenya?
A plunge in oil prices has signaled possibility of global recession in 2019, sending shock waves throughout the global economy including Kenya.
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USA
America's youngest congresswoman launches term with radical plan
Self-described Democratic Socialist nicknamed AOC suggested taxing the ultra-wealthy up to 70 percent in order to finance the plan.
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Kenya
How do we move towards a truly civilised Kenyan society?
Kenya is not a nation that stands for law and order.
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Nigeria
Expect tough Q1, MAN boss warns
The President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Ahmed Mansur has lamented that the Nigerian economy is in a very fragile state, advising that Nigerians should not expect much in the first quarter (Q1). Mansur, who spoke to The Nation over the weekend, noted that economic activities would start ...
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India Regno Unito
Indian tycoon branded 'fugitive economic offender'
NEW DELHI: Vijay Mallya, the Indian tycoon fighting multiple cases in the UK after defaulting on bank loans, has been declared a “fugitive economic offender” by a special court in Mumbai under a new law.
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Nigeria
CBN Makes First FOREX Intervention For 2019 Worth $210m
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday made its first intervention in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange (FOREX) market for 2019 with a sum of 210 million dollars. The CBN Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, said the wholesale sector of the market received 100 million dollars, while ...
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Italia
Reddito, le regioni più premiate sono Campania, Sicilia e Lazio
Emergono i dettagli sul reddito di cittadinanza in base a una bozza di provvedimento intitolato «Decreto legge contenente disposizioni relative all'introduzione del reddito di...
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Francia Portogallo
Tensão e chamas na manifestação dos "coletes amarelos" em Paris
A tensão, as chamas e o cheiro a queimado aumentaram, pelas 16.15 horas locais (15.15 em Portugal continental), na margem sul do rio Sena, em Paris, onde se mantém o "braço-de-ferro2 entre manifestantes, com e sem "coletes amarelos", e a polícia local.
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Portogallo
Câmara de Viseu acusa ministro de "ilusionismo" com as portagens na A25
A Câmara Municipal de Viseu, liderada pelo PSD, acusou, este sábado, o ministro do Planeamento e das Infraestruturas, Pedro Marques, de "ilusionismo" com as portagens na autoestrada A25, ao "dar com uma mão e tirar com outra".
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USA
Dollar hurt as US Fed’s Powell pledges patience over economy
The U.S. dollar retreated against the euro, giving up all the gains logged after a robust U.S. jobs report, following comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that the U.S. central bank will be sensitive to the downside risks the market is pricing in.