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Nuova Zelanda
Wellington's record-breaking cruise ship numbers set to be eclipsed next season
More ships and more visitors sees $56m pumped into the local economy, but that figure's likely to be even higher next season.
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USA
[Non-memory Korea: 4] FPGA inventor Xilinx offers lesson to Korea in non-memory chip challenge
Xilinx, a San Jose-based system-on-chip business established 35 years ago, refuses to be known merely as an SoC company.
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USA Nigeria
Prioritising Building Insurance
LEADERSHIP: With the continuous building collapse across the country, and most recently, in Oyo and Lagos states, there is a need for owners of public buildings to insure their houses in order to avert collateral loss. ZAKA ABD-KHALIQ writes. Building collapse is a nightmare to the victims, especially, the occupants ...
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Nigeria
NGO Partners FG To End Oil Theft
LEADERSHIP: A non governmental organisation, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, (CEPEJ) has sought for partnership with federal government on workable solutions that would end crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism, illicit and local burning of crude oil to produce substandard petroleum products. The national coordinator of CEPEJ, Comrade Mulade Sheriff ...
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USA Nigeria
Climate Change: Amina Harps On Incentives For Private Sector
LEADERSHIP: The United Nations deputy secretary-general, Mrs Amina Mohammed has advocated the availability of funds through public budget and incentives for the private sector in order to combat climate change. She stated this while presenting the 2019 report on ‘Financing for Sustainable Development’ at the UN Secretariat building New York. ...
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Nigeria
Exploring Fortunes Of Petroleum Refining In Nigeria
LEADERSHIP: Many companies are now floating modular refineries in Nigeria – and it’s shaping up to be a big positive for the energy sector and the Nigerian economy. MARK ITSIBOR reports For decades, fuel scarcity and high cost of it have made Nigerian about the world’s worse country for economic ...
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Brasile
Digital Life: App Usage in Brazil is High Across Multiple Categories
By Richard Mann, Contributing Reporter This is the first series of infographics on Digital Life in Brazil. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian consumer is ready for digital disruption. In many ways, it has already begun. More than two out of three Brazilians have access to smartphones and the ...
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Brasile
Eletrobras vai investir R$ 1,5 milhão em eventos do setor elétrico
A Eletrobras lançou esta semana a oitava edição do Programa de Patrocínio das Empresas Eletrobras a Eventos do Setor Elétrico, que vai destinar até R$ 1,5 milhão para apoio a eventos ligados ao setor de energia elétrica, realizados entre 11 de julho e 30 de dezembro deste ano, no Brasil. As inscrições ...
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Cina
EEC keen to sign deal with China's ZAEZ
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office is scheduled to sign a strategic cooperation later this month with the administrative committee of the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone (ZAEZ) to support the government's flagship project.
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Cina USA
Trade war with US delays China’s rules curbing data transfers
Multinational companies face pressure from Beijing to localise data