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USA Kenya
Kenya-US trade agreement needs a rethink on workers
The labour provisions proposed under the Kenya-US deal are not new. They have become standard features of all US free trade agreements since 1994.
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Angola Cuba
Cuba and Angola: deepening ties in a historic partnership
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, during his official visit to Luanda, underscored that Angola is one of Africa's key partners for Cuba, with broad and varied collaboration. He expressed his wish to further to enhance economic, trade, and financial ties. Speaking to the media at Luanda's Presidential Palace, Díaz-Canel emphasized the ...
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Nigeria
P&ID vs. Nigeria: how a BVI tax haven company is crippling Africa’s largest economy
In the heart of the British Virgin Islands, Process & Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), a seemingly unremarkable engineering and project management company, emerged to cast an astonishing shadow over Nigeria’s fiscal landscape. Founded by the Irish businessman Michael “Mick” Quinn and his counterpart Brendan Cahill, P&ID’s original mission was rooted ...
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USA
The 2023 semiconductor slump: challenges, prospects and the path to a US$1 trillion market
In 2023, global investment in semiconductors is set to decline for the first time in four years. Top chip manufacturers, including giants such as Intel, TSMC, and Micron Technology, anticipate a 16% drop in fiscal investments to US$122 billion. The shift comes as concerns over the Chinese economy, rapid capacity ...
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Brasile USA
Rio de Janeiro offers US$1,000 bounty for each confiscated gun to curb criminal firepower
The Rio de Janeiro administration has initiated a R$5,000 (US$1,000) reward for each rifle seized by law enforcement officers, per an official decree published on Monday, 21. The reward applies to officers who, during their duty or because of it, confiscate unregistered firearms, specifically rifles, regardless of making an arrest ...
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Cina
What to Know About China’s Real Estate Crisis
China’s economy was long dependent on a booming real estate sector, which has recently fallen on harder times.
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Cina USA Regno Unito
Stocks bounce despite China rate cut failing to ease worries
LONDON: European and US stocks rebounded on Monday but Asian markets ended mixed after a Chinese rate cut failed to reassure investors worried about the outlook for the world's number two economy.
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Cina
China cuts key interest rate to support economy
BEIJING: China's central bank on Monday cut a key interest rate in an attempt to counter the post-Covid growth slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.
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Brasile
Receita abre na quinta consulta ao 4º lote de restituição do IR
O quarto lote de restituição do Imposto de Renda Pessoa Física 2023 estará disponível para consulta a partir das 10h da próxima quinta-feira (24). São contempladas também restituições residuais de ...
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Brasile
Senacon cobra explicações da 123Milhas sobre viagens canceladas
A agência de viagens 123Milhas terá de explicar à Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon) os motivos que a levaram a cancelar pacotes de viagem e a emissão de passagens para ...