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Nigeria
No Political Influence On Our Business, Intels Clarifies
BY YUSUF BABALOLA, Lagos After severing relationship with former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, the Nigeria’s oil and gas logistic firm, Intels Nigeria Limited, said its business has not been hindered by political influences from the present government. The company, who made the clarification in a press statement issued yesterday, through its ...
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Nigeria
Global Economy To Expand By 4% In 2021 – W/Bank
By MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja and BUKOLA IDOWU, Lagos The World Bank has predicted that global economy is expected to expand 4 per cent in 2021 if an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout this year. The report also predicted that the Nigerian economy is expected to grow by 1.1 ...
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Nigeria
85M Workers To Lose Jobs Over Business Automation
BY BUKOLA IDOWU, Lagos A new study has revealed that automation of businesses is expected to reduce global jobs by 85 million as more businesses are set to rapidly digitalise work processes while robot revolution is expected to create 97 million new jobs. This was highlighted in the latest World ...
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Nigeria
APC, PDP Trade Tackles Over 2023 Presidency
By CHIBUZO UKAIBE and ANDREW ESSIEN, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) exchanged tackles yesterday over the 2023 presidential race. The APC had fired the first salvo when it declared that Nigerians will not forgive PDP for the numerous transgressions and agony ...
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Nigeria
Electricity Consumers Kick As NERC Approves Another Tariff Increase
BY CHIBUZO UKAIBE, MICHAEL OCHE, ABAH ADAH, Abuja, ANDREW OJIEZEL, DUSTAN AGHEDO and ADENIYI ADUNOLA, Lagos The organised labour and Electricity consumers in the country have condemned the latest increase in tariff by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In fact the Trade Union Congress (TUC) is demanding an immediate reversal ...
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USA
US bankruptcy filings hit 35-year low thanks to government pandemic aid
Government unemployment insurance, business loans and other programs ended up replacing much of that lost income
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Italia
Recovery sale a 220 miliardi più soldi a salute e alta velocità. I fondi per Roma
Un programma unico da presentare all?Europa. Che porta da 196 a 220 i miliardi da spendere per il rilancio dell?Economia. Non si terrà conto soltanto dei 196 miliardi della...
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Cina
GM, vendite in Cina giù del 6,2% nel 2020
(Teleborsa) - Le vendite di veicoli di General Motors in Cina sono diminuite del 6,2% nel 2020 per 2,9 milioni di veicoli consegnati nella grande economia asiatica. Si tratta del terzo calo...
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Bolivia
No prosperó iniciativa para citar a Sucre, Mouynes y Alexander
En su segundo día de sesiones, el pleno de la Asamblea Nacional desestimó ayer una citación para los ministros de Salud, Economía y Relaciones Exteriores. Además, aprobó en segundo debate el proyecto de ley 182, que crea el Sistema Informático de Indicadores Públicos de Precios ...
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Thailandia
Shippers upbeat on recovery
The Thai National Shippers' Council remains upbeat on export recovery this year despite a surge in new Covid-19 infections in the country.