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USA
US tax reform targets avoidance by multinationals
Excise levy would crack down on ‘inversion’ deals and foreign groups with US affiliates
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Italia
Police seize €50m opiates meant to finance Islamic State
Italy seized more than 24 million tablets of a synthetic opiate that Islamic State militants planned to sell to finance attacks around the world, the head of a southern Italian court said on Friday. According to a statement from the court, the pills were seized by finance police and customs ...
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Nigeria
Buhari congratulates Iwuanyanwu at 75
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday congratulated a business mogul, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as he celebrated his 75th birthday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President said he joined the business community, political associates and colleagues of Iwuanyawu in ...
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Turchia
Erdogan signs contentious religious marriages law
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed into law controversial legislation to let state-approved clerics conduct marriage ceremonies, a move critics claim risks undermining Turkey’s secular foundations. The government-championed measure, passed by parliament last month in the face of bitter opposition, was published Friday in the Official Gazette following Erdogan’s signature ...
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Nigeria
PMB Salutes Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu On 75th Birthday
By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated business mogul, philanthropist and nationalist, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as he celebrates his 75th birthday anniversary with family, friends and well-wishers. President Buhari in a statement by his Special Adviser media, Femi Adesina joins the business community, political associates and colleagues ...
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Egitto USA Yemen
New US$150 million project to focus on Yemen’s conflict-affected cities
Source: World Bank Country: YemenThe project will target issues like uncollected trash and untreated sewage water. It will also address urgent needs for road repair and access to electricity for critical services. Washington, November 02, 2017 - The World Bank announced today a new project aimed at restoring basic services in some of ...
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USA Kenya Etiopia Italia
Mitigating the risk of spreading plague to Madagascar's neighbours
Source: World Health Organization Country: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte (France), Mozambique, Réunion (France), Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of TanzaniaWHO is working with national health authorities in risk countries to complete a plague preparedness checklist to assess their readiness, and to identify concrete actions to bridge gaps.This year plague came early ...
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Portogallo
Web Summit: Evento está "muito alinhado" com estratégia da Microsoft para transformação digital
A diretora-geral da Microsoft Portugal considera que a Web Summit está "muito alinhada com a estratégia" da empresa para a transformação digital e que o evento em Lisboa "veio dar um empurrão" ao caminho feito por Portugal.
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Portogallo
Bolsa de Lisboa abre a descer 0,07%
O PSI20, principal índice da bolsa de Lisboa, abriu hoje com uma queda ligeira de 0,07% para 5.442,74 pontos, depois de ter fechado a sessão de quinta-feira a subir.
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Portogallo
Incêndios: Recuperação de empresas da região de Viseu exige investimento de 250 ME
A recuperação da capacidade produtiva das empresas da região de Viseu que foram afetadas pelos incêndios de outubro exige um investimento de 250 milhões de euros, estima o Conselho Empresarial.