• Vietnam

    Kolon Industries to Set up New Tire Cord Plant in Vietnam

    Kolon Industries plans to invest 260 billion won to set up a new tire cord plant in Vietnam as part of an effort to expand its automotive materials business. Kolon Industries announced on November 24 that it will establish a new PET tire cord production plant within the Bau Bang ...

  • Corea del Sud

    Sales of STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Halted

    A British fund, which attempted to acquire STX Offshore & Shipbuilding and STX France as a package deal, was dropped out of the shortlist of candidates. Since the British fund was the only entity which disclosed intention to acquire STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the process of selling STX Offshore & ...

  • Senegal

    La FIDAK, ''une vitrine d'affaires'', selon le DG du CICES

    Dakar, 24 nov (APS) - La Foire internationale de Dakar (FIDAK) est une vitrine d'affaires, un moment de déploiement diplomatique intense qui favorise un brassage culturel, a soutenu, jeudi, le Directeur général du Centre international du commerce extérieur du Sénégal (CICES), Cheikh Ndiaye. - Commerce

  • Senegal

    Ouverture officielle de la 25ème édition de la FiDAK

    Dakar, 24 nov (APS) - Le ministre du Commerce, du Secteur informel, de la Consommation, de la Promotion des produits locaux et des PME, Alioune Sarr a ouvert, jeudi, la 25-ème édition de la Foire internationale de Dakar (FIDAK), a constaté l'APS. - Economie

  • Senegal

    Lancement de la campagne ‘'Orangez le monde'', vendredi

    Dakar, 24 nov (APS) – Le ministère de la Femme, de la Famille et de l'Enfance, en partenariat avec ONU Femmes, organise, vendredi, la cérémonie officielle de lancement de la campagne ‘'Orangez le monde'' visant à ‘'attirer l'attention et galvaniser l'action du monde entier en vue d'éliminer la violence à ...

  • USA Malta

    Updated: Fitch downgrades Bank of Valletta’s Long Term Rating to ‘BBB’

    Fitch Ratings have today announced a one notch downgrade in the Long Term Issuer Default Rating of Bank of Valletta plc.  The new rating is of BBB, with a stable outlook, a BOV statement read."The rating agency affirms that BOV's rating is driven by its intrinsic strength, and that its ...

  • Malta

    Updated: Actavis to axe 200 jobs by 2018, government to find workers alternative employment

    A pharmaceutical company will lay off 200 employees over the next two years but the government will be finding them alternative employment, it was announced this morning. Economy Minister Chris Cardona and Employment Minister Evarist Bartolo said Actavis will be reducing its workforce as part of a consolidation exercise after ...

  • Nigeria

    FG inaugurates panel to review tourism policy

    Ramon Oladimeji The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday inaugurated the Technical Committee on the Review of Nigeria’s Tourism Master Plan. He challenged members of the committee to articulate realistic policies that would drive tourism from the periphery to the mainstream of the economy. Members of ...

  • Nigeria

    Shiites: Senate vows to protect Nigeria’s sovereignty

    Friday Olokor, Abuja The Senate on Thursday in Abuja vowed to defend the nation’s sovereignty and interest against foreign interference. The Senate gave the assurance when it received members of the Coalition for Good Governance and Change Initiative and other civil society organisations, who had marched to the National Assembly ...

  • USA Nigeria

    S’East govs, ministers shun inauguration of Enugu FTZ

    Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu The governors of Abia, Anambra, Imo and Ebonyi states on Thursday shunned the groundbreaking of the Enugu Free Trade Zone at Emene, near the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, in Enugu. The Enpower Enugu Free Trade Zone, the first in the South-East, is designed to promote commerce and ...