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Vietnam
Airbus said to discuss multi-billion dollar order with VietJet
Deal may be signed in presence of visiting French presidentVietnam Airlines sees 58 percent rise in H1 pretax profitVietnam Airlines faces hurdles in launching rebranded offshootVietnam may remove airfare cap as market becomes 'competitive': officialVietjet, Viettel among top brands in Asia: NielsenVietnam's VietJet to buy 100 Boeing planes for $11.3 ...
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Nigeria
IDPs return home to Konduga two years after
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Konduga Local Government of Borno State have returned home after about three years of residing in refugee camps in Maiduguri. Governor Kashim Shettima urged them to be law abiding while at home. He added that the action was aimed at allowing the IDPs celebrate Sallah ...
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Nigeria
‘NLNG’s Act repeal ‘ll jeopardise $20b investment’
• Minister: NASS is patriotic The Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) has warned that any tinkering with the law guiding its activities may spell doom for the country. Its Managing Director, Mr. Tony Attah warned that should the House of Representatives go ahead with its plan to repeal the NLNG ...
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Nigeria
Recession: engage economists, NLC urges Buhari
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to rely on indigenous economists to generate the necessary ideas and policies that will the country out of economic recession. NLC President AyubaWabba, who spoke yesterday in Abuja, said the present situation requires indigenous experts to fashion out how best ...
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Nigeria
Telecoms sector’s foreign direct investments hit $35bn
The telecommunications sector has in the last 15 years been able to attract $35 billion foreign direct investments, FDI, into Nigeria even as prospect for more is certain in the years ahead. The sector has, despite the challenges of infrastructure, also witnessed remarkable growth in internet connectivity from 50,000 in 2001 to its current 97 million during the period. The ...
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Nigeria
Emefiele links elites’ taste for foreign goods to forex scarcity
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has blamed the elite who preferred imported materials to local ones for the foreign exchange crisis and its immense contributions to the current nation’s economic woes. The apex bank, through its Governor, Godwin Emefiele, lamented that Nigerians spend nothing less than £2 billion on their children studying abroad at the detriment ...
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Nigeria
NACCIMA charges CBN on new IMTOs policy
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA has called for review of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s new policy on International Money Transfer Operators, IMTOs, which stipulated that “(IMTOs) are required to remit foreign currency to their respective agent banks in Nigeria for disbursement in Naira to the beneficiaries while the foreign currency proceeds are to be sold to ...
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Venezuela
PDVSA asume control de equipos de Schlumberger en Venezuela
La corporación estatal Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. asumió el control de seis embarcaciones de perforación y reparación de pozos en el Lago de Maracaibo tras el vencimiento de los contratos de operación con la empresa estadounidense Schlumberger.
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Guatemala
Guatemala supera en 5.6% meta de recaudación en agosto de 2016
Guatemala superó en 5.6 por ciento la meta de recaudación de impuestos prevista para el mes de agosto, informó hoy la Superintendencia de Administración Tributaria (SAT).
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Argentina
VIDEO: las 3 definiciones de Macri sobre la economía Argentina