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Giappone
Toshiba stuck with billions in unsold gas on top of nuclear troubles
Toshiba Corp., already reeling from a crisis over its nuclear business that has sent its market value down by almost half, is seeking help from one of the world’s biggest buyers of liquefied natural gas to avoid billions of dollars in potential losses if it can’t sell American gas it ...
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Giappone
Nearly all of Toyota’s record North American production is in U.S., not Mexico
Toyota Motor Corp., scolded by President-elect Donald Trump over a planned plant in Mexico, relied on the country for less than 7 percent of its record North American output last year. The automaker built 2.12 million cars and trucks on the continent last year, assembling 65 percent of those in ...
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Giappone Regno Unito
Hitachi says Brexit may hurt its rail plant in England after exports become needed in 2019
Hitachi Ltd. said Britain’s vote to quit the European Union may become more of a concern when the conglomerate’s train factory in northern England becomes more reliant on exports after 2019. For the next few years the plant in Newton Aycliffe will be busy making the vehicles it was set ...
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USA Kenya
Uhuru congratulates Trump, invites him to visit Kenya
President Uhuru Kenyatta has invited US President Donald Trump to visit Kenya hours after he was sworn in. During his inauguration, Trump promised to fight for America and to ensure it reclaims its "lost glory". "I take this opportunity to invite you to visit Kenya at your earliest convenience," Uhuru ...
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Ghana Kenya
Raila still wants to be NASA 2017 candidate
The general election could well be a rematch between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cord leader Raila Odinga, despite much talk and deliberate suspense about another joint opposition flagbearer. The Star has established Raila has quietly put together a presidential campaign team headed by university don Dr Adams Oloo. None of ...
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Russia USA Israele Georgia (Country)
Trump sworn in as 45th President of United States
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, succeeding Barack Obama and taking control of a divided country in a transition of power that he has declared will lead to "America First" policies at home and abroad. As scattered protests erupted elsewhere ...
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Kenya
Business: First cruise ship docks at the Port of Mombasa with 1,049 tourists
Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) officials handed over gifts and information booklets on destination Kenya to disembarking passengers. MS Nautica, a regular caller at the port sailed into the harbour some minutes past 7am from Zanzibar for a day long stay. It was scheduled to leave for Port Victoria in the ...
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Kenya
Learn all there’s to know about intellectual property law here
Book Review: ‘Intellectual Property and Innovation Law in Kenya and Africa: Transferring Technology for Sustainable Development’
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USA
Korean Energy Companies Uncertain Whether to Import American Energy
As the Trump Administration of the United States sets sail on January 20, the pressure on Korean energy companies to import crude oil and natural gas from America is rising fast. Still, they are reluctant to do so due to higher cost. SK Gas and E1, the nation's top liquefied ...
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Nigeria
NDLEA nabs textile trader with N426m drug on flight to Cambodia
Kunle Falayi Forty-seven-year-old textile trader, Ifeka Obi, was about to board a flight at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday when a search of his baggage revealed a curious cargo. Tucked within a load of foodstuffs, which he told operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at ...