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Indonesia Singapore Vietnam Filippine
MGC mulling SET listing
Master Group Corporation (Asia) (MGC), a local provider of automobile services, is considering listing on the stock market before 2020 to raise proceeds to finance its future mergers and acquisitions across Asean.
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USA
Thailand, Sri Lanka prepare trade pact
Thailand and Sri Lanka are set to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) later this year, aiming to triple bilateral trade to US$1.5 billion (52.5 billion baht) over the next five years.
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USA Yemen
Funding crunch exacerbating Yemen “catastrophe” - UNHCR
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: YemenDeaths through famine and lack of medical attention in the country are being aggravated as UN Refugee Agency relief operations are just one per cent funded.Deaths through famine and lack of medical attention in the country are being aggravated as UN Refugee Agency relief ...
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Nigeria
Seven steps to saving lives and assisting people in Nigeria and Lake Chad Basin
Source: Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, ActionAid, COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Norwegian Refugee Council, Tearfund, CARE, Caritas, Search for Common Ground, Christian Aid, Mercy Corps, Action Contre la Faim France, Médecins du Monde, Oxfam, International Rescue Committee, Refugees International, Save the Children, Plan, Secours Islamique ...
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Kenya Etiopia
UN seeking $1.9 billion to address drought crisis in Horn of Africa
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, UgandaIn several ways the situation is worse than in 2010-11 because this is the third consecutive year of drought and multiple years of diminished food production have exhausted people’s capacity to cope with another shock. $1.9 BILLION TOTAL REQUIREMENTS 2.3 ...
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Portogallo
JPP quer alterar o Código do IRC
O Grupo Parlamentar do JPP formalizou a entrega na Assembleia da Madeira de uma proposta de lei à Assembleia da República propondo "Alterações ao pagamento especial por conta” nomeadamente do artigo 106º do Código do IRC.
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Brasile
Justiça suspende bloqueio de bens da Odebrecht
O juiz Federal Friedman Anderson Wendap, da 1ª Vara Federal em Curitiba, suspendeu a indisponibilidade de bens da Odebrecht e da Odebrecht Plantas Industriais que havia sido decretado no dia 23 de novembro de 2016. A decisão do magistrado acata o pedido da Procuradoria da República no Paraná, que alegou ...
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Brasile
Brazil’s Carnival to Register Worst Revenues in Three Years
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The 2017 Carnival festivities around the country this year are expected to move R$5.8 billion in tourism activities this year, according to a survey conducted by the National Confederation of Trade in Goods, Services and Tourism (CNC). Despite the volume ...
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USA Kenya
US Congressman wants Kenya's Sh43 billion arms deal stopped
A US congressman wants the Sh43 billion arms deal between Kenya and the United States stopped on grounds that it was fraudulently conceived, local media reported on Thursday. The Daily Nation said that Tedd Budd is seeking to halt the procurement of the 12 converted agricultural aircraft intended to ...
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Etiopia
Business News: Isiolo loses resort city in major changes to the Lapsset route
Isiolo might be excluded from the Lamu Port, South Sudan, Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor following recommendations to change the route over wildlife concerns.