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Giappone Cuba
Ryan vows to keep Cuba embargo in place
Congress will keep a decades-old embargo on Cuba, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives vowed Tuesday, despite recent moves by President Barack Obama to ease sanctions against Havana. “I fully intend to maintain our embargo on #Cuba,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a tweet. Obama issued ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Fraudster ripped off foreigners for gambling money
A Christchurch recruitment consultant has been sentenced to 20 months in jail after defrauding foreign workers.
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USA
American Hispanics, gays are target markets for Israeli tourism drive
Tourism Ministry doesn’t see any contradiction between marketing campaigns aimed simultaneously at traditional, religious tourists and at the global gay community: 'Contradictions make us unique.'
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Kenya
Business: Kenya Pipeline acquires Konza Oil Terminal
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has signed an agreement with Petrocity for the use of the firm's Konza Oil Terminal for storage of petroleum products.
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Kenya
Kenya: Regional leaders back Amina's bid for top AU position
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed's candidature for the African Union Commission chairmanship received a major boost after regional leaders threw their weight behind her.
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Kenya
Kenya: Parliamentary team wants struggling agencies disbanded
State corporations targeted by the Public Investments Committee (PIC) in its report include those performing non-strategic functions but which rely heavily on the government for funding.
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Kenya
Eveready discloses Energizer deal accounts for 80pc of sales
Energizer International products account for 80 per cent of the Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed Eveready East Africa’s total sales.
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Finlandia
Nokia’s downfall fires Finland to top of clean energy tech production
The collapse of Nokia, once a mobile phone juggernaut, was a bitter pill for Finland as it pulled a dark cloud over the country’s economy.
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Kenya
What part of Kenya's economy is generating dollar revenues to repay massive debt?
In 2024, Kenya will be expected to make payment of $2.4 billion for 2014 Eurobond.
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Cina
Lock & Lock Regains Momentum in China
Lock & Lock, a specialist in air-tight food storage containers, led China's Korean wave fever in kitchenware area in the 2000s. Lock & Lock containers were must-have items for Chinese consumers who used it to store green tea and other foods. The company, however, suffered a drastic decline in China ...