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Thailandia
SET down 12.61 points at opening
Thai stocks opened down 0.84% at the start of trade this morning.
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Giappone
Japan says economy grows 0.5% in July-September
TOKYO - Japan's economy grew more than expected in the third quarter as exports offset slack consumer spending, official data showed Monday.
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Russia Nigeria
Nigeria to end $800m a year wheat import from Russia
The federal government has resolved to end the importation of wheat from Russia to preserve foreign reserves. Foreign Affairs Minister of State Hajiya Khadija Abba-Ibrahim, stated this at the weekend after the fourth Joint Commission meeting between Russia and Nigeria in Abuja. Nigeria spent $880 million on wheat imports last ...
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Nigeria
BOI Disburses N36bn To Agro-allied Sectors In 2016
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has disclosed that it has disbursed over N36 billion within nine months in 2016 to agro-allied sector of the economy in the country. Speaking at the Lagos International Trade Fair SMEs forum organized by the bank over the weekend, Regional Head, BOI, Mr. Obaro Osa ...
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Nigeria
Banks’ Drive For New Deposits Grow Account Numbers By 6m
As funds from government coffers are no longer available for banks to trade with, efforts to fill the gap have seen total saving accounts held by deposit money banks rising by 5.69 million between January and September, 2016. According to data obtainable on the website of the Nigeria Inter Bank ...
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Brasile
Vazamento de gabarito do Enem é investigado pela PF
As investigações sobre a suposta fraude nas provas do Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (Enem), ocorridas no fim de semana passado, tiveram novos desdobramentos. De acordo com uma reportagem do Fantástico, da TV Globo, a Polícia Federal apura, agora, o vazamento do gabarito das provas de ciências humanas e ciências ...
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Brasile
Menino de 5 anos é espancado e jogado em vala; namorada do pai é suspeita
Um menino de 5 anos foi brutalmente agredido e jogado em um buraco na noite de sábado em Vespasiano, na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte. Segundo a Polícia Militar (PM), a suspeita do crime é a namorada do pai dele, que foi detida. A criança se encontra em estado grave ...
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USA
Milk import bill down by nearly 30% over first nine months
ALGIERS- Algeria's import bill of milk powder, milk cream and milk fats dropped to US$618.88 million during the first nine months of 2016, against US$880.88 million during the same period in 2015, down by 29.74%, said the Algerian Customs' National Office of Data Processing and Statistics (CNIS). Between January ...
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Giappone
New U.S. warship’s $800,000-plus projectiles straining Navy’s wallet
The new guns on the Navy’s biggest and most advanced destroyer are going to be firing blanks if the Navy can’t find cost-effective projectiles. The GPS-guided, rocket-powered projectiles developed for the new 155mm Advanced Gun System currently cost about $800,000 apiece, nearly as much as a cruise missile, making them ...
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Giappone
Offspring could run ‘blind trust’ to keep control of Trump Organization: Giuliani
A top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump says it would be “unrealistic” to purge his children from his businesses and hand their control over to an independent trustee. Appearing on televised interviews on Sunday, Giuliani initially said Trump should set up “some kind of blind trust.” When pressed, Giuliani told ...