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Malta
Fitch gives positive outlook, affirms Malta’s rating
Fitch Ratings affirmed Malta's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings (IDR) at 'A' with a positive outlook.The issue ratings on Malta's senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at 'A' and 'F1'.The country ceiling has been affirmed at 'AAA' and the short-term foreign and ...
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Kenya
Raila starts to close gap with Uhuru, poll shows
ODM leader Raila Odinga appears to have narrowed the gap between him and President Uhuru Kenyatta in the latest Star poll. According to last week's survey, Raila has gained five percentage points over one month, while Uhuru has lost the same over the same period. Factors may be the 76-day-long ...
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USA
Business: US billionaire to give thousands of Kenyans free cash for 12 years
The billionaire co-founder of e-Commerce company eBay, Pierre Omidyar, is donating Sh52 million to give 6,000 poor Kenyans a guaranteed income for 12 years. No strings attached.
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Kenya
Business: Farmers in Kenya develop taste for insects as drought hurts crops
The knee-high dome on Ikung'u Kathimbu's farm in Weru village, Eastern Kenya, shelters an unusual crop: a termite swarm.
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Kenya
Kenya: Governor Oparanya alleges Treasury plans to starve' counties
The CoG Finance chairman has blamed Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich for the reduced funding, which he said would 'starve" counties financially.
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Kenya
Kenya: Bungoma County Assembly in Sh37 million insurance fraud'
Bungoma County Assembly Board has been caught up in a controversial Sh37 million health insurance deal.
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Corea del Sud
No. of Coffee Shops in Seoul Hits 18,000...2016 Coffee Import Volume Rises to 160,000 Tons
When the number of specialty coffee shops rose more than 300 in Seoul back in 1999, some critics said, "This is way too much. The specialty coffee market has reached a saturation point." It turned out to be wrong. Fast forward to the early 2010s, the number of coffee establishments ...
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USA
What Determines Size of Underground Economy?
As the state-run Korea Institute of Public Finance estimated the size of the nation's underground economy at 124 trillion won (US$108 billion) accounting for 8.0 percent of the GDP, controversies erupted as to how accurate the figure is. That's because the latest figure was too low comparing to previous estimates ...
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Paraguay
Paraguay ocupa el cuarto puesto en desocupación, pese a crecimiento
Informe de OIT revela que de 7,3% en 2015 pasó a un 8,2% en 2016 la desocupación a nivel nacional, pese a que fue el país que más creció en su PIB. El desempleo femenino alcanzó 10% el año pasado.
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Germania
Alfano: incontro con la Commissaria europea per il mercato interno, l’industria, l’imprenditoria e le piccole e medie imprese
Da oggi pomeriggio a Monaco per partecipare alla Conferenza sulla Sicurezza, il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Angelino Alfano, ha incontrato a margine dell’evento la Commissaria europea per il mercato interno, l’industria, l’imprenditoria e le piccole e...