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Australia
Pope’s top aide, Cardinal Pell, denies sexual abuse charge
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell, a top advisor to Pope Francis, denied all charges of historical sexual abuse Wednesday at his first appearance in an Australian court over the allegations. The 76-year-old, the number-three figure in the Vatican, returned from Rome earlier this month to face the charges in ...
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Nigeria
Bill on NSE restructuring passes second reading
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja A bill seeking to allow the re-registration and conversion of the Nigerian Stock Exchange from a company limited by guarantee to a public limited company by shares passed the second reading at the Senate on Tuesday. Sponsor of the bill, otherwise called the De-mutualisation Bill, Senator Foster ...
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Brasile
JBS fecha acordo de refinanciamento de dívidas com bancos no Brasil
Ao todo, R$ 21,7 bilhões foram repactuados
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Nigeria
Promoting sweet potato business
The Federation of Agricultural Commodities Association of Nigeria (FACAN) is promoting sweet potato flour as a viable business. The project is expected to be a source of income for the unemployed, civil servants and retirees. DANIEL ESSIET reports. The Federation of Agricultural Commodities Association of Nigeria (FACAN) is exploring a ...
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Nigeria
Citing Economic Headwinds, CBN Holds Interest Rate At 14%
By MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja and BUKOLA IDOWU and KAYODE TOKEDE, Lagos The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday retained the nation’s monetary interest rate at 14 per cent, citing headwinds confronting the domestic economy on one hand and the uncertainties in the global environment on the other as reasons for ...
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USA
Who Wants to Run That Mom-and-Pop Market? Almost No One
Across the country, old-fashioned grocery stores, like the oldest business in Colorado, are among the most endangered of small-town businesses.
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Spagna
(Amp.) Gas Natural Fenosa gana 550 millones a junio, un 14,7% menos, lastrado por negocio eléctrico en España
Gas Natural Fenosa obtuvo un beneficio neto de 550 millones de euros en el primer semestre del año, lo que representa un descenso del 14,7% frente al mismo periodo del ejercicio anterior, informó la compañía a la Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV).
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Giappone
Japan Airlines, VietJet on business tie-up
HANOI - Japan Airlines and Vietnamese budget airline VietJet Air inked an agreement Tuesday to form a comprehensive business alliance.
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Thailandia
SET up 2.32 points at opening
Thai stocks opened up 0.15% at the start of trade this morning.
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Giordania
Jordan angered by Israel's portrayal of embassy crisis and 'absurd hero's welcome' given by Netanyahu
Jordan's foreign minister says Jordan treated the stabbing in Amman as a criminal incident and expects Israel to stop 'distorting the facts' and do the same