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Portogallo
Quatro terminais de contentores por 1,6 mil milhões
O maior investimento, de 600 milhões de euros, 100% privado, será no novo terminal do porto de Lisboa, quase de certeza no Barreiro.
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Thailandia
SET opens up 0.71 to 1,504.83
Thai stocks opened up 0.05% at the start of trade this morning.
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Nigeria
A tale of two pensioners: Oliver Twist ex-governors and agonised retirees
Increasing demands for exorbitant life pensions by Nigeria’s political leaders deepen exploitation of the poor and further put pressure on the ailing economy, writes CHUX OHAI In one corner of the Akposheris’ family compound in Effurun, Delta State, lies the grave of Pa Ovie Akposheri (not real name). For his ...
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Nigeria
E-Payment: CeBIH calls for cooperative competition among stakeholders
The Committee of E-Banking Industry Heads has called on banks and other electronic payment service providers to embrace ‘cooperative competition’ in order to maximise the potential of the industry. Established July 2009, CeBIH comprises all heads of e-business/e-channels and cards services of all the 23 banks in Nigeria. The primary ...
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Nigeria Regno Unito
FBN Capital gets global recognition
FBN Capital Limited, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, has been named the ‘Best Local Investment Bank in Nigeria’ and the ‘Best Asset Manager in Nigeria’ at the ninth EMEA Finance African Banking Awards 2016. The event was held in London, the firm said in ...
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Nigeria
Stamp duty: NIPOST shops for audit firms
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Nigerian Postal Service has begun shopping for firms to conduct forensic audit on Deposit Money Banks in order to ascertain how much they have collected from the controversial stamp duty. Our correspondent reported that some banks had not been faithful in remitting all the funds accruing ...
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Nigeria
2017: Buhari, Osinbajo to spend N1.05bn on foreign trips
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The foreign trips of President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the State House headquarters will gulp about N1.05bn in the 2017 fiscal year. Their local trips will cost the nation N353.115m. These are some of the details of the 2017 Appropriation Bill currently before the ...
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Nigeria
Nestle inaugurates Abuja community water facility
Anna Okon As part of efforts to ensure healthy hydration, Nestlé Waters Nigeria has inaugurated a community water facility to provide access to safe and clean drinking water for over 1,000 villagers in the Maderegi suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A statement from the firm quoted the Country ...
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Giappone
Trump pick Icahn denies conflict of interest, says EPA, bank regulations hurting U.S. economy
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn targeted environmental and banking regulations on Thursday as big drags on U.S. corporate investment and said revamping them would be a priority in his role as adviser to President-elect Donald Trump. Icahn, tapped by Trump on Wednesday as a special adviser for regulatory reform, also said ...
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Giappone
Trump tweet sets 10-year Pentagon push for F-35 on its ear as he asks Boeing for cheaper alternative
President-elect Donald Trump upended years of Pentagon procurement planning with a tweet on Thursday, announcing he had asked Boeing Co. to price an upgrade of its F-18 Super Hornet jet that could replace Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35, the most expensive U.S. weapon system ever. “Based on the tremendous cost and ...