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Buhari orders CBN, Finance Ministry to pay states London-Paris Club refunds
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to act appropriately and with dispatch in releasing the second tranche of the London-Paris Club refunds to the states in order to ease their financial hardships. He gave ...
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Toyota to invest in Britain plant despite Brexit
Toyota announced a £240 million ($293 million) investment in a car assembly plant in central England on Thursday, despite uncertainty over Britain’s looming exit from the European Union. The auto giant said the fresh funds, which will include £21.3 million from the U.K. government, would be used to update its ...
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Dollar briefly dives below ¥113 on Fed rate forecasts
The dollar briefly plunged below ¥113 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, dampened by less-hawkish-than-expected interest rate projections by the U.S. Federal Reserve. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.23-23, down from ¥114.69-69 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0725-0725, up from $1.0637-0637, and at ¥121.44-45, down ...
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Tokyo stocks edge up after key events
Stocks wiped out earlier losses to finish slightly firmer on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday after closely watched events including the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy-setting meeting. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 12.76 points, or 0.07 percent, to close at 19,590.14. On Wednesday, the key market gauge lost 32.12 points. The ...
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BOJ stays the course, leaves monetary policy unchanged after Fed hike
The Bank of Japan kept its unprecedented monetary easing program unchanged on Thursday, just hours after the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate, increasing the policy divergence between the two central banks. The BOJ said that it would keep two key rates at current levels and maintain the pace ...
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U.S. may find tough negotiator in fiery minister Aso
In his presidential campaign last year, U.S. President Donald Trump promised to scrap trade deals that gave unfair advantages to other nations and replace them with new ones that would revitalize the U.S. economy and bring jobs back home. One of the Trump administration’s first major tests of its confrontational ...
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Trump calls for privatizing air traffic control operations
President Donald Trump is calling for privatizing America’s air traffic control operations in his budget proposal, a top priority of the airline industry. The proposal says spinning off air traffic operations from the Federal Aviation Administration and placing them under an “independent, non-governmental organization” would make the system “more efficient ...
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White House proposes reviving Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site
The White House’s fiscal 2018 budget plan for the U.S. Department of Energy includes $120 million to restart licensing for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, a project stalled for years by lawsuits and local opposition. The move signals that President Donald Trump may consider the site ...
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6-month-old boy in Texas dies after sitter couldn’t reach 911
Dallas public safety officials are pressing T-Mobile for solutions following the death of a 6-month-old boy whose baby sitter couldn’t reach 911 operators. The city said in a statement that the 911 call center was jammed with calls Saturday evening because of an ongoing issue with T-Mobile. Dallas television station ...
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Japan’s labor-scarce building sites automating, turning to robots, drones
Construction sites in Japan are enjoying a wave of automation amid an increasing shortage of laborers, with the introduction of robots to do heavy lifting and drones that instantly collect aerial data. As the industry ages along with the country’s graying society, construction companies are forced to look for ways ...