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USA
States Should Be Managed Like Economic Units – Jibril
Hon Umar Buba Jibril represents Lokoja/Kogi /KK federal constituency of Kogi state. In this interview he spoke to Ruth Choji and stated that decentralizing the economic potential of the economy will reduce agitation How concerned are you with the state of the economy Every right thinking human being should be ...
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Nigeria
Economy’s Track For The Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market
By Aminu Umar Sheka In it is efforts to ensure smooth flows of foreign exchange currencies in the country, Government as an engine room for economic growth and development, various institutions must be mobilize in order to stabilize the foreign exchange market in the country. Since the establishment of the ...
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Nigeria
IMF Report Threatens FG’s $1.14bn Foreign Loan Quest
Nigeria’s quest to borrow about $1.4 billion from international finance institutions may be under threat as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has dismissed the government’s economic recovery plan as unsatisfactory. According to a report, by IMF, the reform plans are not enough to bring the country out of recession. Reuters ...
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Nigeria
Financial Experts Laud CBN’s Forex Intervention
As Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), continues to sustain foreign exchange intervention, some experts have expressed satisfaction on the continued intervention so as to bridge the gap between the interbank rate and parallel market rate. The CBN, this week, offered a total of $180 million to meet bids for wholesale ...
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Giappone
End of JAL bailout curbs expected to shake up airline industry
The Japanese airline industry will enter a new era of competition in April after Japan Airlines is freed from the restrictions imposed after the nation’s former flag carrier got a public bailout, and not everyone is happy. Following its bankruptcy filing in January 2010, JAL received ¥350 billion ($3.1 billion) ...
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Giappone
Twitter eyes paid ‘premium’ service for power users
Twitter confirmed Friday it is considering a paid subscription service that would give frequent users more tools to use the social network for marketing, journalism and other fields. Earlier in the week, the company began conducting a user survey that showed it was looking at building a more powerful version ...
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Yemen
Decline of ancient trade route deepens Yemeni food crisis
Source: Reuters - Thomson Reuters Foundation Country: YemenThe two-year-old civil war has severely restricted the flow of food into the main Yemeni cargo ports of Hodeidah and Salif on the Red Sea, while the country is on the brink of famine.A two-year-old civil war has severely restricted the flow of food ...
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'Solidarity in the EU should go beyond migration' – Prime Minister Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat insisted today that solidarity between EU member was not only limited to migration but also economic and social issues.Dr Muscat was speaking in Rome, on the eve of the signing of the Declaration of Rome, 60 years after the founding of the EU. He was addressing a ...
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Malta
World Tuberculosis Day 2017: Most TB cases in Malta are imported cases
While stating that Malta is a low Tuberculosis incidence country, the Ministry of Health said in a statement that the large portion of TB cases which are present on the islands are imported cases.24 March commemorates World Tuberculosis Day, and the overall goal of this day is to raise awareness ...
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USA Malta
'The EU is already very much a federation' – PN Leader Simon Busuttil
PN Leader Simon Busuttil said today that the EU is already very much a federation, "even if some want to deny or even contest it.""Federalism actually means unity and collaboration. It is in Malta's interest for us to remain at the heart of the European Union," he said.Dr Busuttil was ...