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Giappone
Japan lifts import ban on Idaho spuds for first time in 11 years
The Japanese government lifted on Tuesday an import ban on potatoes grown in Idaho, the largest U.S. potato producer, for the first time in 11 ...
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USA
Storms unlikely to knock US economy off growth path
Irma and Harvey not expected to divert Fed from further interest rate rises
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Corea del Sud
No. 1 duty-free operator demands rent cut amid THAAD fallout
Lotte Duty Free, South Korea's top duty-free operator, said Wednesday it has asked the operator of Incheon International
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Cuba
Copa Airlines reanuda vuelos a Florida y Cuba
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Panama
Ley de SEM no tendrá impacto en profesiones exclusivas para panameños
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Nigeria
Stakeholders flay FG over idle $100m cabotage fund
Anna Okon Piqued by the death of indigenous shipping companies due to lack of funds and unfavourable policies, maritime stakeholders have queried the Federal Government’s wisdom in warehousing over $100m in the Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund, thereby defeating the purpose for which it was set up. Speaking in Lagos on ...
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Nigeria
Was furore over recent appointments in NNPC justified?
Prof. Abubakar Suleiman (A former Minister of National Planning) The furore is justified. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is a parastatal within the Ministry of Petroleum and as you know, oil has for a long time remained the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy. This is something we draw from the South-South ...
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Nigeria
Aiico, Flour Mills, Nestle top losers, market sheds N63bn
Stanley Opara Aiico Insurance Plc, Flour Mills Nigeria Plc, Nestle Nigeria Plc, Continental Reinsurance Plc and Linkage Assurance Plc emerged the top five losers at the close of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday, as equities depreciated by N63bn. The Nigerian equities market extended losses ...
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USA Nigeria
Buhari to demand repatriation of looted funds at UN Assembly
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari will demand the repatriation of looted public funds to countries of origin, including Nigeria at the forthcoming 72nd United Nations General Assembly, holding in New York, the Foreign Affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Tuesday in Abuja. He explained that the President would lead ...
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Nigeria
‘Change’ taking place in agric sector, says Buhari
Anna Okon and Godwin Isenyo President Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna on Tuesday inaugurated the $150m Olam Poultry Farm and Feed Mill with a declaration that ‘change’ was gaining momentum in the agricultural sector of the nation’s economy. The President also noted that Nigeria’s exit from recession, according to the National ...