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Brasile
Brazil’s December retail sales sink historic 6.1% as pandemic, food inflation bite
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian retail sales slumped 6.1% in December, official figures showed on Wednesday, the biggest fall for that particular month and the second largest of all since comparable records began more than 20 years ago. Researchers at government statistics agency IBGE said the fall was due ...
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Brasile USA
Mexican party submits bill to allow appeals of social media account cancellations
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (AP) The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented for public comment a proposed set of regulations on Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies. The new proposed law would subject media companies to fines of up to US$4.4 million for violating users’ right ...
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Brasile Colombia USA
Colombia fiscal deficit reached 6% of GDP in first 9 months of 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia’s central government deficit was 6% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first nine months of 2020, more than five times the figure recorded in the same period of 2019, as spending increased due to the coronavirus pandemic, a Finance Ministry document showed on ...
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Nigeria
Labour Warns Against Another Fuel Price Increase
By Michael Oche, Abuja The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has warned against any move by government to increase the price of fuel. The TUC in a statement by its president, Quadri Olaleye said organised labour is trying seriously to avert a major industrial crisis. He however said Nigerian workers have tightened ...
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USA
Nigerian Businesses Will Be More Competitive If They Embrace ICT – Thompson
By JOSEPH CHIBUEZE, Dr Thaddeaus Thompson the chairman of T&T Web Designing and Marketing Services in this interview with JOSEPH CHIBUEZE, speaks on the opportunities open to Nigerian businesses if they have access to effective information and communication technology infrastructure. Can you tell us why you are interested in Nigerian ...
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Nigeria
HiFL 2021: Expect Safe, Good, Fun-filled Games – Fijabi
BY DUSTAN AGHEDO, Lagos The director, PACE Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Sola Fijabi, has expressed confidence at this year’s Higher Institutions Football League (HiFL), saying that Nigeria’s varsities and youths across the country, football enthusiasts, and fans of the game should expect a total engagement on a safe playing field ...
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Bolivia
Explicación de ministros no llenó las expectativas
Dudas y pocas respuestas dejó, para muchos, la participación de los ministros Luis Sucre, de Salud; Héctor Alexander, de Economía y Finanzas; y Erika Mouynes, de Relaciones Exteriores, el lunes pasado ante el pleno de la Asamblea Nacional.
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Bolivia
Críticas a Sucre, Alexander y Mouynes
Como lamentable consideraron dirigentes de la sociedad civil la participación de los ministros Luis Francisco Sucre, de Salud; Héctor Alexander, de Economía y Finanzas; y Erika Mouynes, de Relaciones Exteriores, el lunes ante el pleno de la Asamblea Nacional.
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USA
Future USA positivi aspettando Wall Street
(Teleborsa) - I future USA sono in rialzo negli scambi pre-apertura di Wall Street e il mercato azionario statunitense è destinato a rimbalzare dopo le modeste perdite di ieri. Gli analisti vedono...
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Oman
Top Turkish diplomat visits Oman amid Gulf tour
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu arrived evening on Feb. 9 in the Omani capital Muscat as part of his official visit to the Gulf country.