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USA
Mercado financeiro aumenta projeção da inflação para 3,60%
A previsão do mercado financeiro para o Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (IPCA - a inflação oficial do país) deste ano subiu de 3,53% para 3,60%. A estimativa está no boletim Focus de hoje (8), pesquisa divulgada semanalmente, em Brasília, pelo Banco Central (BC), com a projeção para ...
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Brasile
Petrobras aceita oferta de US$ 1,65 bi por refinaria na Bahia
A Petrobras concluiu as negociações com a Mubadala Capital para vender sua refinaria baiana Landulpho Alves (RLAM). A empresa dos Emirados Árabes Unidos, que atua no Brasil desde 2011, ofereceu US$ 1,65 bilhão (cerca de R$ 8,9 bilhões) pelo parque de refino e seus ativos logísticos. A assinatura do contrato, ...
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Brasile
Microempresários da área de alimentação terão capacitações no Rio
Microempreendedores fluminenses que atuam no setor de alimentação podem se inscrever para a série de treinamentos gratuitos que o Serviço de Apoio à Micro e Pequena Empresa no estado do Rio de Janeiro (Sebrae-RJ) promoverá, pelo whatsapp, por meio do Programa Crescendo Juntos Microempreendedor. As inscrições já estão abertas no site do Sebrae. Os treinamentos são ...
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Uruguay
"Auxílio é importante, mas com responsabilidade", defende diretor da IFI
Felipe Salto admite a importância da criação de um benefício emergencial para os mais vulneráveis, de preferência, fora do Bolsa Família e de forma temporária. Ele também considera a vacinação essencial para a retomada econômica
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Brasile
Pfizer Applies For Full Vaccine Approval In Brazil
Our Reporters Pfizer Inc has applied for full regulatory approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil, the country’s health regulator said on Saturday, amid continuing unrest over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s response to the pandemic and slow vaccine roll-out. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is the second submitted for full approval in ...
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Iran
Iran To Start Human Trial On Second Local Vaccine
Our Reporters A second locally manufactured COVID-19 vaccine will soon begin human trials in Iran, officials announced. The vaccine, called Razi COV-Pars, was unveiled yesterday in a ceremony in Tehran attended by a host of high-level officials. It has been made by the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Iran’s ...
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Nigeria
NNPC Posts $13.43bn Trading Surplus From Sales Of Crude Oil, Gas In November
By FESTUS OKOROMADU, Abuja and CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reported a trading surplus of ₦13.43billion for the month of November 2020 translating to 54 per cent growth when compared to the ₦8.71billion surplus recorded in October 2020. This is contained in the November 2020 edition ...
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Nigeria
Insurance Stocks Emerges Most Traded With N39.9bn Gains
BY OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos The NSE Insurance Index, which tracks insurance stocks, recorded the highest gain of 29.77 per cent in January, 2021. This is even as insurers rallied on the back of suspension of insurance industry recapitalisation exercise, LEADERSHIP can now reveal, Federal government had in December 2020, through ...
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Nigeria
PIB: Light At The End Of The Tunnel
By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, The National Assembly in its efforts to break the record of achieving a safe regulatory framework for operators in the Oil and Gas sector, promised to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) in the first quarter of 2021. ADEBIYI ADEDAPO reports. Despite vested interests, Nigeria has been ...
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Nigeria
KADCHMA: Setting The Pace In Health Insurance
By Manasseh Istifanus After one year of flagging off the Health Insurance Scheme, the Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA) is now first amongst equals in Nigeria. In this interview, the Director General of the Authority, ALIYU SAIDU spoke on KADCHMA’s success story and challenges. Kaduna State Contributory Health ...