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Brasile
Brazil IPO schedule still busy despite market volatility
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Forty-five Brazilian companies are still waiting for approvals for their plans for initial public offerings, documents showed on Friday, signaling the IPO market remains active despite the threat of stronger government intervention in the economy. Five new IPOs were requested this week by energy companies ...
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Brasile
Brazil working with Biden on climate, Amazon deforestation, says foreign minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian government and the Biden administration are working together on climate change, an area that appeared to be the main hurdle to good relations, Brazil’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on Friday, March 3th. Conservative President Jair Bolsonaro had developed a close alignment with ...
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Nigeria
Insecurity: FCTA Introduces School Security Guidelines Watch
Following the fear of insecurity among students in Abuja schools, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said it has introduced routine strategic school security system, known as School Security Guidelines Watch (SSGW), to ensure the safety of students. Acting director of administration and finance, FCTA Education Secretariat, Mallam Leramoh Abdulrazaq, ...
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Nigeria
End Trade In Babies
Recently, 24 pregnant women and 11 children were rescued from a ‘baby’ factory in Calabar by operation Akpakwu, a security outfit set up by the Cross River State government. In Lagos too, a young mother of 22 was reported to have sold her three month old baby boy for a ...
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Nigeria
My Secret Life: Life Is Not A Bed Of Roses – Su’ad
LIFE IN BRIEF Chef Su’ad Abubakar Zubairu, of Fulani extraction from Adamawa State. She is political science graduate and boasts of two Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Education. She was out of job for 10 years after her graduation before she jointly opened the Spicy Sweet Culinary School with ...
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Brasile
Bolsa tem primeira alta semanal após três semanas de queda
Depois de três semanas seguidas de queda, a bolsa de valores fechou a semana no positivo. O dólar voltou a aproximar-se de R$ 5,70, influenciado pelo cenário externo. O dólar comercial fechou esta sexta-feira (5) vendido a R$ 5,684, com alta de R$ 0,025 (+0,45%). A cotação registrou valorização durante todo ...
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Brasile
Guedes anuncia antecipação de 13º de beneficiários do INSS
Pelo segundo ano consecutivo, os aposentados e pensionistas do Instituto Nacional de Seguridade Social (INSS) receberão o décimo terceiro salário de forma antecipada, disse há pouco o ministro da Economia, Paulo Guedes. Segundo o ministro, a medida só vai ocorrer depois da aprovação do Orçamento Geral da União deste ano. “O ...
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Brasile
Avanço da covid-19 atrapalha e produção industrial cresce apenas 0,4%
Baixo crescimento em janeiro indica que a economia está perdendo força neste início de ano, com recuo na maior parte das atividades pesquisadas. Resultado foi o pior desde abril do ano passado, influenciado pela crise na Zona Franca de Manaus
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Danimarca Austria
Coronavirus live: Gov't to vote on reopening economy hours before slated date
COVID committee to approve reopening universities on Sunday ■ Israeli pandemic czar says fourth lockdown 'possible' before election ■ Israel, Austria and Denmark to set up joint coronavirus vaccine R&D fund
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Panama
Enfermeras seguirán en hotel de Albrook hasta el próximo lunes
El grupo de enfermeras que protestó este jueves en la terminal de transporte de Albrook, seguirá en el hotel Wyndham Panama Albrook Mall, donde fue alojado, hasta el 8 de marzo.