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Nigeria
More Banks Plan To Float Insurance Subsidiaries
BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos More commercial banks are set to float their own insurance subsidiaries in no distant future, especially when the suspended insurance industry recapitalisation exercise resumes. LEADERSHIP gathered that most of the banks are already looking at opportunities to diversify their income and have identified the insurance sector ...
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Emirati Arabi Uniti
UAE $10b Israel fund will stress ports and railways
The UAE is eager to develop new trade routes between the Gulf and Europe via Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel. "Globes" reveals the plans.
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Brasile USA
Mercado Libre invests in new business front – and set aside R$10 billion to do so
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With strong growth both in online shopping as in the financial area last year, Mercado Libre set aside R$10 (US$1.72) billion to invest in 2021 and most of it will be directed to what may become its third business front: logistics. "For now, we are ...
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Ghana
Ghana: AfCFTA Forum Recommends Investment in Standardisation Infrastructure
[Ghanaian Times] Participants in a forum on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) have recommended investment in Ghana's standardisation infrastructure to support businesses to take advantage of the Agreement.
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Turchia
Turkey records over 81,200 house sales in February
Turkey recorded 81,222 house sales in February, slipping 31.6 percent from the same month last year, the country's statistical office revealed March 15.
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Turchia
Turkey’s 'Alps': Mergabütan Ski Center
Turkey’s Mergabütan Plateau has been transformed into a ski resort that has become a favorite of both local and foreign tourists, Turkey’s industry and technology minister said on March 14.
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Cina
China industrial output, retail sales surge in pandemic rebound
BEIJING: China's industrial output and retail sales surged in the first two months of the year, official data showed Monday, underscoring the country's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cina Giappone Taiwan
Pineapple diplomacy? China’s Taiwan import ban prompts sales surge in Japan
In the wake of the ban, ostensibly as a means to keep agricultural pests at bay, consumers in Japan have been buying the fruit as ...
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Giappone
Tokyo in stand-by in attesa del meeting della FED
(Teleborsa) - A Tokyo, il Nikkei 225 è sostanzialmente stabile, chiudendo la giornata su 29.718 punti. Il principale mercato asiatico sembra in stand-by in vista della riunione del Federal Open...
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Brasile Nigeria
Juros anuais do cartão de crédito chegam a até 875%
O adiamento do pagamento integral da fatura do cartão de crédito leva à multiplicação da dívida, que pode sair do controle do consumidor. Quem não tem dinheiro para pagar o valor total da fatura, terá a dívida corrigida por taxas anuais de juros superiores a 300% – podendo chegar 875%, ...