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Nigeria
Nigeria: Share Scam At Partnerships - Investors Jostle to Recover N10bn Investments
[Vanguard] Investors in the nation's capital market are strategizing on how to rescue their investments estimated at N10 billion which were trapped in the troubled Partnership Investment Company, PIC Plc and Partnership Securities Limited, PSL.
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Nigeria
Nigeria: FX Window Records $1.323bn Transactions in One Week On Soaring Investor Confidence
[This Day] In a pointer to increasing confidence in Nigeria's financial market, foreign exchange trading at the Investors' and Exporters' (I &E) window notched a major milestone when total market turnover rose to $1.323 billion in just one week, trading results from the FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange showed at the ...
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Etiopia
All Eyes On Domestic Financial Sources
[Ethiopian Herald] Despite improvements in the Ethiopia's tax-to-GDP ratio over the past years, it is still below the average of most Sub-Saharan countries.
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Malta
Tackling defaulting NGOs
Ten years ago, Parliament passed a law which, among other things, was meant to make voluntary organisations more transparent and accountable. It was thought the move would usher in a new mentality in the running of such organisations but, as in so many other forms of human activity, things do ...
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Malta
Mock rollout of virtual currency due shortly
A mock rollout of cryptocurrency is likely to begin shortly to test if it can be introduced without jeopardising the economy, the Times of Malta has learnt. “The idea is that virtual currency would be introduced within a controlled framework to test proposed controls and legislation but without there being any ...
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USA Iran Venezuela Yemen
Trump slaps travel restrictions on N.Korea, Venezuela
President Donald Trump on Sunday slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding to eight the list of countries covered by his original travel bans that have been derided by critics and challenged in court. Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia were left on the list ...
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Regno Unito Paesi Bassi
Could Valletta be a zero carbon city by 2030?
Imagine a Valletta skyline dotted with roof gardens, car-riddled streets reborn as pedestrian and bike-friendly spaces, and a business community bustling with green jobs – a carbon-neutral city of the future. That is the vision for the island’s capital as it embarks on an EU-funded sustainability experiment that will run until ...
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USA
Voting starts in contraversial Kurd independence bid
Voting started today in an independence referendum organised by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, despite regional and international fears that it would stoke instability and violence across the Middle East. Polling stations opened their doors at 8am (0500 GMT) and should close at 6pm. The final results should ...
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Cina
Regulierung - Handel mit China: Wo der Schimmelkäse auf den Amtsschimmel trifft
Der Import von Käse zeigt, wie schwer es Europas Unternehmen mit der Bürokratie in China haben. Überregulierungen schrecken ab
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Nuova Zelanda
National Party's Simon Bridges reclaims Tauranga electorate
It is back to business for newly re-elected Tauranga MP Simon Bridges who sets off to Wellington today to "help form a new government".The National Party MP reclaimed the Tauranga electorate on Saturday night with 19,111 votes....