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USA Kenya
Kenya's Sh300b 'thank you gift' road project to US sparks tender wars
Kenya's Sh300 billion 'thank you gift' road project handed to an American firm on a silver platter has sparked a fresh tender war among implementing agencies.
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Kenya
Incitement: The words that got Johnstone Muthama in trouble
Former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama and Gatundu South Member of Parliament (MP) were on Tuesday charged with incitement to violence at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi.
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USA Giappone
Meiji to boost premium chocolate output as sales beat target
Meiji Holdings Co., Japan’s biggest chocolate maker, will buy more cocoa beans from Latin America to increase output of premium products after selling twice as ...
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Malta
Pjazza Teatru Rjal manager pocketed ticket money
A former general manager of Pjazza Teatru Rjal was conditionally discharged after having been declared guilty of misappropriating funds belonging to the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts. Jason Masini, 44, from Mosta, a former Mcast lecturer seconded in July 2013 as general manager responsible for events at PTR, was ...
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Malta
MSE Equity Price Index drops to 3-day low
The MSE Equity Price Index extended yesterday’s decline by a further 0.28% to a three-day low of 4,643.805 points, largely reflecting the 3.5% drop in the share price of IHI which outweighed the gains in BOV, HSBC, MIA and Farsons. Trading volumes increased considerably as €1.42 million worth of shares changed ...
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Regno Unito Malta
Disbarred lawyer fears contracting scabies in prison
A disbarred lawyer currently facing charges of misappropriation and fraud running into some €7.4 million this morning reiterated his request for bail, pointing out that his court-ordered transfer to Division 15 could possibly land him in contact with a case of suspected scabies. This latest twist in the ongoing court saga ...
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Malta
“Financial services are thriving” – FinanceMalta hits back at poor index ranking
The financial services sector is thriving, FinanceMalta has responded, a day after a global services index gave Malta a poor ranking in the sector. The number of investment services licence holders went up from 149 in December to 163 in June 2017. Sixty new funds were established in the first six months ...
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Spagna
Spanish court blocks second law linked to Catalan referendum
A Spanish court has suspended a Catalan law that outlined a legal framework for an independent state, a day after hundreds of thousands rallied in Barcelona to support secession from Madrid. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government is increasing the pressure to prevent an independence referendum, scheduled for Oct. 1, from going ...
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Germania
[News Focus] Tech firms accelerating automotive electronics business
LG Electronics, Google, Facebook, SAP and Qualcomm are slated to join the Frankfurt Motor Show that begins this week, in
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Nigeria
ASCSN gives FG seven-day ultimatum, begins strike Sept 18
Friday Olokor, Jos The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has given the Federal Government seven days to settle all its debts to federal workers or risk a three-day nationwide warning strike. The organisation, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, said the action was scheduled to commence on September ...