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Cina
Kia's June sales drop 13 pct amid China woes
Kia Motors Corp. said Monday its vehicle sales fell 13 percent last month from a year earlier largely hit by lower deman
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Cina
Hyundai's June sales fall 16 pct amid China woes
Hyundai Motor said Monday its sales fell 16 percent last month from a year earlier hit by weakening overseas demand, par
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Brasile
Aerolínea brasileña Gol implementa el selfie check-in para agilizar el abordaje
La aerolínea brasileña Gol, que cuenta con el 11,61% de participación en el mercado paraguayo, habilitó días atrás una innovadora forma de hacer el registro antes emprender el vuelo: el selfie check-in. Como su nombre lo indica, este recurso utiliza el reconocimiento facial para hacer el check-in y ya ...
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Nigeria
AMCON: Disturbing 350 debtors of N2.5tn
A recalcitrant group of wealthy Nigerians is holding the national economy to ransom. According to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, established to purchase toxic debts and save the economy from crashing, these people have refused all entreaties to repay their loans totalling N2.5 trillion. This is disturbing. The obligation ...
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Nigeria
Doctors seek law regulating bleaching cream
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Medical doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Dermatologists, say they have begun the process of meeting with some lawmakers at the National Assembly in order to formulate laws that will regulate the manufacture and use of bleaching cream. The Chairman of the Abuja Dermatology ...
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Nigeria
Why higher oil prices cripple Nigeria’s economy
Economic Renaissance by Henry Boyo lesleba@lesleba.com 08052201997 The crash in crude oil price is usually identified as the major contributor to the prevailing parlous state of Nigeria’s economy. Clearly, the drop from over $120/barrel to a more humble price below $50/barrel, with a significant drop in output, has certainly reduced ...
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Nigeria
Nigerians in ‘private’ prisons
Assurance Ovie, ICT Department, ANEEJ, Benin City, Edo State: There are too many reports of Nigerians in foreign prisons these days. The last report published with The Guardian of Wednesday, June 28, 2017 said that the number of Nigerians in private prisons in Libya was over 2,000. What is the ...
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Nigeria
Investors push for interbank rate
Foreign investors are pushing for the adoption of the interbank rate as the only official exchange rate, The Nation has learnt. The interbank rate closed on Friday at N315.10/$1. It has remained the most stable exchange rate in the last six months. The new demand by investors followed earlier calls ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria Economy Performed Beyond Expectation In H1 2017 – Analysts
By Bukola Idowu, Lagos Although it started out on a note that was not encouraging, analysts say the Nigerian economy has fared better in the first half of 2017 than it did in the past two years due the policies put in place by both the fiscal and monetary authorities. ...
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Nigeria
External Reserves Rise 16% In H1 2017
By BUKOLA IDOWU, Lagos Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserve in the first half of 2017 grew by 16 per cent despite the several interventions of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the foreign exchange market standing at $30.271 billion as at June 29, 2017 according to latest data on the ...