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USA
Rothschild and Company to Open Office in San Francisco
Under a new hire, Chris Gaertner, the office plans to focus on how technology is altering existing business.
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Giappone
Imported auto sales spike 12% in April on Japan, Europe models
Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea rose 12 percent last month from a year earlier on robust sales of Japanese and
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Giappone Thailandia Regno Unito
Tokyo property continues to offer safe-haven appeal
When one thinks of overseas property investments, the UK -- and London in particular -- is probably the first destination that comes to mind for most well-to-do Thai investors. In reality, there are several other residential markets outside Thailand that are no less attractive and Japan is a prime example, ...
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Nigeria
Lagos to criminalise power theft
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it was planning a law to criminalise power theft in the state. The Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Olawale Oluwo, stated this at a briefing in Ikeja. He explained that if anyone vandalised power assets or tampered with meters under ...
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Nigeria
IMF, CBN differ on Nigeria’s economic outlook
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The International Monetary Fund and the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday disagreed on the projections of the Bretton Woods institution for the country’s economic outlook for 2007. The Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa authored by the IMF and was presented in Abuja on Tuesday, projected ...
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Nigeria
Enugu Assembly okays life pension for ex-govs, deputies
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu All former governors and deputy governors in Enugu State will, henceforth, receive pension for life, according to a law passed by the Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday. The development followed amendment to the state’s ‘Gubernatorial Pensions Bill, 2015 and Other Matters connected therewith,’ to provide ...
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Nigeria
Govt meets hoteliers, club owners on noise pollution
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Government says prohibition of live band music at beer parlours, restaurants and hotels in the state, is not aimed at forcing the operators out of business. The state Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare, said the decision was made with respect to health implications ...
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Giappone
Palestinians say Pizza Hut mocked hunger striker, call for boycott
Palestinians called for a boycott of Pizza Hut on Tuesday after the company’s franchise in Israel was accused of mocking hunger-striking prisoners. The franchise’s Facebook page was said to have shared an image released by Israeli police which appears to show Palestinian hunger-strike leader Marwan Barghouti secretly breaking his fast. ...
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Nigeria
Lagos Mulls Law To Criminalise Power Theft
BY GEORGE OKOJIE , Lagos Lagos State government yesterday revealed that it is currently putting a draft together to criminalise power theft in the state. The state’s commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources Mr. Olawale Oluwo disclosed this during the annual ministerial briefing said,” if anyone vandalise power assets, by-pass ...
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Nigeria
CFTZ Attracts 11,000 Jobs To Cross River – NEPZA Boss
By Olanrewaju Arotimi, Calabar The managing director, Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Hon. Emmanuel Jime, yesterday said the Calabar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ), has attracted over 11,000 direct and indirect employment in Cross River State, since inception. This is even as the state governor, Prof Ben Ayade, while receiving ...