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Uruguay
Sanpatrify: La nueva promoción de Cabify para San Patricio
Este viernes 17 la aplicación de transporte permitirá que todos los viajes realizados entre las 17 horas del viernes y las 3 de la mañana del sábado sean gratuitos hasta $ 250.
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Cina USA Singapore
Fed rate moves could spell end to Asian easing
SINGAPORE - The long cycle of falling interest rates in Asia could be over after the US Federal Reserve's third rate rise in 15 months was followed quickly by monetary tightening in the world's second-biggest economy, China.
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USA
Short-term impact expected from Fed rate hike
The effects of the United States Federal Reserve's interbank rate hike should be short-lived because markets had expected and readied for it in advance, Somchai Sujjapongse, finance permanent secretary, said on Thursday.
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Nigeria
Nigeria will soon get out of recession – World Bank
The World Bank Group says Nigeria will soon recover from economic recession. Mrs Eme Essien-Lore, Country Manager, International Finance Corporation, a member of the group, made the observation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday. ”In our perspective and with the numbers that we have ...
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Nigeria
New public procurement law raises contract mobilisation fee from 15% to 50%
John Ameh, Abuja New changes have been introduced into public procurement to shorten contract processing and execution period. These were contained in a “Bill for an Act to Amend the Public Procurement Act, 2007,” which passed Third Reading at the House of Representatives in Abuja on Thursday. One of the ...
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Nigeria
Reps to probe Customs ban on auction of seized goods
The House of Representatives on Thursday in Abuja mandated its Committee on Customs and Excise to investigate the failure of the Nigerian Customs Service to auction confiscated goods. This followed adoption of a motion on the “Need to Investigate the Failure of the Nigerian Customs Service to Auction Confiscated Goods’’. ...
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USA Francia Nigeria Regno Unito
Buhari orders fresh Paris Club refund to states
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to immediately release the second tranche of the London-Paris Club refunds to states. He said the presidential order should be carried out “appropriately ...
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Nigeria
Stakeholders agree on 24-hour services in Nigerian ports
Stakeholders have agreed that the maritime industry should operate for 24 hours to facilitate efficient cargo handling and delivery services to consignees. The stakeholders reached the concensus in a communique issued at the end of a one-day Town Hall Meeting on Cargo Handling and Port Charges organised by Publishers of Business ...
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USA Francia Nigeria Regno Unito
Buhari orders CBN, Finance Ministry to pay states London-Paris Club refunds
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to act appropriately and with dispatch in releasing the second tranche of the London-Paris Club refunds to the states in order to ease their financial hardships. He gave ...
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Giappone Regno Unito
Toyota to invest in Britain plant despite Brexit
Toyota announced a £240 million ($293 million) investment in a car assembly plant in central England on Thursday, despite uncertainty over Britain’s looming exit from the European Union. The auto giant said the fresh funds, which will include £21.3 million from the U.K. government, would be used to update its ...