• Germania

    PSA pays GM $2.3bn for Opel

    PARIS/FRANKFURT - PSA Group has agreed to buy Opel from General Motors in a deal valuing the business at €2.2 billion ($2.3 billion), creating a new regional car giant to challenge market leader Volkswagen.

  • Nigeria

    Court jails ex-Adamawa Governor

    The Adamawa High Court Monday jailed a former Governor of Adamawa State, Bala James Ngilari for five years without option of fine. He was convicted by Justice Nathan Musa for alleged violation of procurement laws. According to the judge, the minimum sentence allowed by law was five years although the ...

  • Cina Giappone Nigeria

    China criticises North Korea’s missile test

    China on Monday criticised North Korea’s missile test and urged North Korea, South Korea and the U. S. to remain calm. “China opposes North Korea’s violation of the UN Security Council’s stipulation,’’ Geng Shuang, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said. North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the sea off ...

  • Nigeria

    LEADERSHIP Conference And Awards Holds March 16

      The board and management of LEADERSHIP Newspaper Group Limited have confirmed the Abuja International Conference Centre as venue for its Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony, scheduled to hold on March 16, 2017. The theme of the conference is ‘The Rice Economy.’ In December 2016, LEADERSHIP had in line with ...

  • Paesi Bassi

    Een school zoals Maria Montessori het écht bedoelde

    Maria Montessori had een haat-liefdeverhouding met Nederland. Ze vond het mooi dat haar scholen hier door de overheid worden bekostigd, maar die scholen geven een eigen draai aan het montessorionderwijs. Casa in Pijnacker is een van de weinige scholen die Montessori’s gedachtengoed naar de letter volgen.

  • Nigeria

    Stoppen voordat de boerendroom een nachtmerrie is

    De Nederlandse landbouw maakt boeren financieel, emotioneel en sociaal kapot, ervaren melkveehouders Herman en José Bongen. ‘Met tachtig uur werken raak je je leven, je gezin kwijt.’

  • Giappone

    Dollar trades tightly amid lack of trading incentives

    The dollar traded in a narrow range around ¥113.80 in Tokyo trading on Monday, lacking a clear direction in the absence of fresh trading incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.79-79, down from ¥114.26-26 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.0598-0599, up from $1.0520-0521, and ...

  • Giappone

    Strong yen continues to drive down stocks

    Stocks retreated further on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, hurt by the yen’s rise against the dollar and other major currencies. The 225-issue Nikkei average shed 90.03 points, or 0.46 percent, to finish at 19,379.14. On Friday, the key market gauge fell 95.63 points. The Topix index of all first-section ...

  • Giappone

    Japan one of the world’s most cash-dependent countries: BOJ report

    Japan is one of the most cash-dependent countries in the world, according to a recent Bank of Japan report. The report, based on Bank for International Settlements data for 2015, said the ratio of cash in circulation to nominal gross domestic product was 19.4 percent in 2015, the highest among ...

  • Giappone

    Honda’s N-Box minicar best-selling vehicle for third straight month in February

    Honda Motor Co.’s N-Box minicar was the best-selling car in Japan for the third straight month in February, data from industry bodies showed Monday. Japan’s third-biggest carmaker by volume sold 19,429 N-Box cars in February, up 8.6 percent from a year earlier. Nissan Motor Co.’s Dayz mini model was second ...