European Stocks Close Mostly Higher As Euro Zone GDP Beats Forecasts
LONDON — European markets closed mostly higher Friday after better-than-expected economic data, despite worries over tightening coronavirus restrictions. TICKER COMPANY…
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Oil Sinks To Five-Month Low, Posts Worst Week Since April On Demand Concerns
Oil prices fell more than 1% on Friday, extending losses and on track for a second monthly fall, on growing…
Asia-Pacific Stocks Drop As Shares Of Apple Suppliers In The Region Fall
SINGAPORE — Stocks in Asia-Pacific were lower on Friday, as shares of Apple suppliers in the region declined after the…
Doordash Partners With Sam’s Club On Same-Day Prescription Deliveries
DoorDash announced Friday it is launching a partnership with Sam’s Club to provide same-day prescription delivery service to patients across…
Election 2020 Live Updates: Trump Barnstorms Pennsylvania, Biden And Obama Campaign In Michigan As Campaign Enters Final Weekend
With just three days left until Election Day, President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden are making their last…
Naira Trades N462/$1 At Black Market To End Week Stronger
The Naira ended the week stronger against the Dollar at the parallel market as it gained N3 on Friday to…
NNPC: Nigerian Refineries Damaged Beyond Turnaround Maintenance
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday attributed the prolonged neglect of overhauling the refineries in the country to the…
Tech Stocks Suffer A Big Sell-Off After Earnings Fail To Impress Wall Street
Shares of Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Amazon traded lower Friday, a day after the companies released quarterly reports that failed…
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson ‘Expected To Impose Second National Lockdown’ After Chilling Warnings Of Winter Death Toll
Expectations are mounting of a month-long second national lockdown to save Christmas, following the publication of chilling scientific papers predicting…
Lagos Announces Further Relaxation Of Curfew
The Lagos State Government has announced a further relaxation of the curfew imposed after the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS…
We Will Make Emigration Unattractive For Doctors, FG Vows
Abuja— The Federal Government has vowed to fix brain drain in the medical sector by making emigration unattractive for doctors.…
Nigeria ETFs Is On Tear After Positive Corporate Earnings News
A Nigeria country-specific exchange traded fund jumped Friday, with Nigerian markets hitting a 16-month high, as local companies revealed stronger-than-expected…
Apple Says Some AirPods Pro Have Sound Problems, Will Replace For Free
Apple said on Friday that it’s replacing AirPods Pro headphones that have sound problems. These problems include a static or…
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian Tells Employees It Isn’t Helping With Virtual Border Wall
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian told employees Friday that it received confirmation from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol that…
Private Jet Traffic To The Hamptons And Aspen Is Booming As The Rich Flee Big Cities
The rich are traveling less for business and using private jets more to reach resort towns. Private jet flights to Westhampton, New York, surged 172% in October, according to data from Tuvoli, an online payments platform for jets, compiled by Private Jet Card Comparisons. Meanwhile, private jet traffic at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport — often the busiest private jet hub in the nation since it is used by the rich flying to New York City — plunged 52% in October.
Cruise Stocks Rise After CDC Lifts No-Sail Order, Clears Industry To Plan Return
Cruise stocks rose Friday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it will replace its nearly 8-month old…
McRib Returns To McDonald’s Nationwide For The First Time Since 2012
Starting Dec. 2, McDonald’s McRib is returning to menus nationwide for the first time since 2012. The limited-time pork sandwich…
McConnell Expects Coronavirus Stimulus In 2021, While Pelosi And Trump Push For A Deal Sooner
The top policymakers in Washington sent mixed signals Friday about how quickly Congress could pass new coronavirus stimulus after the…
Dow Closes More Than 150 Points Lower As Wall Street Posts Its Worst One-Week Sell-Off Since March
Stocks fell on Friday, led by major tech shares, as Wall Street wrapped up a difficult week in which coronavirus…
Walmart Returns Firearms, Ammunition To U.S. Store Floors
Walmart said on Friday it has begun returning firearms and ammunitions to the floors of its U.S. stores a day…
Buhari Welcomes International Partners To Spur Development
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the commitment of the government of Nigeria to work with an international think-tank group and…
U.S. Reports Record 88,521 New Covid Cases As Scientists Warn Of ‘Exponential Growth’
The United States reported a record 88,521 new coronavirus cases on Thursday as the pandemic seeps into every area of…
Nigeria Says 22 Police Killed, 205 Stations Damaged In Protests
Nigeria police said 205 stations were destroyed, 22 personnel killed and more injured during nationwide protests against alleged brutality by…
Euro Zone GDP Jumps More Than Expected In Third Quarter, October Prices Fall
The euro zone economy rebounded more than expected in the third quarter from its coronavirus-induced slump, but the rally is…
Ghana Is Outshining Nigeria As Top FDI Destination In West Africa
An unpopular fact might have been commonly overlooked would be that population size is sometimes only just a number, as…
West African Oil Fortunes Diverge Along With Europe And China
For a glimpse of the growing disparity in the oil market’s recovery, look at crude sales from West Africa. Nigeria,…
UK Govt Admits It Trained Nigeria’s Infamous SARS Police Unit Accused Of Extra Judicial Killings
The United Kingdom has acknowledged it provided training and equipment to a now-disbanded Nigerian law enforcement unit whose alleged abuses…
Euro Zone GDP Beats Forecasts For The Third Quarter, But New Lockdowns Threaten Recovery
LONDON — The euro zone economy bounced back in the third quarter as the region profited from a summer period…
Illegal Refineries Dismantled As Military Battles Crude Oil Thieves In N’Delta
More illegal refineries operating in the creeks of the Niger Delta have been dismantled as the military continues the clampdown…
CBN Removes Restrictions On Refinancing Of Non-Member Mortgage Lenders By Refinancing Companies
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has removed the restriction on refinancing of mortgages of non-member mortgage lenders by the…