United Airlines Will Require Its 67,000 United State Employees To Get Vaccinated, A First For United State Carriers
United Airlines will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to get vaccinated against Covid by no later than Oct. 25 or risk…
Day: August 6, 2021
Flutterwave To Drive US Expansion As It Appoints Silicon Valley Veteran As Head Of US Growth
African payments startup, Flutterwave, has announced the appointment of Jimmy Ku as the Head of US Growth. With plans to…
Nigeria Can Generate Billions of Dollars From Cloud Computing Services To Unlock Growth Opportunities
The Director General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has stated that Nigeria can generate huge sums…
Experts Proffer Solutions For Nigeria’s Economic Recovery In Q2′ August 6, 2021
Some economists on Thursday said that unlocking Nigeria’s dead capital in residential real estate, agriculture and driving its export diversification…
Technology Is Shaping The Future Of Food But Practices Rooted In Tradition Could Still Have A Role To Play
From oranges and lemons grown in Spain to fish caught in the wilds of the Atlantic, many are spoiled for…
Analysis: Democrats See Chance To Reset Wall St. Oversight When Top Fed Official Steps Down
The looming exit of the Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official will give Democrats an opportunity to reverse the central bank’s…
‘New $6.2b Euro Bond Defies DMO’s Plan For Concessionary Loans’
Erudite Economist and professor emeritus, Olu Ajakaiye has expressed shock and disbelief that the Debt Management Office (DMO) has resorted…
Nigeria Labor Congress Demands Electricity Tariff Reduction Agreement Implementation By December Kindly Share This Story:
The Nigeria Labour Congress has said the Federal Government must implement by December the agreement to reduce electricity tariffs by…
UK House Prices Return To Growth In July – Halifax
British house prices rose in July after falling in June as demand for bigger homes following pandemic lockdowns helped to…
London Stock Exchange Sales Rise As Refinitiv Integration Motors On
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L) reported a rise in first-half revenue on Friday, flagging progress integrating data giant Refinitiv and rewarding investors…
Heirs Life, Insurance, Promise Efficient Service Delivery
Heirs Insurance Limited and Heirs Life Assurance, have confirmed that customers are now able to purchase insurance policies from their…
Credit Suisse To Repay Another $400 Mln To Greensill-Linked Fund Investors
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) will repay another $400 million to investors in its Greensill-linked supply chain finance funds, the Swiss bank said on…
Stock Market Ends Five-day Rally, Investors Lose N66bn
Investors in the equities market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited lost N65.18bn on Thursday, ending a rally that spanned five…
10-Year Treasury Yield Tops 1.23% Ahead Of Key Jobs Report
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield topped 1.23% early on Friday, ahead of the Labor Department’s highly anticipated jobs report due…
Huawei Chairman Says The ‘Aim Is To Survive’ As Revenue Slides 30%
The chairman of Huawei said the Chinese technology company’s “aim is to survive” as revenue fell almost 30% in the…
Shares Of Indonesian E-Commerce Company Bukalapak Jump 25% In Stock Market Debut
Shares of Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak jumped nearly 25% in their trading debut Friday — from an initial public offering…
European stocks flat as investors track earnings, Covid-19 and economic data
European markets were muted on Friday morning as investors monitored a fresh round of corporate earnings and the global spread…
The World’s Largest Container Shipping Firm Posts Soaring Second-Quarter Earnings
Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping firm, has posted a sharp increase in second-quarter earnings as congestions and bottlenecks continue…
U.S. FTC Says Facebook Misused Privacy Decree To Shut Down Ad Research
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission criticized Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday for making “misleading claims” to explain why it had disabled the…
Qualcomm Tops Magna’s Bid With $4.6 Billion Offer For Veoneer
Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) said on Thursday it had offered to buy Swedish auto parts maker Veoneer Inc (VNE.N) for $4.6 billion, an 18.4%…
Robinhood Shares Dive 27.6%; Filing Sparks Worries Early Investors could Sell
Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) tumbled on Thursday, snapping a four-day winning streak, after the newly public online brokerage said early…
Cooling Measures Doing Little To Slow New Zealand’s Housing Boom
Desperation among homebuyers is pushing New Zealand house prices to record highs, overpowering the government’s efforts to rein in the…
Nelson Peltz To Step Down From P&G Board
Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N) said on Thursday activist investor Nelson Peltz would step down from the company’s board at the end…
Analysis: Private Equity Struggles To Get In On $1 Trillion U.S. Infrastructure Bonanza
Private equity firms are fretting that a long-awaited $1 trillion infrastructure bill under negotiation by U.S. lawmakers will not create enough opportunities…
Fed’s Kashkari: Delta May Throw Wrinkle Into Taper Plan
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari on Thursday said the highly transmissible Delta variant of the novel coronavirus could throw…
Asian Shares Fall As Delta Variant Casts Shadow Over Growth
Asian shares failed to catch a firm lead from a bumper Wall Street session on Friday as the spread of…
Nigeria: Confusion As Emirates Says Nigerian Flights Remain Suspended
Emirates’ flights to and from Nigeria will remain suspended until 15 August 2021, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, has…
Nigeria CEOs Among Best Paid In Sub-Saharan Africa, PwC Says
Chief executives of Nigerian-listed companies are among sub-Saharan Africa’s highest earners, according to a new report by PwC. The median…
The New Forex Ban And Its Short Term Market Reaction
The CBN in a twist of events has discontinued its forex sale to BDCs with immediate effect. This announcement was made by…
Nigeria’s Financial System Sound, Stable, Resilient – CBN Governor
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revealed that it has so far recovered 89.2 billion nairas of customer’s money…