HSBC Ups Price Targets On Greek Banks, With Eurobank, Piraeus Top Picks.
HSBC raised its price targets on shares of Greece's four largest lenders after they posted strong performances in…
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2022
OPEC+ Missed Output Targets By 2.9 Million Barrels Per Day In July.
OPEC+ produced 2.892 million barrels per day (bpd) below their targets in July, two sources from the producer…
BoG Rolls Out Urgent Measures To Fight Inflation, Cedi Depreciation.
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) has raised the policy rate by 300 basis points (bp) to 22% in a historic move; meant to…
FTX Reportedly Grew Its Revenue By Over 1,000% In 2021.
FTX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges by transaction volume, has seen its revenue grow by 1,046% in…
Nigeria FG Records N643.09bn Fiscal Deficit In One Month.
The Federal Government’s fiscal deficit rose from N491.28bn in March to N643.09bn in April, according to the…
Oil Snaps 3-day Winning Streak On Strong Dollar, China’s Sluggish Demand.
After three days of gains, oil prices dropped considerably due to concerns that aggressive interest rate…
5G: New Operator Won’t Launch In August.
Mafab Communications Limited is set to miss the Nigerian Communications Commission 5G rollout commencement date of…
Why Nigeria Exports Electricity To Niger, Benin, Togo — TCN.
As Nigerians continued to worry about the continued exportation of electricity to neghbouring countries amid…
Ethereum Drops Below $1,600, Posts Weekly Loss Of Over 20%.
The majority of popular digital assets declined during the course of the week, and by the weekend, market leaders;…
Bitcoin Up From Mid-August Lows Amid Growing Economic Uncertainty.
As investors continued to mull over the most recent inflation figures and lingering macroeconomic uncertainties;…
Undisbursed Loans Raise Nigeria’s World Bank Debt To $21.15bn.
Undisbursed loans may drive Nigeria’s debt to the World Bank from $12.72bn to $21.15bn, the PUNCH has learnt.
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Nigeria FG Concludes Takeover Of Four DisCos.
The Federal Government has completed the takeover of four electricity distribution companies; and constituted the…
Power Production Was Reduced By Striking Workers To 43 MW-FG.
The recent one-day strike by workers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria crashed Nigeria’s power generation…
FG To End Petrol Subsidy In June 2023.
The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Petroleum Products Subsidy Regime from 2013 to…
Vodafone To Sell Hungarian Business For $1.8 Billion.
Britain's Vodafone (VOD.L) will sell its Hungarian business for 715 billion forints ($1.8 billion) in…
ENaira Records 200,000 Users, N4bn Transactions Value – Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), digital currency, eNaira has recorded 200,000 volumes; and four billion Naira…
FG Spends N18.397bn On Petrol Subsidy Daily –Minister
The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Petroleum Products Subsidy Regime from 2013 to…
Bitcoin Drops For Fourth Straight Day On US Fed’s Hawkish Stance.
Bitcoin and many crypto assets fell for a fourth straight day as investors continued to be perplexed by recently…
Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Ballooned By 170% Under President Buhari In 7 Years.
Nigeria’s consumer price index (CPI), which is use to measure the level of inflation in the country has risen by…
Valereum To End Bitcoin Mining To Focus On Gibraltar Exchange.
Blockchain company Valereum (6TJ.SG) said it was selling its bitcoin mining assets to Vinanz Ltd; for a…
Sterling Struggles As Inflation Outlook Sours Mood.
The British pound weakened against the dollar after policy minutes from the Federal Reserve boosted the U.S.…
Swiss Gold Exports To China Surge To 5-1/2-Year High.
Swiss exports of gold to China in July rose to their highest since December 2016, Swiss customs data showed…
Vietnam Orders Tech Firms To Store User Data Onshore.
Vietnam's government has ordered technology firms to store their users' data locally; and set up local offices,…
EUROPE POWER Rising German Solar Supply Weighs On Spot Prices.
European spot power prices fell as German solar supply is seen rising; while French nuclear availability…
Blame Policymakers, Lawmakers For Oil Price Rises, OPEC Sec Gen Says.
Policymakers, lawmakers and insufficient oil and gas sector investments are to blame for high energy prices,…
Russian Mobile Operator MTS Reports 36% Drop In Q2 Net Profit.
Russia's biggest mobile operator MTS reported a 36.4% drop in second-quarter net profit from the same period last…
Asset-Backed Stablecoin, HUSD, Loses Peg, Drops To $0.92.
The HUSD stablecoin, which touts to be a “secure, reliable, and fiat-collateralized stablecoin, that combines…
Canada Inflation Eases To 7.6% In July, But Analysts Eye Oversized Rate Hike.
Canada's inflation rate eased slightly in July, as lower gasoline prices outweighed fast-rising food prices; but…
Memecoins Rally As Crypto Market Cools Off.
Its “meme” rally in the cryptocurrency space as investors seem to be hungry to take on more risk given the rally…
Ghana’s Central Bank Hikes Interest Rate To 22% To Combat Inflation, Forex Crisis.
Ghana’s central bank has raised its interest rate by 300 basis points to 22% to tame inflation and stabilize the…