Business Bitcoin Steams To New Record And Nears $1 Trillion Market Cap Feb 19, 2021 0 Bitcoin hit yet another record high on Friday, and moved within sight of a market capitalisation of $1 trillion,…
Business Nigeria’s Economy Rebounds With 0.11% GDP Growth In Q4’20 Feb 19, 2021 0 Nigeria’s economy re-bounded in the fourth quarter of last year (Q4’20) as the nation’s Gross Domestic Product…
Business United Capital Approves N4.2Bn Dividend For Shareholders Feb 19, 2021 0 The Board of Directors of United Capital Plc has approved the payment of N4.2 billion as dividend to shareholders…
Business Global Stocks Mostly Fall Amid Angst At Inflation Risk Feb 19, 2021 0 Global stock markets mostly fell Wednesday, with investors worried about high-flying share prices and the potential…
Business Central Banks Need To Change Gear Feb 19, 2021 0 It’s time for central banks to prepare financial markets to regain more influence over longer-term interest…
Business European Shares Rise On Upbeat Hermes Earnings; Renault Slides Feb 19, 2021 0 European shares edged higher on Friday as an upbeat earnings report from Hermes boosted confidence in a broader…
Business UK Retail Sales Slump In New Lockdown, Borrowing Less Than Expected Feb 19, 2021 0 British retail sales tumbled in January as non-essential shops went back into lockdown, official data showed, but…
Business Renault Clings To Turnaround After Record $9.7 Billion Loss Feb 19, 2021 0 Renault said on Friday that margins and sales had begun to recover in the second half of 2020 as it embarks on a…
Banking Central Bank ‘Punch Bowl’ Still Brimming For Markets Feb 19, 2021 0 Central bank support for pandemic-hit economies looks to endure well past the recovery in output, leaving investors…
Business After Many Threats, Google Begins Paying For News In Australia Feb 18, 2021 0 In January, Google threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government approved…
Business IT Solution Recognised As Key Digital Platform Feb 18, 2021 0 Omdia, formerly Ovum, one of the world’s leading research and consultancy company, has featured Comviva’s mobiquity…
Local Online Fraud Rising As More Nigerians Fall Victims Feb 18, 2021 0 Increasing number of Nigerians count their losses as activities of cybercriminals continue to rise year-on-year…
Business Nigeria Must Pay Close Attention To Rising Interest-To-Revenue Ratio –… Feb 18, 2021 0 The high cost of servicing Nigeria’s debt compared to the revenue it generates (interest-to-revenue ratio) is an…
Business Federal Government Of Nigeria Seeks $1.2bn Loan To Fund Agriculture Feb 18, 2021 0 The Federal Government has disclosed plans to borrow $1.2 billion to boost the country’s agricultural sector under…
Business International Monetary Fund Backs Central Bank Of Nigeria, Cautions against… Feb 18, 2021 0 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned against transacting in cryptocurrency, saying regulating the…
Business FX Market: Central Bank Of Nigeria Intervened With $10.308bn In Six Months Feb 18, 2021 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold a total of $10.308 billion in the foreign exchange (FX) market in the first…
Business Federal Government Of Nigeria Targets 500,000 Employees Under Survival Fund Scheme Feb 18, 2021 0 The Federal Government has announced a plan to support over 500,000 employees with a N30,000 one-off grant,…
Business Ehingbeti: Experts Urge Goverment On Digital Policy Consistency Feb 18, 2021 0 Technology experts at the ongoing Lagos State Economic Summit, Ehingbeti, have stressed the need for governments to…
Business Bears Maintain Dominance On NSE, Market Drops Further By N15Bn Feb 18, 2021 0 The bears maintained leadership on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday with investors losing N15 billion…
Business $3.5bn Loan: Nigeria Not Fully Complying With Terms – International Monetary… Feb 18, 2021 0 International Monetary Fund (IMF) has accused the Federal Government of reneging on some of the conditions it…
Business Texas Clamps Down On Out-Of-State Gas Sales Amid Shortages Feb 18, 2021 0 Texas is restricting the flow of natural gas across state lines in an extraordinary move that some are calling a…
Business Apple lobbies For India Incentives As It Plans IPad Assembly Feb 18, 2021 0 Apple Inc is angling to participate in a new scheme to boost India’s exports of computer products, part of what…
Business Texas Energy Freeze Stretches To Sixth Day, Raises Mexico’s Ire Feb 18, 2021 0 Texas’s freeze entered a sixth day on Thursday, as the largest energy-producing state in the United States grappled…
Banking Credit Suisse Targets Lending Volume After Better-Than-Expected Fourth-Quarter… Feb 18, 2021 0 Credit Suisse on Thursday said it plans to up lending volume and capitalise on a boom in share listings, to shore…
Business Barclays Resumes Dividend Payouts As Annual Profit Halves Feb 18, 2021 0 Barclays has resumed shareholder payouts after a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, setting…
Business Yuan Hits 2-1/2 Year High On China Inflows Feb 18, 2021 0 (AFP) HONG KONG: Vaccine rollouts and economic recovery expectations drove the reflation trade further in Asia.…
Business Nigerian Court Blocks Shell’s Accounts Over Alleged Oil Theft Feb 18, 2021 0 The respondents are the 20 banks where the Shell companies operate accounts in Nigeria The Federal High Court in…
Business Bitcoin Soars To New High Above $52,000; Sustainability Concerns Rise Feb 18, 2021 0 Bitcoin surged to yet another record high on Wednesday, a day after the virtual currency vaulted to the $50,000…
Business Central Bank Of Nigeria Directs Banks To Open Dollar Account For Remittances Feb 18, 2021 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated commercial banks to open new dollar account with offshore lenders…
Technology New York Attorney General Sues Amazon Over Covid Shortfalls Feb 17, 2021 0 New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Amazon.com on Tuesday over its handling of worker safety issues around…