Business Cheque Transactions Shrink By 39% As Digital Payments Rise byEkeminiNovember 2, 2020 The volume of cheques cleared by Nigerian banks keep shrinking as bank customers continue to… Read More
Business The Great Divergence: U.S. COVID-19 Economy Has Delivered Luxury Houses For Some, Evictions For Others byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 When the temperature dipped near freezing in Columbus, Ohio in mid-October, the children had no… Read More
Business Netherlands Puts KLM Bailout On Hold After Pilots Reject Wage freeze byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 The Dutch government on Saturday put on hold its plan to bail out KLM, the… Read More
BusinessTechnology Exclusive: Amazon Tells India Regulator Its Partner Future Retail Is Misleading Public byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O has complained to India’s market regulator that its local partner Future Retail… Read More
Business Ford Sells Struggling Brazil Factory byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co F.N said on Saturday it had closed the sale of… Read More
Business Amazon Drops French Black Friday Ad Campaign As Lockdown Starts byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 Amazon is withdrawing advertising for pre-Black Friday discounts in France, after the government said the… Read More
Business Review: The 2020 Lamborghini EVO RWD Is The Most Fun For The Least Amount Of Money At A Starting Price Of $208,000 byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 In the age of Zoom meetings, Grub Hub orders, Netflix movies and Amazon shopping, we’re… Read More
BusinessTechnology MTN Group Makes Final Exit From Jumia, Rakes In $138m byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 MTN Group has completed its exit from Jumia, a leading e-commerce platform in Africa, selling… Read More
Business European Stocks Close Mostly Higher As Euro Zone GDP Beats Forecasts byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 LONDON — European markets closed mostly higher Friday after better-than-expected economic data, despite worries over… Read More
Business Oil Sinks To Five-Month Low, Posts Worst Week Since April On Demand Concerns byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 Oil prices fell more than 1% on Friday, extending losses and on track for a… Read More
Business Asia-Pacific Stocks Drop As Shares Of Apple Suppliers In The Region Fall byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 SINGAPORE — Stocks in Asia-Pacific were lower on Friday, as shares of Apple suppliers in… Read More
Business Doordash Partners With Sam’s Club On Same-Day Prescription Deliveries byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 DoorDash announced Friday it is launching a partnership with Sam’s Club to provide same-day prescription… Read More
BusinessLocal Naira Trades N462/$1 At Black Market To End Week Stronger byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 The Naira ended the week stronger against the Dollar at the parallel market as it… Read More
BusinessLocal NNPC: Nigerian Refineries Damaged Beyond Turnaround Maintenance byEkeminiOctober 31, 2020 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday attributed the prolonged neglect of overhauling the refineries… Read More
BusinessWorld Private Jet Traffic To The Hamptons And Aspen Is Booming As The Rich Flee Big Cities byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020October 30, 2020 The rich are traveling less for business and using private jets more to reach resort… Read More
Business Cruise Stocks Rise After CDC Lifts No-Sail Order, Clears Industry To Plan Return byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 Cruise stocks rose Friday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it will… Read More
Business Dow Closes More Than 150 Points Lower As Wall Street Posts Its Worst One-Week Sell-Off Since March byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 Stocks fell on Friday, led by major tech shares, as Wall Street wrapped up a… Read More
Business Walmart Returns Firearms, Ammunition To U.S. Store Floors byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 Walmart said on Friday it has begun returning firearms and ammunitions to the floors of… Read More
Business Euro Zone GDP Jumps More Than Expected In Third Quarter, October Prices Fall byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 The euro zone economy rebounded more than expected in the third quarter from its coronavirus-induced… Read More
AfricaBusiness West African Oil Fortunes Diverge Along With Europe And China byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 For a glimpse of the growing disparity in the oil market’s recovery, look at crude… Read More
Business Euro Zone GDP Beats Forecasts For The Third Quarter, But New Lockdowns Threaten Recovery byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 LONDON — The euro zone economy bounced back in the third quarter as the region… Read More
Business Illegal Refineries Dismantled As Military Battles Crude Oil Thieves In N’Delta byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 More illegal refineries operating in the creeks of the Niger Delta have been dismantled as… Read More
BusinessLocal CBN Removes Restrictions On Refinancing Of Non-Member Mortgage Lenders By Refinancing Companies byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has removed the restriction on refinancing of mortgages of… Read More
Business Air France-KLM Warns Of Bigger Losses Amid Lockdowns byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 Air France-KLM AIRF.PA unveiled a 1.05 billion-euro (952.19 million pounds) quarterly operating loss and warned… Read More
Business FOREX-Dollar Stabilises, Euro Near 4-Week Low After ECB’s Announcement byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 The dollar paused its climb on Friday, while the euro wallowed near its four-week low… Read More
Business Dangote Delays London Listing, Shores Up Forex Earnings byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020October 30, 2020 Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, has again delayed plans to list shares in his cement… Read More
Business Will Nigerian Airlines Survive? byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 Chinedu Eze writes on the likely impact of the recent civil unrest in some states… Read More
Business Dollar Stabilises, Euro Near Four-Week Low After ECB’s Announcement byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 The dollar paused its climb on Friday, while the euro wallowed near its four-week low… Read More
BusinessLocal Nigeria Imported N2.78tn Manufactured Goods In Three Months –NBS byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 Nigeria imported manufactured goods worth N2.78tn while the total export component was N254.2bn between April… Read More
Business Customs Command Generates N15.7b In Nine Months byEkeminiOctober 30, 2020 The Nigeria Customs Service, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command, has said that despite the effect of… Read More