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Global Corporate Profits To Fall 8% In Q3 After Record Q2 – Data
Global corporate profits in the third quarter are likely to fall for the first time in 18 months after record…
Ray Dalio Is Wrong About China’s Tech Crackdown, Economist Says
China expert George Magnus disagrees with Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio on Beijing’s tech crackdown.
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Nigeria: LivingTrust Mortgage Bank To Offer 750 Million Shares
LivingTrust Mortgage Bank Plc has announced that it will offer 750 million ordinary shares to the public to address…
Hunters Brings In $30M Series B To Grow XDR Security Tech
With the growing volume of ransomware and supply chain security attacks, there is a need for…
Stocks, Futures Steady; China Tech Rebound Stalls: Markets Wrap
Stocks and U.S. futures were steady as a rebound in Chinese technology shares stalled and markets settled into a…
European Shares Subdued Ahead Of Fed Summit
European markets were muted on Wednesday, tracking global sentiment as investors await a key meeting of central…
Treasury Yields Edge Higher As Investors Gear Up For Fed Summit
U.S. Treasury yields edged higher on Wednesday morning, as investors geared up for the Federal Reserve’s Jackson…
IMF’s $650bn Reserves Liquidity Support For Nigeria, Others Takes Off
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced the take-off of its $650 billion set aside under its special…
Oil Extends Gains On Brighter Demand Outlook, Mexico Outages
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced the take-off of its $650 billion set aside under its special…
Investors’ Lose N25bn As Stock Market Open Week Negative
Trading at the Nigerian equities market extended last week’s negative performance to the beginning of…
Gas Consumption Lowest In Nigeria Despite 206 Tcf Reserves
Despite boasting of a 206 trillion standard cubic feet of gas reserves and topping major countries, Nigeria’s per…
Sterling Holds Gains Vs. Dollar After Risk-Led Rebound
Sterling edged lower against the dollar on Tuesday, but held most gains made against the greenback on the back of a…
Goldman Sachs Raises Odds On U.S. Fed Taper Announcement In Nov
Goldman Sachs economists have raised the odds that the U.S. Federal Reserve will announce the start of tapering its…
S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit Record Highs On Recovery Optimism
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs on Tuesday, boosted by oil and travel-related stocks, after a full U.S.…
Stocks Making The Biggest Moves In The Premarket: Best Buy, Palo Alto Networks,…
Best Buy (BBY) – Best Buy shares rallied 4.3% in the premarket after the electronics retailer beat estimates on the…
Best Buy Shares Rise On Earnings Beat, Retailer Says Consumers Are Upgrading Tech…
Best Buy said Tuesday fiscal second-quarter sales rose nearly 20% as consumers continued upgrade devices and…
Nigeria: FG Earned N1tn from Digital Economy in Two Years, 5G 95% Ready For…
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, yesterday said the communication and digital…
SoftBank Makes First Africa Bet On OPay At $2 Billion Valuation
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $400 million funding round for OPay, valuing the Nigerian mobile-payments platform at…
European Markets Edge Higher On Pfizer Vaccine Approval And Easing Taper Worries
European stocks edged higher on Tuesday as investors took heart from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s full…
Brent Oil Jumps With Stocks After Worst Losing Streak Since 2018
Brent oil climbed amid a broader market rebound after capping the longest run of declines in more than three years.…
Forex Transactions At Investors, Exporters’ Window Fall 24.56%
Foreign exchange transactions at the Investors’ & Exporters window declined by 24.56 per cent last week,…
Declining Forex Reserves Stokes Naira Depreciation
The naira suffered its weakest performance in recent weeks at the weekend after Nigeria’s foreign exchange (forex)…
Citigroup Says Short Treasuries But Hedge With Bet Against Yuan
China’s sagging growth outlook helped drive up the U.S. dollar, and fresh signs of deterioration are…
Private Equity Firms Circling Sainsbury’s With View To Launch Bids –…
Private equity companies are circling British supermarket group Sainsbury's (SBRY.L) with a view to possibly…
Wall Street Analysts Bet On Robinhood’s Potential To Add Users
Wall Street analysts on Monday took a largely upbeat view on Robinhood Markets Inc in their first ratings on the…
Gold Rises Above $1,800 As Dollar Dips On Doubts Fed Will Taper Soon
Gold vaulted over the key $1,800 psychological level on Monday as a retreat in the dollar pushed investors to…
Bitcoin Price Rises Past $50,000, Rebound Slows
Bitcoin's price surged past $50,000 on Monday for the first time since May, although its rebound from a months-long…
S&P 500, Nasdaq Scale New Peaks On Tech, Oil Boost
Energy and technology stocks powered the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to record highs on Monday as investors…
Nigeria: External Reserves Lose Momentum After July Rally
Nigeria’s external reserves could be heading toward the mid-July trough as it fail to sustain the momentum it…
Nigeria: Federal Government To Partner Stockbrokers For Double Digit Economic…
The Federal Government also reiterated its resolve to put an end to insecurity which has significantly dampened…