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Hard Lesson For United State Investors: Chinese Companies Don’t Make The Rules In…
American investors’ shock at an ongoing regulatory crackdown in China points to a fundamental difference…
Crude Sinks To Three-Month Low As Fuel Demand Wanes
Crude in New York dropped to the lowest since May after a surprise increase in U.S. gasoline inventories signaled…
Exchange Rate Used For Purchasing Stocks Via Fintech Apps Falls To N522/$1
The exchange rate for converting naira to dollar using FinTech apps nosedived to N522/$1 according to data collated…
Canadian Inflation Jumps To 3.7%, Creating Trouble For Trudeau
Canadian inflation accelerated to match its highest reading in almost two decades, threatening to become a…
Fed Govt Offers N150b Long-Term Bonds
The Federal Government will today auction medium-to long-term bonds valued at N150 billion as part of government’s…
Sterling Hovers Near Recent Lows, Unmoved By Inflation Slowdown
Sterling hovered near a 3-1/2-week low on Wednesday after UK inflation data showed a sharper slowdown than…
Nigeria’s Economy May Grow To 2.5% In 2021, 2.6% In 2022, IMF Predicts
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has maintained an unchanged economic growth rate of 2.5 per cent for 2021 and…
Forex – Labour Advocates Improved Monetary, Fiscal Policies
The leadership of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has called on federal government to take…
Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves To Surpass $40bn By September –Experts
Against the backdrop of a $3.35 billion direct allocations approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…
S&P 500, Dow Edge Lower Ahead Of Fed Minutes
The S&P 500 and the Dow inched lower in choppy trading on Wednesday as investors refrained from making big bets…
Big-Ticket Spenders Boost Lowe’s Sales, Shares Jump
Lowe's Cos Inc (LOW.N) said on Wednesday that professional builders and handymen were rushing back to its stores,…
U.S. Senators Urge FTC To Probe Tesla Over Self-Driving Claims
Two U.S. senators on Wednesday pressed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to probe Tesla (TSLA.O), saying the…
Mortgage Rates Hit Their Highest Level In A Month, And Weekly Demand Drops
Borrowers backed away from the mortgage market last week, as higher interest rates chilled a recent revival in…
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Lowe’s, Target, Krispy Kreme And Others
Lowe’s (LOW ) – The home improvement retailer reported an adjusted quarterly profit of $4.25 per share, beating the…
New Nissan Z Sports Car Unveiled As Halo Vehicle Amid Automaker’s Turnaround Plan
Nissan Motor on Tuesday unveiled its new Z performance vehicle — a favorite of enthusiasts and customizers — as an…
TSMC Overtakes Tencent To become Asia’s Most Valuable Company, As China Crackdown…
The world’s largest chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has overtaken Chinese tech behemoth…
European Stocks Nudge Higher Amid Inflation Data; Carlsberg Up 2%
European markets were slightly higher on Wednesday morning, as investors monitored inflation data and looked ahead…
Woodside Investors Jittery On Petroleum Merger, BHP Falls On Listing Change
Shares in BHP Group Ltd. (BHP.AX) and Woodside Petroleum fell on Wednesday as investors digested details of the…
Analysis: As Investors Look To Jackson Hole, Options Markets See ‘A Lot Of…
Traders in U.S. equity options do not expect the Federal Reserve’s symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming later this…
Yuan’s Global Use Faces A Test As Xi’s Reforms Rattle Markets
The Chinese yuan has been making inroads in the world of cross-border payments in recent years, but a pair of data…
Forex: Labour Backs CBN, Makes Case For Manufacturers
Following the current foreign exchange squeeze being experienced in the country, organised labour, under the aegis…
Pound Hits 3-Week Low Vs Dollar As Risk Appetite Weakens
Britain’s pound hits its lowest level in three weeks against the dollar on Tuesday as weakening risk sentiment…
Govt To Borrow N5.62trn For 2022 Budget Deficit
The federal government has submitted a proposal to borrow N5.62 trillion to finance the budget deficit in the 2022…
Labour Seeks Special Allocation Of Forex To Manufacturers
Organised Labour has pleaded with the Federal Government to devise a special arrangement to ensure that foreign…
2022 Budget: FG Crashes Capital Expenditure, Despite Higher Earnings
The Federal Government’s fiscal operations in 2022 is set for contraction, despite higher oil earnings…
Oil Rises On Bargain-Hunting, Expectations That OPEC+ Will Not Boost Supply Soon
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, recovering from the previous day’s losses, as investors sought bargains and on…
Nigerian Equities Beat Global Stocks With N371b Gain
Nigerian equities closed weekend upbeat ahead of other major global stock markets with increased demand for…
Flee From Investments With Unrealistic Returns—SEC Warns Nigerians
For the umpteenth time, Nigerians have been warned to flee from investments that promise to offer them unrealistic…
India’s July Palm Oil Imports Plunge 43%, Says Trade Body
India's July palm oil imports plunged 43% from a year earlier to their lowest in five months, a leading trade body…
Bill Ackman SPAC Sued , Plaintiffs Say Sponsors Got ‘Staggering Compensation’
Bill Ackman’s troubled SPAC was hit with a lawsuit Tuesday that alleged the blank-check company awarded “staggering…