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S&P 500, Nasdaq Set For Higher Open On Tech Boost, Tesla Gains
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were headed for a higher opening on Monday as technology stocks looked set to…
Facebook Rallies After Zuckerberg Downplays Risk Of Apple Policy
Facebook Inc. shares rallied on Friday, with the stock extending a recent advance after Chief Executive Officer,…
Power Generation Falls To 3,657MW As Hydro Output Plunges
Electricity generation in the country fell below the 4,000 megawatts mark on Sunday as the output of the hydropower…
China Seeks To Rein In Mobile Apps’ Collection Of Personal Data
China’s cyber watchdog said on Monday mobile app providers cannot deny users basic access to their services even if…
Automobile Retail Experts Speak On Import Policies
While the Nigerian automobile industry has registered negligible growth in the recent years, due to many factors…
Blackstone Proposal Values Australian Casino Operator Crown At $6.2 Billion
Buyout giant Blackstone Group Inc made a $5.6 billion play for the shares of Australia’s Crown Resorts Ltd it does…
Japan Car Makers Scramble To Assess Impact Of Renesas Auto Chip-Plant Fire
Toyota, Nissan, Honda and other Japanese automakers scrambled on Monday to assess the production impact of a fire…
UK Partners Nigeria To Enhance Digital Access
The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in…
Pantami, Danbatta Seek Increased Collaboration Among ECOWAS States On ICT
Nigerian government has called for increased regional collaboration for the development of the Information and…
TELECOMS: Voice Call Subscribers Drop, Internet Users Rise In Q4’20
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said the number of subscribers for voice calls fell marginally…
Bank Of America’s Summer Internship Program To Be Virtual
Bank of America Corp said on Thursday its 10-week summer internship program for 1,800 interns will be held…
Foxconn In Talks With Vietnam’s Vinfast On Electric Car Partnership
Taiwan’s Foxconn is in early stage talks with Vietnamese carmaker VinFast about partnering in electric vehicles,…
China’s Small Tech Firms Step Out Of The Shadows As Giants Reel From…
One firm’s loss is another’s gain. China’s smaller technology companies and investors are eager to seize the day as…
China Regulators Held Talks With Alibaba, Tencent, Nine Others On…
- Chinese regulators recently summoned 11 domestic technology companies including Alibaba Group, Tencent and…
The Global Chip Shortage Is Still Hurting Samsung, Honda And Volkswagen
The global chip shortage is continuing to pummel global business, with Samsung, Honda and Volkswagen among the…
EXPLAINER: What The Newly-Revised USSD Service Charge Means For Bank Customers In…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) announced on Tuesday, March 16, 2021…
Lenovo’s Parent Company Invests $237 Million In Chinese Chipmaker Fullhan
Legend Holdings, the parent of the world’s biggest PC maker Lenovo, said it purchased about 12.8 million shares of…
Vodafone Seen Reaping 2.13 Billion Euros From Frankfurt IPO: Bookrunners
Vodafone is expected to price shares in infrastructure unit Vantage Towers at 24 euros ($28.60) each, valuing the…
Activist Cevian Capital Trims Ericsson Stake Below 5%
Activist investor Cevian Capital has cut its holding in Ericsson to 4.81% of the telecom equipment maker’s share…
Coinbase To Float About 114.9 Million Shares In U.S. Listing
Coinbase said on Wednesday it had registered about 114.9 million shares for its direct listing on the Nasdaq,…
Apple Gets Boost In French Privacy Fight, But Still Faces Probe
Apple was given a boost on Wednesday as France’s antitrust watchdog rejected advertisers’ requests to suspend the…
World Going Through Unprecedented Chip Shortage, China Trade Body Says
The world is going through an unprecedented chip shortage, Zhou Zixue, a senior official with the China…
‘Nigeria Must Intensify Cyber Security Ahead Of Broadband Revolution’
To ensure maximum impact of the New National Broadband Plan (NNBP 2020-2025), Nigeria will need to pay adequate…
Toyota Chief Warns Apple Over Car Plans
Regardless of whether or not Apple is actually planning to launch a car, Toyota President Akio Toyoda has warned…
Book On Telecoms Law, Regulations Debuts
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof, Umar Danbatta was among eminent…
FG Okays New N6.98 USSD Rate, Telcos Shelve Withdrawal
Telecommunications operators, yesterday, suspended planned withdrawal of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data…
BMW Sees Significant Profit Growth In 2021
German carmaker BMW on Wednesday said it expects a significant year-on-year increase in group pretax profit in 2021…
NITDA Imposes N5m Fine On Fintech For Data Breach
The National Information Technology Development Agency has fined Electronic Settlement Limited the sum of N5m for…
Developers To Pay Lower Fees To Google’s App Store For First $1 Million In…
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday that it was cutting the service fee that app developers pay to Google Play…
Ford’s Turkish Joint Venture To Produce Electric Vans From 2023
Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday that the next version of its Transit van for the European market will go into…