More Than 4.6 Mln Got Health Insurance Through ACA in 2021 -Biden
More than 4.6 million people gained health coverage in the United States in 2021 through the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…
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One Million Nigerians, Under 24, Died Over Healthcare, Socioeconomic Problems 2020 – Report
About one million Nigerians under the age of 24 died in 2020 due to healthcare challenges in the country. Estimates…
US Treasury Official Beckons New Stablecoin Regulations
The United States Treasury made further hints at new laws for stablecoins on Dec. 17. Nellie Liang, the Under Secretary…
Google Announces Investment In Tech Startup
Google has announced its first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in SafeBoda, a tech firm that operates in Nigeria…
Foreign Telcos To Pay $0.045 To Terminate Calls In Nigeria
Foreign telecommunications companies, telcos who wish to terminate calls to their counterparts in Nigeria, will now have to pay a…
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Jumps 2% As Investors Assess Omicron Risks
Shares in Asia-Pacific rose in Tuesday trade as investors continued to monitor the situation surrounding the omicron Covid variant. Japanese…
China Mobile To Raise Up To $8.8 Bln In Shanghai Listing
China Mobile the world’s largest mobile network operator by total subscribers, said on Tuesday it aims to raise up to…
Social Media App Parler Plans To Expand Into NFTs
Social media platform Parler said on Monday it will expand its business into non-fungible tokens (NFT), in a move that…
Moderna Says Covid Booster Appears To Protect Against Omicron
Moderna announced Monday that a third dose of its mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 appears to provide significant protection against the…
Oracle To Enter Into It’s Biggest Acquisition Ever
Enterprise software giant Oracle will buy electronic medical records company Cerner in an all-cash deal for $95 per share, or…
China Cuts Lending Benchmark, Market Sees More Easing In 2022
China cut its lending benchmark loan prime rate (LPR) for the first time in 20 months on Monday. The one-year…
Tesla’s Musk Says He Will Pay Over $11 Bln In Taxes This Year
Electric-car maker Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Sunday on Twitter that he will pay more than $11…
Facebook Pays Fines To Russia Over Banned Content
Facebook has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal.…
UK Shares Head For Weekly Loss On Omicron Concerns, Inflation Risks
UK’s FTSE 100 slipped on Friday and was on course for a weekly loss, as concerns surrounding the fast-spreading Omicron…
S&P Dumps Chinese Property Giant Evergrande Into Default
The poster child of China’s property crisis China Evergrande Group was officially declared in default by credit rating agency S&P…
World Bank Rolls Out N329.53bn Cash Transfer Programme
The World Bank is rolling out an $800m (N329.53bn at official exchange rate) facility designed to fund a large-scale Conditional…
Uber looking to sell Didi, China market has little transparency, CEO says
Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) is looking to sell stakes in non-strategic assets, including its stake in Didi Global Inc, based…
Bank Of England Raises Interest Rate To 0.25%
The Bank of England raised its main interest rate to 0.25% on Thursday as inflation pressures mounted in Britain. Most…
Jack Dorsey Appoints Three Nigerians And A South African To Head Bitcoin Trust Fund Board
Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, has appointed three Nigerians and one South African to act as the board of his Bitcoin…
World Bank announces $93bn package for Nigeria, 73 others
On Wednesday The World Bank announced a $93bn replenishment package of the International Development Association to help 74 low-income countries…
Reddit Confidentially Files With U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission To Go Public
Social media platform Reddit said on Wednesday it had confidentially filed for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) with the…
Netflix Slash Prices Of It’s Streaming Services In India
Netflix slashed on Tuesday the prices of its streaming services in India, for the first time since launching five years…
Unvaccinated Google Employees May Lose Their Jobs In 2022
Employees at Google have been threatened with pay loss – and even termination of employment – if they fail to…
Mortgage Refinances Fizzle As Interest Rates Resume Their Climb
A brief surge in mortgage refinance demand fizzled fast, after interest rates resumed their climb along with the stock market.…
Bank of England rejects major overhaul of cash system
The Bank of England has told top banks to clarify by March, on how they will keep enough cash…
U.S. Congress approves boosting debt limit to $31.4 trillion
The U.S. Congress on Tuesday approved raising the federal government’s debt limit by $2.5 trillion, to about $31.4 trillion, sending…
Turkish lira slides again after rollercoaster ride to record low
On Tuesday Turkey’s lira slid as much as 4% in further volatile trade after tumbling to all-time lows a day…
FT Names Elon Musk As ‘Person Of The Year’
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has been named the Financial Times newspaper’s “Person of the Year”. The FT…
YouTube Says Services Fixed After Disruption Affects Thousands
Alphabet YouTube said on Tuesday it has fixed an issue that caused thousands of users to lose access to its…
Australian Biopharmaceutical Giant “CSL Ltd” To Buy Swiss Drugmaker ”Vifor Pharma” For $11.7 Billion
Australian biopharmaceutical giant CSL Ltd (CSL.AX) said it would buy Swiss drugmaker Vifor Pharma AG (VIFN.S) for $11.7 billion, as…