Lebanon’s Deadlock Fuels Seventh Day Of Street Protests
Demonstrators burnt tyres to block main roads all over Lebanon for the seventh straight day on Monday in anger at…
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Brent Hops Past $70 For First Time Since Pandemic Began After Saudi Attack
Brent crude futures climbed above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, while…
Iran Slips Record Volume Of Oil Into China, Reaches Out To Asian Clients For Trade Resumption
Iran has quietly moved record amounts of crude oil to top client China in recent months, while India’s state refiners…
Deliveroo Launches London Ipo After Business Surges In 2020
British food delivery firm Deliveroo announced plans to launch its hotly anticipated London listing on Monday after recording a surge…
Oil, Travel Stocks Boost European Shares
European shares rose on Monday, catching up with a late Friday rally on Wall Street, while oil majors like Royal…
Shares, Dollar Celebrate U.S. Stimulus, Oil At One-Year Top
Asian shares rallied on Monday while the dollar held near three-month peaks after the U.S. Senate passage of a $1.9…
Key Saudi Arabian Oil Site Attacked, Sending Brent Above $70
Saudi Arabia said one of the most protected crude facilities in the world came under missile attack on Sunday, in…
Bitcoin’s Next Top Could Be Between $75K And $306K, Kraken Research Suggests
A reading of the historical data paints a promising picture for Bitcoin’s potential growth in 2021. Analysis of Bitcoin (BTC)…
ECOWAS Court Orders Nigeria To Pay N63m, $10,000 Compensation To Germany
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria…
Why The Netherlands Pay Its Disabled Citizens To Have Sex With Prostitutes!
The Dutch government hands out money for school, housing, medical needs, even hookers! That’s right….government-funded booty calls….up to 12 times a…
Crude Oil Hits $68 As Goldman Sachs Projects Prices May Rise To $80 By Q3
The price of Brent crude, against which Nigeria’s crude oil is priced, has risen to $68.03 per barrel following the…
FTSE Russell To Drop Xiaomi, Luokung From Indexes On U.S. Order; Scraps AMEC Inclusion
Global index publisher FTSE Russell will drop Xiaomi and another high-tech firm from global and Chinese indexes, it said on…
Manufacturing Firms Borrowed N570bn From Banks In 2020 – CBN
Manufacturing firms borrowed a total of N570bn from Nigerian banks last year amid the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
US Companies Plan $2.37Bn Investments In Nigeria
United States companies in Nigeria plan to invest over $2.37bn in Nigeria in the next three years, according to a…
A New Era Of Volatility Begins, But Tech Inflows Continue: BofA
Investors poured billions of dollars into high-flying stocks even as the ongoing bond market rout led to sharp losses on…
China Outlines Push To Develop Domestic Engine For C919 Jet In Five-Year Plan
China will push forward with the development of CJ1000, a turbofan jet engine designed to power the homemade C919 narrowbody…
China Tells Banks To Scale Back Lending To Contain Financial Bubble Risks: Sources
China’s regulators are telling banks to trim their loan books this year to guard against risks emerging from bubbles in…
Texas Grid Operator Made $16 Billion Price Error During Winter Storm, Watchdog Says
Texas’ power grid operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) made a $16 billion pricing error in the week of…
More German Companies See Worsening International Business In 2021: DIHK
More German companies expect global business conditions to worsen this year than expect improvement, Germany’s DIHK Chambers of Industry and…
Wealth Managers Frustrated Over Bitcoin, Anxious For Piece Of The Action
Yet Paulsen, chief investment officer for Leuthold Group, which manages $1 billion, cannot own bitcoin in client portfolios due to…
Hours-Long Reading Of Legislation Delays Debate On Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Bill
The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to take up President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, but put off…
China Says Will Deter Taiwan Independence But Seek Peaceful Ties
China will resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwan’s independence but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations…
Jay Z’s D’USSÉ 1969 Anniversaire Limited Edition Grande Champagne Cognac To Be Auctioned At Sotheby
The 1969 Anniversaire Edition was launched in 2019 by D’USSÉ and Mr. Carter. The liquid comes from one of the oldest and most storied Cognac houses in France, the prestigious Château de Cognac, under the supervision of one of the world’s greatest authorities on Cognac, Cellar Master Michel Casavecchia.
Credit Suisse Winding Down Greensill-Linked Funds
Credit Suisse is winding down its supply chain finance funds which held most of their roughly $10 billion in notes…
Jay-Z Sells Majority Stake In Tidal To Jack Dorsey’s Square
Both parties confirmed the acquisition in a statement via their respective Twitter handles on Thursday. As part of the deal,…
US Big Tech Firms Jostle For India’s Huge Digital Payments Market
Technology giants Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Google and credit-card providers Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are among those vying…
India Merchants Almost Halt Exports To Iran As Its Rupee Reserves Fall – Officials
Indian merchants have almost entirely stopped signing new export contracts with Iranian buyers for commodities such as rice, sugar and…
General Motors Looking To Build Second Battery Plant In U.S
General Motors Co is looking to build a second battery factory in the United States with South Korean joint-venture partner…
Bond scares linger, investors look to Powell
Worries about lofty U.S. bond yields hit global shares on Thursday as investors waited to see if Federal Reserve Chair…
Expert Urges Strengthening Of Core Competence, Strategic Reserves
An energy and logistics expert, Elvis Chukwudi Okonji, has urged players in the energy and logistics industry to deepen their…