Local Currency Gains N1.05 As Turnover Drops At I&E
The Naira opened the month of March stronger, recording a N1.05 or 0.26 per cent gain against the Dollar at the…
Dollar Clings To Three-Weeks High As Yields Steady
The dollar held on to three-weeks highs against major currencies on Monday as U.S. and euro zone bond yields…
Forex Trading: A Beginner’s Guide
Forex is a portmanteau of foreign currency and exchange. Foreign exchange is the process of changing one currency…
German Retail Sales Tumble In January As Lockdown Bites
German retail sales tumbled more than expected in January as the COVID-19 lockdown and the withdrawal of a…
Central Bank Of Nigeria To Increase Agric Loans By 6%
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it will increase banking sector credit to the agriculture sector to 10 per…
Palm Oil In Focus As Swiss Vote On Trade Pact With Indonesia
Swiss voters will decide on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Indonesia on Sunday, with lower tariffs on palm oil…
Ebay, Adevinta To Divest Smaller British Units To Salvage $9.2 Billion Tie-Up
Norway’s Adevinta and U.S. e-commerce group eBay aim to sell three smaller British units in order to obtain…
Few Safe Havens As Equities Lose N1.36tr In February
Nigerian equities sunk into the red in February with sustained losses in four consecutive weeks eroding early gains…
European Central Bank Has Flexibility To Counter Undesired Yield Rise: De Guindos
The European Central Bank has the flexibility to counter any undesired rise in bond yields, the bank’s vice…
Walmart’s Flipkart Expands Grocery Sales To More Indian Cities
Walmart-owned Flipkart will sell groceries online in more Indian cities, as it seeks to compete better with Amazon…
Betting On Death Of Petrol Cars, Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030
Volvo’s entire car lineup will be fully electric by 2030, the Chinese-owned company said on Tuesday, joining a…
Asian Shares Fall Amid China’s Asset-Bubble Warning
Asia stocks dropped on Tuesday and European equity futures fell as a senior Chinese official expressed wariness…
China Aims To Vaccinate 40% Of Population By End-July: Senior Adviser
China aims to vaccinate 40% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of July, a senior health adviser told…
Mining Magnets: Arctic Island Finds Green Power Can Be A Curse
In the tenth century, Erik the Red, a Viking from Iceland, was so impressed with the vegetation on another Arctic…
To Go Electric, America Needs More Mines. Can It Be Built?
Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died…
Tyme Raises $110 Million To Grow Digital Bank For Underserved In South Africa,…
After raising $110 million in a Series B capital raise, Tyme plans to expand its digital bank for the underserved…
CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Johnson & Johnson Vaccine For People 18 And…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice voted on Sunday to…
Canada ‘Disturbed’ By Charges Against Hong Kong Democrats: Foreign…
Canada is ‘disturbed’ by charges brought against 47 Hong Kong democrats and activists for conspiracy to commit…
Old Mutual Raises Its Stake In Namibia’s Renewable Energy Market
An infrastructure investment fund managed by Old Mutual Investment Group (Namibia) has acquired a majority stake in…
Emerging Capital Partners Crosses The Threshold Of 5% Of SAH Lilas Capital
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), a pan-African leader in private equity, announced on February 3, 2021 that it had…
Sarkozy Ex-French President Found Guilty Of Corruption, Jailed
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption by a Paris court on Monday.
He was found…
Food Blockade Of South By North Not In Nigeria’s Best Interest
No region in Nigeria is a self-sufficient archipelago. None is more fortunate in human and material assets than the…
Nigeria: FMDQ Exchange Admits Parthian Partners N20 Billion CP
The FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited has announced the registration of the Parthian Partners Limited ₦20.00 billion…
Dangote Grooms Nigerian Engineers To Manage Refinery Complex On Completion
The Management of Dangote Oil Refinery is preparing young Nigerian graduates to take over the management of its…
‘Freedom, Justice’: Why Hong Kong People Are Moving To The UK
After spending half his life building his career as an art director at a Hong Kong magazine, Edmond Kwok never…
Wall Street Is Kicking Out Yet Another Big Chinese Company
A major Chinese oil company that has traded on Wall Street for decades has become the latest casualty of tensions…
Golfers Wore Red And Black In Honor Of Tiger Woods During Sunday’s Play
Golfers wore red shirts and black pants during the WGC-Workday Championship on Sunday in honor of golf legend…
Startimes Faces Winding Up Order Over $11 Million Debt
StarTimes, the Chinese-owned Pay-TV operator with tentacles across Africa, is at “serious risk” of receiving a…
President Buhari Orders Federal Inland Revenue Service To Remit Levy To NASENI
The Federal Government has taken a bold step to boost science and engineering infrastructure development.It has…
Asian Equities Face Outflows In February Due To Rise In U.S. Bond Yields
Foreigners were net sellers of Asian equities for a second consecutive month in February, hit by a jump in U.S.…