S&P 500, Nasdaq Fall As High-Flying Tech Stocks Slide
Wall Street’s major indexes dropped on Wednesday, weighed down by technology stocks as investors unwound positions…
One Year After ‘Ending’ Subsidy, Federal Government Of Nigeria Eats Its Words
Keeping the price of petrol unchanged at N162 despite increasing international crude cost is a clear indication…
U.S. Energy Secretary Readies $40 Billion In Loans To Boost Clean Energy
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Wednesday she is ready to use $40 billion in her department’s loan…
General Motors Extends Vehicle Production Cuts Due To Semiconductor Chip Shortage
General Motors Co said on Wednesday it was further extending production cuts at three North American plants and…
Tangerine Life Completes Merger With ARM Life
Tangerine Life Insurance Limited (previously known as Metropolitan Life Insurance Nigeria Limited), has, concluded…
GlobalFoundries Pours $1.4 Billion Into Fab Expansion Amid Chip Demand Boom
GlobalFoundries will invest $1.4 billion this year to raise output at three factories in the United States,…
Samsung Considers Four Sites In U.S. For $17 Billion Chip Plant: Documents
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is considering two sites in Arizona and another one in New York in addition to Austin,…
African Development Bank Backs Digital Currencies, Seeks Gender Inclusion
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has thrown its weight behind digital currencies, putting in motion a machinery…
Federal Government Of Nigeria Opens March Savings Bonds
The Federal Government has through the Debt Management Office opened the March savings bond offer to investors.…
The Companies And Allied Matters Acts Regulations: Experts Set To Address…
Economic and management experts are set for a big conversation to address controversies surrounding section 124 of…
Stock Market Reverses Gains As Index Drops By 0.59%
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has reversed positive sentiment to close on a downturn yesterday as the shares of…
Africa Prudential appoints new Director
Africa Prudential Plc has appointed Mrs Zubaida Rasheed as an independent non-executive director.
The firm in a…
European Telcos Cash In On Tower Assets As High-Cost 5G Investment Looms
European telecoms firms are cashing in on the money-making power of masts, as tower companies line up to pay…
Las Vegas Sands To Sell Properties For About $6.25 Billion
Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp said on Wednesday it would sell its Las Vegas real estate property and…
Federal Government Of Nigerian Wants Telcos To Establish SIM Swap Centres In 774…
The Nigerian Government has approved the establishment of dedicated Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) Swap…
Investors Lose N120bn As Stocks Resume Decline
The Nigerian stock market, which began the month on a positive note, resumed its decline on Tuesday as 26 firms…
Central Bank Of Nigeria To Phase Out $40b OMO Bills Market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will soon end the Open Market Operation (OMO) Bills sales to investors. The…
World Bank Readies COVID-19 Vaccine Funds For Around 30 African Countries
The World Bank is preparing emergency financing to help about 30 African countries access COVID-19 vaccines, the…
Fall In UK Economic Activity Bottoms Out In February-PMI
British economic output stabilised in February after a sharp fall the month before, as many businesses continued to…
Research Works On Cocoa, Livestock Already In Farms, Says ARCN
The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), has said research works on cocoa and livestock in the various…
Three Million Nigerians Lost N18bn To Ponzi Schemes – Securities And Exchange…
Over three million Nigerians have lost about N18bn through Ponzi schemes, the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Sterling Eases To 2-1/2 Week Low Against Dollar
Sterling eased to its lowest level against the dollar in two and a half weeks on Tuesday, as the strengthening U.S.…
N74Billion Recovered From Maina Was Used To Finance 2012 Budget – Witness
Ngozika Ihuoma, first defence witness (DW1), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that N74 billion…
We’re Treating Agriculture As Money Making Business — Federal Government Says
The Federal Government, Tuesday, assured that agriculture is being treated as moneymaking business and to create…
Dollar On Defensive As Risk Sentiment Recovers Amid Retreat In U.S. Yields; Aussie…
The safe-haven U.S. dollar remained broadly weaker on Wednesday as Treasury yields retreated further, restoring…
Japan’s SMFG Likely To Halt All New Lending To Coal-Powered Plants, Sources…
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is likely to halt all new financing to coal-fired power plants, including…
Pandemic-Era Investment Rules Pose Hurdles For Sovereign Funds, Report Says
Sovereign wealth funds will have to navigate growing regulatory scrutiny across some of their favoured areas for…
Asian Stocks Perk Up On Economic Cheer As Treasuries Stabilise
Asian shares edged higher on Wednesday as investors shrugged off concerns that stocks may have rallied too far too…
Explosion Hits Dutch COVID-19 Testing Centre, No Injuries: Police
An explosion hit a coronavirus testing centre in a town north of Amsterdam shortly before it was to open on…
Boeing Cites Risks In Design Of Newest Airbus Jet
Boeing Co has raised concerns over the design of arch-rival Airbus’ newest narrow-body jet, the A321XLR, saying a…