WASHINGTON – U.S. stock futures held their gains after data showed personal income and spending data increased mostly in line with expectations. About 55 minutes ahead...
TORONTO – Earlier today the Canadian Phone makers, Blackberry Ltd reported a smaller than expected quarterly loss sending it shares up nearly 7 percent even as...
BRUSSELS – The fourth EU-Africa summit will take place in Brussels on 2-3 April under the theme “Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace”. Building on the...
ABUJA – Yesterday, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, sued the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, accusing it of...
KHARTOUM – The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund has approved a Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Sudan covering the period January-December 2014. An SMP is...
TOKYO – Stocks in Tokyo moved higher after the yen retreated against the U.S. dollar, while shares in Hong Kong lost ground. Stocks in Tokyo closed...
ISTANBUL – The Turkish telecoms authority TIB said on Thursday it had taken an “administrative measure” against YouTube, a week after it blocked access to microblogging...
ABIDJAN – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Abidjan during March 11-26, 2014, to conduct discussions on the fifth review of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic and...
DAKAR – Three subsidiaries of the pan African banking group, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, have emerged as World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in...
NEW DELHI — India’s antitrust body imposed a 10 million rupee ($165,810) penalty on Google Inc. Thursday, saying the Internet giant didn’t cooperate on a continuing...