TUNIS – With African Development Bank support, six African nations – Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Mozambique – made it through...
LONDON – Sterling jumped while shares in U.K. housebuilders slid after the Bank of England said it would scale back its support for mortgage lending. Persimmon...
TOKYO – The bulls are back in Tokyo. The Nikkei Stock Average jumped Thursday, breaking through its May closing high during trading, helped by another surge...
ABUJA – In a bid to strengthen government revenue ahead of the 2014 fiscal year, the Federal Government on Wednesday said it is targeting N2.95 trillion...
ABUJA – The Director-General, Security Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh, yesterday announced that Nigeria’s capital market grew by 38.8 per cent in 2013.The growth, with...
TOKYO – Asian stock markets were higher Thursday, led by a rally in Tokyo after the yen slumped to a six-month low against the dollar overnight....
LONDON – World shares rose toward six-year highs on Thursday and the yen languished at fresh lows against the euro and dollar after sentiment was boosted...
WASHINGTON – The headquarters of the Washington Post is being sold to Carr Properties, a real estate investment company, for about $159 million, the newspaper’s former...
ABUJA – A capacity building workshop for experts from the ECOWAS Commission, its Member States and other stakeholders is underway in Abuja on the Establishment of...
MUMBAI – The rupee rose to a one-week high on Wednesday, helped by gains in the euro although gains remained under check as month-end dollar demand...
