MEXICO CITY – Brazilian output of oil and natural gas rose to its high¬est level in nearly two years in December 2013 as new fields came...
TOKYO – Asian markets were lower on Thursday, with Japan and Hong Kong pulling back after strong gains in recent sessions as corporate news took center...
ABUJA – The naira weakened for a second day to its lowest since 2011 as investor inflows were said to have slowed and foreign exchange demand...
LAGOS – Among the 30 highly capitalised stocks listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), three banking stocks – Skye Bank plc, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated plc,...
NEW DEHLI – BP, Europe’s second-biggest oil company, has applied for a license to market aviation fuel in India as it aims to expand in emerging...
NAIROBI – The International Monetary Fund’s Fiscal Affairs Department and Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center East (AFRITAC East) held a workshop on “Medium Term Budget Frameworks...
ABUJA – Nigerian banks will be challenged in the weeks ahead to enhance professionalism within their systems by way of growing the requisite skills-set for real...
NEW YORK – Comcast Corp is buying Time Warner Cable Inc for $45.2 billion in an all-stock deal, combining the nation’s two largest cable operators, according...
BEIJING — Total smartphone shipments in China fell about 4% in the fourth quarter of 2013 from the third quarter according to research firm IDC, the...
WASHINGTON – More than half a million people in the Southeast woke up to a cold and dark Thursday after the second vicious ice storm in...