TOKYO – The dollar was mixed in Asia Monday after a disappointing US jobs report fuelled questions about the pace of the Federal Reserve’s stimulus taper....
ABUJA – THE Federal Government, in collaboration with the Federal Education Ministry and Schneider Electric, has commenced a collaboration aimed at boosting access to electricity in...
LAGOS – Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday traded 273.137 million shares worth N3.18 billion in 5,065 deals. Reports state that this was...
BEIJING/HONG KONG – Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp said new lines of mid-tier handsets will help it return to net profit in 2014, predicting cheaper products...
ABUJA – Plans by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to invest $6.1 billion in its oil and gas operations are potentially seen to boost gas...
BRUSSELS – EU Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, will announce €195 million for Mauritania in the areas of food security, rule of law and healthcare for the...
MINNA — Governors of the 13 northern states which fall within the region’s sedimentary base collectively known as the Association of Petroleum Inland Basin States of...
DUBAI – Crude oil futures Monday were holding on to gains that saw both contracts hit year highs, fueled by continuing U.S. cold weather and uncertainty...
LONDON – Barclays Plc said its 2013 underlying earnings dropped by a quarter from the year before to 5.2 billion pounds ($8.5 billion), below expectations, which...
TOKYO – A woman taps a rubber tree at a plantation near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Natural rubber prices have been under pressure in recent weeks. Reuters...