… banks deny importers facilities LAGOS – Contrary to the high level of importation and increase in port activities that usually characterize the end of every year,...
HONG KONG – Deep-pocketed Chinese energy firms have started to flex their muscles. They are snapping up foreign oil and gas companies at an increasing clip. Of...
LONDON — The Italian oil company Eni, beset by political turmoil in the African nations where it is a leading operator and plagued by a corruption...
JOHANNESBURG – South African protesters demanding faster delivery of public services looted shops in Cape Town’s central business district, police said. Police at the scene tried...
LONDON – Chipmaker Intel Corp is having second thoughts about its nascent television service and is in talks with Verizon Communications Inc to take over the...
NEW DELHI – An expert group appointed by the government has recommended an immediate across-the-board increase in the administered prices of diesel, LPG and kerosene, ahead...
LAGOS – Emirates Telecommunications Corp. (ETISALAT)’s Nigerian unit said Chief Executive Officer Steven Evans resigned last month and returned home to the U.K. after leading the...
KIEV – Ukraine said on Wednesday it will sign a $10 billion shale gas production-sharing agreement with U.S. energy major Chevron next week – its second...
MOSCOW — Inflation in Russia’s going down, but it seems most people haven’t noticed. Russia’s central bank has made taming inflation its main aim, even as...
BRUSSELS – Microsoft has asked EU antitrust regulators to approve its 5.44-billion-euro ($7.49 billion) takeover of Nokia’s phone business as part of a push into the...
