Mushroom producers in Nigeria have signed a memorandum of understanding with American off-takers to export the over forty billion dollar worth annual shortfall of the product to the United States. The agreement was signed in Abuja by the mushroom producers under the aegis of Grassroots Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd with ...

South Korean construction equipment maker Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co. said Tuesday it has won orders for 138 units of construction equipment from South America. Under a deal with Chilean wood maker Arauco, Hyundai Doosan Infracore will provide 60 e

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The cultivation, import, and export of cannabis is a reality in Panama through a new regulation. Panamanian authorities created a new regulatory law that allows the medicinal use of cannabis in their country for selected individuals. Read also: Check out our coverage on Panama Laurentino ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – When it comes to foreign language skills, the United States falls considerably short compared to other nations. In fact, only around 20 percent of Americans report being able to speak more than one language. This stands in stark contrast to places like Europe, where more ...

White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) Nigeria in partnership with AID Foundation has launched the “What Women Want” campaign in Kaduna. The launch began with a simple idea: Ask those who most use maternal and reproductive health services to tell us what they most needed.” Nearly 1.2 million women and adolescent girls ...

Citibank Korea Inc., the Korean unit of US banking giant Citigroup, said Monday that it will close its retail banking services "in phases" in line with a global business reorganization drive. Citibank Korea held a board meeting on Friday a

[The Conversation Africa] Back in 2009, the world's wealthier nations pledged to mobilise US$100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing countries cope with climate change. The funding would be used to adapt to the impacts of climate change and reduce or prevent emissions.

Former US vice-president calls for an end to the large-scale backing of carbon-intensive projects

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to Central Bank data, this is the worst result for the month since 2019, when the balance was negative by US$3.7 billion. In the accumulated for the past 12 months through September, the difference between what the country earned and spent in international transactions ...

In the past few months or so, several headwinds have emerged in the world economic arena. We have seen a sharp increase in commodity prices, including natural gas, crude oil, and coal, which has reached US$240 a tonne from about $70 last year. The result has been an electricity generation ...

O Ministério da Economia confirmou no início da noite de hoje (22) que o atual subsecretário de Previdência Complementar do Ministério do Trabalho e Previdência, Paulo Valle, assumirá a Secretaria do Tesouro Nacional.  Com especialização em Economia pela George Washington University, Valle é servidor de carreira do Tesouro e tem larga ...

As contas externas tiveram saldo negativo de US$ 1,699 bilhão em setembro, informou hoje (22) o Banco Central (BC). No mesmo mês de 2020, o déficit foi de US$ 346 milhões nas transações correntes, que são as compras e vendas de mercadorias e serviços e transferências de renda com outros ...

Discrepancy in price of token on spot and futures markets opens opportunities for arbitrageurs

Samsung SDI announced Friday a joint venture with the world’s No. 4 automaker Stellantis to build an electric battery production plant in the United States. The two inked a memorandum of understanding on Friday, the Korean firm said. Stellant

South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion has started a phase 1 clinical trial of an inhalable form of COVID-19 treatment Regkirona in Australia, according to industry sources Friday. The sources said Celltrion’s US-based partner, Inhalon B

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Panama's Executive reformulated the 2022 general state budget and raised it by 0.66%, to leave it at US$25.2947 billion, after the bill was returned by Parliament to increase the amount of operating and investment spending. The original draft of the budget was presented for an ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A partnership between the governments of Brazil and the UK, the project is financed by the Prosperity Fund, which has contributed R$18.6 (US$3.3) million so far. Brazil's Economy and Foreign Affairs ministries, as well as Sebrae and Apex, are involved. "It is an innovative initiative ...

U.S. actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director on a film set in New Mexico, US law enforcement officers said on Oct. 21. 

WASHINGTON: The United States has resolved a key point of trade friction with Europe after inking a deal to end controversial digital services taxes on American tech giants.

Compromesso con Italia, Francia, Spagna, Regno Unito e Austria su un regime transitorio in attesa dell’entrata in vigore della nuova global tax per le multinazionali