• Brasile USA

    Brazil Registers Record Surplus in 2016 Trade Balance

    By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The trade balance in Brazil set a record in 2016 registering a surplus US$47.69 billion, according to the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC). The surplus balance is the highest since the beginning of the historical series in ...

  • Regno Unito

    Record di vendite di vinili nel 2016.

    Record di vendite di vinili nel 2016. Era da 25 anni che nel Regno Unito non si vendevano così tanti vinili. Anche se rappresentano solo il 5 per cento del mercato, i vinili stanno riacquistando prestigio e diffusione e sono sempre più importanti per i musicisti e le etichette musicali.

  • Portogallo

    Lisboa vai acolher SME Envoys em junho

    Segundo o presidente do IAPMEI, a reunião realizar-se em Portugal é uma oportunidade para o país "conhecer boas práticas e exemplos empreendedores e de inovação".

  • USA

    Make your car in US or pay big tax, Trump tells Mexico

    President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed what he said was the tax-free import of a Mexican-made Chevy car model, coming the same day he picked a Reagan-era protectionist as his trade envoy. Taking to his preferred communication platform, Twitter, Trump declared that “General Motors is sending Mexican made model of ...

  • Regno Unito

    Britain’s ambassador to EU quits

    Britain’s ambassador to the European Union, Ivan Rogers, has resigned less than three months before the UK is due to trigger the process to leave the bloc, a source has said. The BBC reported last month that Rogers had told UK ministers that EU countries believe a trade deal with ...

  • Regno Unito

    Wenger hails quality Iwobi

    Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Alex Iwobi’s recent performances have defied the midfielder’s tender years. Iwobi has successfully established himself as a regular at Emirates Stadium, having started 11 of the Gunners’ 19 Premier League fixtures this season. Securing regular game time in north London highlights the speed of Iwobi’s ...

  • Nigeria

    NDLEA discovers cocaine inside soles of new foot wears

    The officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja have discovered parcels of whitish substance that tested positive for cocaine inside foot wears. The suspected cocaine, according to a statement released on Monday in Lagos by the agency’s spokesperson, Mr Mitchell ...

  • Nigeria

    Ex-minister’s kidnap: Police arrest five suspects

    The police have arrested five suspects, including a woman, in connection with the kidnap of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bagudu Hirse. Bagudu was abducted by gunmen in Kaduna on  November 20, last year at Alhaji Mamman Daura’s home, where he had gone to condole with the family ...

  • Nigeria

    BoI to boost SMEs with N310b cash

    The Acting Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BoI), Waheed Olagunju has said the bank is committed to its five-year plan of growing the small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) by pumping N310 billion into the sector. Olagunju who spoke with reporters at the weekend in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of ...

  • Nigeria

    Assumpta Centre: FG’s Commitment To Science Education

    As Nigeria continues to battle recession, the Federal Government has shown commitment in developing various sectors of the economy. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu has at various fora expressed government’s commitment to developing the science and technology sector as the main engine in promoting rapid national ...