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Venezuela
Venezuela: Salário mínimo aumenta 40% a partir de segunda
O Presidente da Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, anunciou hoje, um novo aumento, o segundo em menos de 60 dias, de 40% do salário mínimo e das pensões dos venezuelanos, a partir de 01 de janeiro de 2018.
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Nigeria
Women Need Society’s Support To Excel
Women have been urged to seek for knowledge as part of efforts to support their immediate family and most especially to contribute to the economic development and growth of the Nigeria economy. This was the message at the 23rd National Al Mu’minaat Training Forum (ATF) organised by Al-Mu’minaat (The Believing ...
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Nigeria
Fed Govt’s renewable energy projects: An overview
President Muhammadu Buhari told the National Assembly that the Federal Government would launch the first African Sovereign Green Bond in December 2017 to finance renewable energy projects. The President, while presenting the 2018 Budget proposal, said: “I am pleased to inform this distinguished assembly that the Federal Government will be ...
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USA
Democrats in High-Tax States Plot to Blunt Impact of New Tax Law
State officials are considering legal challenges, looking at other sources of revenue and considering ways to, in effect, restore deductions that the overhaul scaled back.
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USA
Even in Poland, Workers’ Wages Flow to North Korea
Defying Washington, a NATO ally hosts North Korean laborers, showing how difficult it is to sever the nuclear pariah state from the global economy.
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Iran
Lawmakers vote to maintain secrecy of oil pipeline that once linked Israel with Iran
The Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Co was a joint venture between Israel and Iran in 1968. Today, releasing information about the pipeline is considered an act of espionage
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India
India likens Bitcoin to Ponzi scheme
India's finance ministry on Friday cautioned investors about the risks of trading in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin