• Giappone

    Giappone, manifattura ai minimi da 8 mesi

    (Teleborsa) - L'attività industriale giapponese conferma il rallentamento per luglio, pur continuando a mostrare segnali di forza. L'indice PMI manifatturiero, a cura di Markit, si è...

  • Cina

    Cina, la manifattura continua a crescere

    (Teleborsa) - Accelera il settore manifatturiero cinese, mostrando una espansione superiore al previsto. Nel mese di luglio, l'indice PMI si è attestato a 51,1 punti, in aumento rispetto ai...

  • USA

    Positivo il Mercato americano

    (Teleborsa) - Il listino USA mostra un timido guadagno in chiusura, con il Dow Jones che ha messo a segno un +0,28%, mentre, al contrario, incolore lo S&P-500, che archivia la seduta a 2.470,3...

  • USA Nigeria

    Naira closes at 365 despite CBN dollar sales

    Oyetunji Abioye The naira closed at 365 against the United States dollar at the parallel market segment of the foreign exchange market on Monday, down from 364/dollar it closed on Friday. This was despite the sales of $462m and $195m in the interbank forex market by the Central Bank of ...

  • Nigeria

    N50bn capital raising on course – Union Bank

    Stanley Opara Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting its key 2017 business objectives, including plans to raise up to N50bn in tier-1 capital through a rights issue during the third quarter. The bank confirmed this in a note attached to its half-year financial result filed ...

  • Nigeria

    Caleb varsity, others to light up Lagos classrooms

    Folashade Adebayo A partnership between students of Caleb University and their counterparts from the Institute of International Marine Affairs, South Korea, will see them provide electricity in several classrooms in Lagos, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Ayandiji Aina, has said. Aina said the partnership is part of the ...

  • Nigeria

    Forex: CBN opens week with $195m intervention

    Oyetunji Abioye The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday offered $100m in wholesale auction at the inter-bank foreign exchange market and intervened in the Small and Medium Enterprises and invisible segments with the sums of $50m and $45m, respectively. The CBN had on Friday sold $462m as part of its ...

  • Nigeria

    Enelamah elected WTO conference vice-chairman

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has been elected as the vice-chairman representing Africa for the 11th World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial Conference A statement by the ministry on Monday said Enelamah’s election was decided at the meeting of the WTO General Council on ...

  • USA

    Tertiary institutions should address contemporary issues – Don

    Success Nwogu, Ilorin A  professor at the University of Texas,  United States, Prof. Toyin Falola, has urged tertiary institutions in the country to address contemporary issues. He identified the issues to include digital divide, global warming, job sourcing, new technologies and changes in international trade. He spoke on Monday at ...

  • Nigeria

    Ministers discuss presidential directive on local goods

    Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; and the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Aisha Abubakar, met in Abuja on Monday on the implementation of a Presidential Order directing government Ministries, Departments and Agencies to give preference to locally-made goods and ...