Britain is set to grow faster than expected this year and next, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said in his annual budget Wednesday, drawing battle lines before national polls in 2015. Osborne warned however that an escalation of the Ukraine…
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Japan Display, the world’s biggest maker of screens for smartphones and tablets and a key supplier to Apple, is to make its debut on the Tokyo stock exchange Wednesday after a $3.2 billion initial public offering. The shares will start trading on Japan…
Fast Market Research recommends “Soup in Nigeria” from Euromonitor International, now available Boston, MA — (SBWIRE) — 03/18/2014 — Westernisation and changing consumption patterns are resulting in sales growth of soup in Nigeria. More consumers…
Global oil demand will rise faster than expected as the world economic outlook improves, the International Energy Agency said Friday, warning that the crisis in Ukraine can still drag down overall consumption. The latest demand estimate of 92.7 million…
ABU DHABI, 6th March 2014 – The 6th Global Financial Markets Forum, organized by the National Bank of Abu Dhabi…
Early this morning, Mt. Gox officially filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo, Japan, confirming reports that the company had lost 750,000 bitcoins—with a current estimated value of roughly $477 million—were lost. According to CEO Mark Karpeles…
Today, Google announced a partnership with San Mateo, California-based vision processor firm Movidius to enable the next generation of apps to better see and comprehend the world. The team-up is part of Google’s Project Tango, the tech giant’s effort…
Constitutional scholar and activist Lawrence Lessig, whose march through New Hampshire to get money out of politics is featured on our broadcast this week, often says that his crusade is the most urgent in America because it impacts virtually every…
Friday, January 31st, 2014 marks a turning point in the history of Nigerian-Finland bilateral relations as the FINNISH-NIGERIAN FORUM FOR…
CALGARY, Alberta, February 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Oando Energy Resources Inc. (“Oando Energy Resources” or the “Company”) (TSX: OER), a company focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Nigeria, today announced that it has entered into…
LONDON, Feb. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: Analysis of the Nigerian Patient Monitor Market Urbanisation is the Key Market Growth Driver This research service provides an analysis of patient monitors…
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg West Editor-At-Large Cory Johnson discusses reports that Microsoft will promote enterprise and cloud chief Satya Nadella to CEO on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 29, 2014) – Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) Fourth Quarter 2013 Highlights Billings of $209.8 million, up 20%…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa’s days as top dog on the continent are numbered. Booming, bustling Nigeria is about to become Africa’s biggest economy. So pop open a bottle of Moet & Chandon — after all, from 2012-2013, seven Nigerian…
Eurozone countries are “worried” by the problems hitting emerging economies but do not believe there is a risk of contagion, senior officials said Monday. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup which gathers the finance ministers of countries…
LONDON, Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: Nigeria Gas Markets, 2013 Nigeria Gas Markets, 2013 Summary This profile is the essential source for top-level energy industry data and information. The…
Nissan Leaf sales has officially surpassed the 100,000 unit mark worldwide, capturing a full 48% of the EV market, Nissan is quick to add. Sure, it has taken three years and a big price cut to get there, but with Leaf sales numbers now in the six figures…
Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest lender, is not expecting its activities in investment banking, its largest division, to improve this year, one of its joint chiefs said Monday. “I didn’t say that we expect 2014 to be materially better than 2013 for…
Shares in PSA Peugeot Citroen plunged on Monday after it pushed forward with plans for China’s Dongfeng and the French state to invest 3 billion euros into the troubled French auto group. The shares in the automaker slumped 11.11 percent to 10.21 euros…
Deutsch Bank, Germany’s biggest bank, announced late Sunday a surprise net loss of 965 million euros ($1.3 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2013 because of litigation costs and weakening revenues. In a statement issued more than a week earlier than…