Rwandan and Mozambican forces recently recaptured the port city of Mocímboa da Praia in northern Mozambique. The gain is just the latest in a series of victories by military forces to repel an Islamist insurgency in the country that has claimed nearly 3,000 lives and displaced more than 700,000 people …
Read More »Companies are increasingly touting ESG missions to amplify their public debuts. The advisers are responsible for integrating these values into the public records of so-called benevolent companies. But their IPOs deviate widely from specific measures for fear of liability or backlash from investors. U.S. stock indexes have hit record highs …
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According to a report released by Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) in early June this year, around 38 million adults, or 36% of the total adult population in Nigeria, were financially excluded by the end of this year. 2020. This figure is quite higher than the revised objectives of …
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while announcing the National Monetization Pipeline (NMP), said that asset monetization is based on the philosophy of creation through monetization and aims to “leverage industry investments private sector for the creation of new infrastructures ”. If we look at the two volumes of details provided …
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Former Nigerian President Dr Goodluck Jonathan appealed to the National Association of Resident Physicians (NARD) and the federal government to quickly resolve the ongoing industrial conflict in order to save lives in the country.Jonathan made this advocacy at the 57th Annual Conference and Scientific Workshop of the Association of Medical …
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A SOME MONTHS A few years ago, Kim Beom-su looked like the face of responsible capitalism in South Korea. In March, the billionaire founder of Kakao, which runs the country’s most popular messaging app and many other digital services, pledged to donate half his fortune to charity, the second Korean …
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Shares ended mixed on Thursday, as investors assessed the implications of stronger-than-expected retail sales. Retail sales rose 0.7% in August, better than expectations of a 0.8% decline. July retail sales were revised downward, however, to 1.8%. Meanwhile, initial jobless claims have risen from 20,000 to 332,000 over the past week. …
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Sep 18, 2021 THE SCEPTICAL have a lot of forage. Early users of bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, used it to buy drugs, while cyber hackers are now demanding their ransom. Hundreds of millions of dollars of ether, another digital currency, were stolen this year after hackers discovered a bug in …
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The Petronas Carigali crude oil storage farm in the background in this flooded area of Lutong. MIRI (September 16): Petronas Carigali is expected to help authorities overcome frequent flash floods in the Lutong area by immediately clearing the siltation on the protected stretch of the Lutong River where its pipelines …
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Sofi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) has been incredibly volatile over the past few months. In May, SOFI stock hit a low along with most other high growth stocks. It was then that the group’s bear market ended. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com Shortly after, stocks erupted, hitting almost $ 25 and climbing for …
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