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  Facebook Employees Go Nuts As Zuckerberg Tells Them The IPO Is Coming

  A source close to Facebook employees emailed us yesterday to say that the rumor flitting from employee to employee is that “a Facebook S1 filing is coming really soon.  Possibly as soon as next month.” “The IPO talk inside...

  • Posted November 18, 2011
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• NairaTweets Launches Digital Content Store

  As an enhancement of the existing web platform – www.nairatweets.net – a crowd sourcing, social engagement service available to Nigerian Businesses and Twitter Users – Nairatweets has launched its Digital Content Store. The aim of the Store...

  • Posted November 15, 2011
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  Savannah bank, Societe Generale Bank to start operations by 2012 – NDIC

  The Managing Director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance NDIC Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim has disclosed that efforts are being put in place to ensure that Savannah Bank Nigeria (SBN)Plc and Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria (SGBN) Limited are to start...

  • Posted November 14, 2011
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  Airtel Nigeria Upgrades Base Stations with Flexenclosure’s Power Solution

  Airtel Nigeria  has inked a deal with Ericsson, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications equipment, to use Flexenclosure’s green energy solution called E-site for upgrading an initial lot of 250 base stations powered by diesel in Nigeria....

  • Posted November 14, 2011
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  Why can’t Nigeria compel MTN, GLO, Shell to list in Stock Exchange? – Sanusi

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Lamido Sanusi has said multinational companies in the country must be compelled to list on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), so as to contribute to the nation’s economic growth. Speaking...

  • Posted November 13, 2011
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• WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The PayPal “Mafia” Is More Powerful Than Ever

  Ebay bought online payment company PayPal in 2002 for $1.5 billion. As often happens with these big deals, a lot of early PayPal employees got a nice payday. But in a rare turn of events, a surprising number of...

  • Posted November 12, 2011
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  Free Press Release Distribution Service For Nigerian Businesses

  Get found online and increase your exposure and visibility to new audiences by  press release submission  on BusinessNews. Publish Content There are no restrictions on the amount of news release  you can publish and your content stays online...

  • Posted November 12, 2011
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  CHEATING IS ENOUGH – Message to Shell, Agip from Nigeria CBN Governor

  Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusu Lamido, has carpeted Shell and Agip, among other oil companies, for refusing to re-negotiate the offshore oil drilling agreement with the Federal Government. Speaking as a panelist at...

  • Posted November 12, 2011
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  Helios Towers to Sell Multi-Links Mobile Unit, Focus on Tower-Leasing

  Helios Towers Nigeria Ltd. plans to sell the mobile-phone business it inherited as part of an acquisition of Nigeria’s Multi-Links Telecommunications Ltd., Helios Towers Africa Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Charles Green said. The company will focus on...

  • Posted November 11, 2011
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  Shell Must Pay An Initial $1 Billion For Clean-up of Pollution – Amnesty International

  Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) yesterday declared that Shell must pay an initial $1 billion for clean-up of the pollution. Devastating oil spills by Shell in 2008 and 2009 at...

  • Posted November 11, 2011
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