All posts tagged "featured"

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  N-11’s, MISTs and BRICs: How Emerging Economies Are Winnning

  Jim O’Neill is a man of great foresight. When he was the head of Global Macroeconomic Research at Goldman Sachs, he developed some of the most important acronyms known to the world of economics. The most important...

  • Posted August 7, 2012
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  Reps Vow not To Pass PIB in Present Form, Cite Oil Minister as Cause for Concern

  The Representatives are adamant on not passing the Petroleum Industry Bill in its present form. According to interviews conducted by Reuters, the lawmakers cite several reasons for refusing to pass the PIB in its current form. One...

  • Posted August 7, 2012
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  First Bank Gets Go-ahead to restructure

  First Bank said last week it had won regulatory approval to transfer its subsidiaries into a newly-formed holding company, in line with regulatory requirements to separate core lending from other businesses. The central bank two years ago...

  • Posted August 7, 2012
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  FG Promotes Investment Opportunities with Brazilian Investors

  The Federal Government has highlighted the investment opportunities to Brazilian investors who recently paid a visit to the Minister of Trade and investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga. The Brazilian company Queiroz Galvao is a multi-billion dollar company with interests...

  • Posted August 7, 2012
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  Business Leaders to Converge on Porsche Centre for Awards

  Airtel Nigeria in conjunction with Forbes Africa and CNBC will be hosting this year’s All Africa Business Leaders’ Awards. The awards are a platform to give recognition to business leaders creating a culture of entrepreneurship, developing best practices,...

  • Posted August 7, 2012
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  Nigerian Stock Exchange Watch: ASI (-0.44%) Retreats as Blue Chips Slide

  The All Share Index shed 0.44% on the back of losses from key blue chip companies namely First Bank (-2.5%) and Nigerian Breweries (-2.7%). Other key participants down in the day’s trading were Mobil (-4.84%) and Total...

  • Posted August 6, 2012
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  Naira Heads For Longest Losing Streak Since May On Import Demand

  The naira declined for a fifth day, the longest losing streak since May, as companies bought dollars to pay for imports and analysts speculated that the state-oil company will limit supply of the U.S. currency. The naira...

  • Posted August 6, 2012
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  New Study Links Hair Relaxers To Fibroids in Women

  A new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology definitely adds a point to the #TeamNatural tally with a published paper from researchers at Boston University linking hair relaxers to uterine fibroid tumors in women and early puberty in...

  • Posted August 6, 2012
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  DSTV Increases Tariffs Again

  Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DSTV, have increased their access tariffs again. The company has introduced new subscription charges, citing increases in the company’s operational and ancillary costs which include, content acquisition and development, technical infrastructure, satellite lease, facilities...

  • Posted August 6, 2012
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  HIV Prevention Pill May Cause More Harm than Good

  Critics have raised concerns over the use of the recent United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug, Truvada, for the prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). They say the side effects of...

  • Posted August 6, 2012
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