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Nigeria central bank holds rates at 12 pct, despite inflation risks

YoopyaSep 19, 2014July 16, 20230

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank held interest rates at 12 percent on Friday, where they have stayed for nearly three years, despite concerns over

Nigeria finmin confident 2014 GDP growth will exceed 6 pct

YoopyaSep 19, 2014July 16, 20230

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Nigeria’s finance minister said on Friday she is confident that growth in 2014 will be around the government’s latest forecast of 6.5

UK earnings edge up, unemployment falls more than expected

YoopyaSep 17, 2014September 2, 20230

(Reuters) – The earnings of British workers picked up in the three months to July but still lagged far behind inflation, even as unemployment fell

Single moms by choice: Making the finances work

YoopyaSep 11, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – Monica Kipiniak doesn’t think of herself as a statistic. She just thinks of herself as a doting mom. The 46-year-old attorney from Brooklyn,

Bharti Airtel to sell over 3,500 African mobile phone masts to Eaton Towers

YoopyaSep 9, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd (BRTI.NS) has agreed to sell more than 3,500 of its mobile phone masts in six African countries to telecommunications

German economic fears growing but Merkel strong

YoopyaAug 29, 2014July 25, 20230

BERLIN (AP) — Ordinary Germans are spooked about the future. Businesses are starting to see black clouds on the horizon. And an economy that has

IMF chief Lagarde under investigation in France

YoopyaAug 27, 2014June 15, 20230

PARIS (AP) — Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, was put under official investigation for negligence in a French corruption probe that

French economy minister says austerity measures sapping growth

YoopyaAug 23, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Austerity measures being pursued by France and elsewhere in the euro zone are quashing growth, French Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg was quoted saying

U.S. jobless claims fall, bolster labor market outlook

YoopyaAug 21, 2014June 17, 20230

(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly more than expected last week, pointing to a sustained improvement in

Insight: How aggressive lending came back to bite South African bank Abil

YoopyaAug 21, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Unemployed South African construction worker Daniel isn’t sure how he fell so deeply in debt. All he knows is that African Bank Investments