The FBI says there have so far been no claims of responsibility for the deadly Boston bombings and investigators are considering a wide range of suspects. The FBI says there have so far been no claims of responsibility for the deadly Boston bombings and investigators are considering a wide range ... Read More

PHOTO :INSTAGRAM United States - Imagine having so much money, you do not know what to do with it other than flaunting your wealth online and doing outrageous things like buying iPhone 5s in bulk just because you feel like it. Another ridiculous antic is tying US$4,000 ($4,955) to a balloon ... Read More

11th April 2013 Bookmark and Share Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Prime Minister Donald Tusk left on an official visit to Nigeria on Wednesday accompanied by a group of Polish businesspeople. Together they will take part in a Polish-Nigerian economic forum. Companies that sent their representatives with the prime minister include several state-owned ... Read More

A new SMS tool has been developed to assist small traders and businesses to tackle problems and barriers they face when moving goods across African borders. Developed in South Africa, the SMS system makes it as easy as possible to report non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to trade on the continent. It was ... Read More

In his budget proposal for 2013, US president Barack Obama called for more money to be fed into cyber security to protect the country from cyber attacks. President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday increased spending to protect U.S. computer networks from Internet-based attacks in a sign that the government aims to ... Read More

Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to become British prime minister, has died at 87 after a stroke, a spokeswoman said Monday, April 8. Known as the "Iron Lady," Thatcher, as Conservative Party leader, was prime minister from 1979 to 1990. Here she visits British Prime Minister David Cameron at ... Read More

LONDON - A.P. Moller-Maersk  -0.46% stuck to its forecast for a lower net profit in 2013 as weak economies in developed markets continue to hold back container shipping rates. Maersk's Chairman Michael Pram Rasmussen told shareholders at the company's annual meeting in Denmark that 2012 was marked by "low growth in ... Read More

LONDON, Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market fell 5% to $1,378 per metric ton (/mt) in March, according to the just-released monthly average of the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI), a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals. This followed a 6% increase in February. On a year-over-year basis, petrochemical ... Read More

LONDON,  Crude oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to 30.25 million barrels per day (b/d) in March from 30.42 million b/d in February, a decrease of 170,000 b/d, as Iraqi and Nigerian volumes dropped, according to a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry ... Read More

LAGOS - Nigeria's stock exchange .NGSEINDEX is reviewing applications from some leading global investment banks to join its trading floor, as reforms aimed at improving liquidity and transparency bear fruit, its CEO said on Wednesday. Bourse CEO Oscar Onyema told the Reuters Africa Investment Summit in Lagos that a return of ... Read More