Shocking earnings of Yoruba movie stars
Quite a number of perks come with being a movie star in this part of the world. They include designer clothes, luxury cars and posh apartments. Apart from their penchant for such status symbols, ...
View ArticleInside the world of pipeline vandals
Here the similarities end. Whereas Arepo has been in the news for the vandalism of oil pipelines, these riverside communities are home to the pipeline vandals who have managed to go on ...
View ArticleReliance Industries 3Q Profit Beats Forecast
NEW DELHI - Reliance Industries Ltd. Friday posted a better-than-expected 24% increase in net profit for the fiscal-third quarter as an improved refining margin offset lower earnings in its ...
View ArticleGeneral Electric Morgan Stanley Research In Motion Intel among big market...
NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE General Electric Co., up 74 cents at $22.04 The conglomerate said ...
View ArticleOpinion We need one who can improve economy
There are many things about our nation that require positive efforts. The economy now looks as if it is gaining momentum, but there is a cloud of uncertainty because of ...
View ArticleOpinion Africa must get common approach on global front
Updated 2 hrs 17 mins ago While the case for political and economic unity in Africa is strong, this need not be framed exclusively along the unlikely lines of seeking an Africa president. Indeed, ...
View ArticleBuy Boeing Not yet
For anyone who lusts after bad news in the hope of buying a beaten-up stock and seizing upon a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Boeing Co. offers an interesting case: The news appears bad, awful, grim ...
View ArticleGeneral Electric bullish on 2013
AFP © <p>US industrial giant General Electric Friday bested quarterly earnings from a year ago, as it reported higher profits in all of its major operating ...
View ArticleSP Dow hit fresh 5 year highs Intel pulls Nasdaq down
AFP © <p>A newscaster points to a television monitor showing the surge of the The Dow Jones industrial average on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 6, 2012 in New York ...
View ArticleEconomic package of Northern Cyprus presented to Erdogan
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday received Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Prime Minister Irsen Kucuk at a meeting which was closed to the press corps in Ankara. During the ...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead Tech Earnings in Focus
The last full-week of January will be filled with earnings. With the major financials having reported, the market will next shift its focus to tech. Investors should note that U.S. markets will be ...
View ArticleObamas 2nd-Term Army Activists Corporate Cash
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden and children who wrote the president about gun violence following last month's shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., ...
View ArticleBIBD Signs MoU with ISRA To Strengthen Islamic Finance Knowledge
View Comments Bandar Seri Begawan - Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad (BIBD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance ...
View ArticleOvercharged batteries suspected culprit in Boeing Dreamliner incidents
WASHINGTON -- It‘s likely that fires on two Boeing 787 Dreamliners were caused by overcharging lithium ion batteries, aviation safety and battery experts said Friday, pointing to developments ...
View ArticleBoeing Halts Delivery of 787 Dreamliner Pending FAA Approval
Developing: Boeing says it will halt 787 Dreamliner deliveries until it has implemented a fix to battery issues the FAA to ground the planes in the ...
View ArticleCaterpillar says uncovers accounting misconduct at Siwei
Caterpillar Inc on Friday said it had uncovered a "deliberate, multi-year, coordinated accounting misconduct" at a subsidiary of a Chinese company it recently ...
View ArticleMicrosofts Anti-Virus Software Fails Key Tests
The word is in, and it's not good: Microsoft's free Security Essentials anti-virus software doesn't do much to protect computers against infection. On Monday (Jan. 14), German ...
View ArticleCaterpillar profit hit by China accounting mess
+2.01% said late Friday that it will take a charge of 87 cents a share in the fourth quarter because of accounting misconduct at a recently acquired unit with operations in China. Shares of ...
View ArticleReport Boeing to halt 787 Dreamliner deliveries
Amid safety concerns that have prompted regulators around the globe to ground the 787 Dreamliner, the Boeing Co. has decided to temporarily stop deliveries of the new aircraft to expectant ...
View ArticleBoeing CEO Im confident in the 787 because Im confident in Boeing people
Boeing President and Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney wrote a lengthy letter to the companys employees today in response to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administrations and other regulatory ...
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