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Special Report: In Nigeria, a concrete get-rich scheme

YoopyaSep 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Aliko Dangote has always liked making things to sell. As a child he boiled up sugar to make sweets he sold around town;

Europe, equities bear brunt of Nomura’s $1 billion cost cuts

YoopyaSep 6, 20120

Reuters) – Nomura Holdings Inc (8604.T), Japan’s biggest brokerage, said it will make cuts in its equities and investment banking businesses as it looks to

World Bank chief pledges support for Ivory Coast, urges true pea

YoopyaSep 5, 20120

By Lesley Wroughton ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday expressed support for Ivory Coast in his first visit

Norfolk Broads deaths: Annette Creegan named

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

A woman whose body was pulled from the Norfolk Broads at the weekend has been named. A Home Office post mortem test on Monday revealed

Eurozone manufacturing PMI falls again in August

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Manufacturing output across the 17-country eurozone shrank again in August, according to a widely-watched survey. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed the region’s manufacturing sector

Two American consulate employees wounded in Pakistan bomb attack

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Two Americans working for the U.S. consulate were wounded in a bomb attack on their vehicle in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on

Thousands of Ethiopians attend Meles Zenawi burial

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Thousands of people have been attending the state funeral in Addis Ababa of Ethiopia’s long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last month. Mr Meles’

Barclays retail boss Jenkins gets CEO task

YoopyaAug 30, 20120

(Reuters) – Britain’s Barclays has picked softly spoken retail boss Antony Jenkins as its new chief executive to fill the shoes left by Bob Diamond,

Hon Hai, Sharp may spend over $1 billion on Japan display plant

YoopyaAug 30, 20120

(Reuters) – Hon Hai Precision Industry and Sharp Corp may spend over $1 billion to boost capacity at the world’s most advanced LCD panel factory

Apple seeks quick bans on eight Samsung phones

YoopyaAug 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Apple Inc is seeking speedy bans on the sale of eight Samsung Electronics phones, moving swiftly to translate its resounding court victory over