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CBN pumps $9.96bn into FX Market in 6 months, attains stability
ABUJA: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected $9.964 billion into the interbank segment of the foreign exchange (forex)...
Delaware sees unemployment rate continue to rise
WASHINGTON: Unemployment in Delaware has climbed in 2017. The state’s jobless rate is at 4.8 percent, higher than the national...
Customs FY ’17 revenue collections up by $3 mln
WASHINGTON: Division of Customs Director Jose Mafnas announced another significant increase in revenue collections and fiscal year improvements between 2016...
Chattanooga unemployment remains steady at 4.3%
WASHINGTON: Although employment growth in the Chattanooga area continued to outpace the statewide average, Chattanooga's jobless rate in July was...
Mexican inflation higher than forecast in early August
MEXICO CITY: Mexican annual inflation was higher than expected in the first half of August, official data showed on Thursday,...
China Telecom profit up 7.4 percent in H1
BEIJING: China Telecom, one of China's three largest telecom operators, reported 7.4-percent net profit growth in the first half of...
Customs working to minimize disruptions to automated system
KINGSTON: The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) said it is cognisant of the intermittent disruptions and resulting delays that its customers...
Bulgaria can now export plant products to Vietnam
WASHINGTON: Bulgarian producers of plant products can now export their products to Vietnam, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry...
Nigeria’s monthly import bill hits N588.1bn
ABUJA: Nigeria’s average import bill in the first five months of 2017 reached about N588.1 billion per month. This is...
Ghana fields paperless customs queries
ACCRA: Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority (GPHA) has announced that no layoffs are required for implementing paperless customs at national...
Kazakh oil export revenues have increased 53% in 2017
WASHINGTON: Almost 80 percent of all oil produced in the country is exported. The revenues of the Kazakh budget from...
Wyoming unemployment rate rises
CHEYENNE: The unemployment line is a bit more crowded in Wyoming. According to the latest numbers by the Wyoming Department...
UAE to tax selective goods from Oct 1
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will start implementing the selective ax law from Oct. 1, state news agency WAM...
Nigeria Customs impounds smuggled vehicles, other items worth N62m in Ogun
ABUJA: Operatives of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted vehicles, frozen poultry products, rice and vegetable oil with the duty...
Kazakhstan doubled rapeseed exports in 2016/17 season
WASHINGTON: Kazakhstan exported 64.5 KMT of rapeseed in MY 2016/17, or almost twice as much as last season. Export shipments...
Israel’s unemployment rate falls to lowest rate in decades
JERUSALEM: Israel’s unemployment rate dropped in July to 4.1% from a revised 4.3% the month before, the Central Bureau of...
Raw materials’ imports gulp N19.5tn in seven years
ABUJA: Countries such as Nigeria whose economies are based on the exportation of commodities are subject to vagaries of international...
Georgia unemployment lowest in decade
WASHINGTON: State officials say Georgia’s unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in more than a decade. Georgia’s seasonally-adjusted...
Jamaica records 4.4% inflation rate for April-June quarter
KINGSTON: Central Bank Governor Brian Wynter says Jamaica recorded an inflation rate of 4.4 per cent for the April to...
Customs seizes Smuggled Bentley, Bags of Rice
ABUJA: The Nigerian customs has announced the seizure of some smuggled exotic vehicles, soap, concealed bags of rice and bales...
