Angola Joins Nigeria In Seeking For World Bank Loan
Reports from Reuters reveal that Angola has also held talks with the World Bank about obtaining a loan to help get through the economic crisis it is facing as a…
FG Domestic Debt Servicing Hits N3tr in 5 years
The Debt Management Office (DMO,) has announced that the Federal Government spent N2.95 trillion to service domestic debts for a period of 5 years (2010-2014) according to a report obtained…
This Investor From Poland Will Boost Energy In The Niger Delta
Talks are on between the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and an engineering company from Poland, Em-Bud Studio 2000 on how both will partner towards the development of the Niger…
Analysis: Guinness Poor Results Is Due To Declining Sales Of Orijin
Guinness Nigeria Plc (Guinness) released its unaudited financial results for 6 months ended 31st December 2015 reporting a revenue drop of 9.8% YoY to N49.8 billion while pretax profits and…
Is Germany Paying African Nations To Take Back Rejected Refugees?
As Der Freitag reports (via Google Translate), if the German authorities do not get rid of a refugee, you can just change his nationality. African embassies are paid for their…
Global Trade Collapsed In January: Bellwether South Korea Exports Crash “Most Since Lehman”
As the first major exporting nation to report each month, all eyes and hopeful speculative capital was glued to tonight’s South Korean trade data. After a brief respite in November,…
America’s #1 Import: Deflation
It seems that everyone these days is exporting deflation to the US. The drop in commodity prices and the US dollar rally versus a broad basket of currencies in recent…
“Stable” China’s Economic Bounce Is Over: PMIs Plunge In January
After an almost unprecedented surge in credit (total social financing) and over-invoicing enabled a bounce in China’s PMI data in December, both Manufacturing and Services data tumbled in January, confirming…
This Question Should Not Be A Difficult One To Answer
Submitted by Jeffrey Snider via Alhambra Investment Partners, At what point do we accede back to logic and rational thought? The Bank of Japan is “forced”, not my word, to…
“This Is Much Larger Than Subprime” – Here Are The Legendary Hedge Funds Fighting The Chinese Central Bank
One month ago, we first revealed that for one prominent winner from the subprime crisis, Hayman Capital’s Kyle Bass, “the greatest investment opportunity right now” is to short the Chinese…