2014年12月19日 星期五

2014-12-20 Uganda Business


The Independent
   
Google eclipses Russia's economy following rouble crash   
dotRising
Google's finances have surpassed the value of the entire Russian market following recent rouble woe. The tech giant's success mirrors the success of the NYSE – which set a record high. Russia's stock market is now worth $325bn while Google is valued at ...

Russia humbled as Google now worth more than entire country   The Drum
Google Now More Valuable Than the Entire Russian Stock Market   PC Tech Magazine

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Times of India
   
Oil jumps three per cent to $63 as energy firms slash investments   
Times of India
LONDON: Brent crude jumped 3 percent to above $63 a barrel on Thursday, extending a rebound from five-year lows this week as oil's six-month price rout forced more energy firms to cut investments in new production. Oil this week slumped as low as $58.50 ...

Brent steady above $61 as companies cut upstream investments   Business Standard
Brent edges further above $61 as companies cut upstream investments   GMA News
Oil jumps 3 per cent to $63 as energy firms slash investments   Business Today

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Alled Ponzi schemer used money to put wife on ice   
New York Daily News
An alleged Ponzi schemer used some of the $5 million in cool cash he swindled from investors to put his late wife on ice, court papers charge. Prosecutors say 4X Solutions head Whileon Chay, 38, used money from investors “to pay his personal expenses ...

Man used $5m from investors to freeze dead wife, say US prosecutors   Telegraph.co.uk
Ponzi Scheme Paid for Cars, Freezing Dead Wife, US Says   Businessweek
Man used Ponzi scheme proceeds to freeze dead wife: prosecutors   New York Post
Forex Magnates   
Reuters Africa   
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Yahoo News UK
   
Brazil Assisted US-Cuba Rapprochement, Rousseff Aide Says   
Latin American Herald Tribune
SAO PAULO – Brazil “actively participated” in the process leading to this week's announcement by the United States and Cuba that they are restoring diplomatic ties after more than 50 years, President Dilma Rousseff's foreign affairs adviser said Friday.
US VP to attend Brazilian president's second-term inauguration   Xinhua
Rousseff mulls Barbosa, Mercadante for Petrobras chairman - source   Reuters
Petrobras Corruption Indictments Expected To Continue   ValueWalk
Wall Street Journal   
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The Independent
   
Subsidies go to polluting plants to provide back-up for clean power   
The Independent
Green campaigners rounded on the Government yesterday after it gave fossil-fuel plants most of the subsidies in a £1bn scheme to promote low-carbon electricity. The subsidies, awarded after a bidding competition, are designed to keep the lights on when ...

Energy companies given £1bn to keep the lights on   The Times (subscription)
Power auction keeps lights on for 2018-19   Financial Times
Peterhead power station loses out in capacity auction   BBC News
FinancialAdvice.co.uk   
Reuters UK   
Stock Market Wire   
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Financial Times
   
BAT in $575m deal to settle asbestos dispute   
Financial Times
British American Tobacco has agreed to pay $575m to settle a long-running dispute over asbestos and dividend claims. The settlement on Friday ends the British tobacco group's seven-year legal dispute with Flintkote, a US roofing company that used to make ...

British American Tobacco Settles Flintkote Litigation   Wall Street Journal
British American Tobacco reaches $575 million Flintkote settlement   euronews

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Financial Post
   
Canadian stocks cap best week since 2011 as energy shares rally   
bnn.ca
Frances Horodelski comments on oil prices in terms of reduced U.S. drilling activity and production growth. Also, a look at the top 100... Canadian Equities - 2015 outlook. STATUS. 6 : 32. Canadian Equities - 2015 outlook. We get BlackRock's view of the road ...

Canada ETFs Fizzle Out On 2014's Massive Oil Plunge [iShares MSCI Canada ...   ETF Daily News
CANADA STOCKS-TSX set to open higher as inflation eases   Reuters
TSX May Resume Rally on Stronger Commodities, Inflation Data   Nasdaq

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postzambia.com
   
Update: Barrick Gold Is Putting Pressure On The Zambian Government (ABX)   
Seeking Alpha
This is a surprise, as I didn't expect the Zambian government to have it in them to push a hefty royalty increase through. The investment thesis will only be minimally impacted, but an impairment charge on the value of Lumwana could result in a book value ...

Mines worry over job, income losses   Zambia Daily Mail
Zambia royalty hike to force mine closures - chamber   Reuters
Zambian Mine Royalty Rise to Cost 12000 Jobs, Chamber Says   Businessweek

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spyghana.com
   
PURCs New Board Inaugurated   
spyghana.com
President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated a nine-member board for the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), charging it to prosecute the agenda to make Ghana a power hub in West Africa. “I know that you are up to the task,” President ...


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BusinessDay
   
Suspended Strike: How Oil Workers, Govt Reached a Truce   
THISDAY Live
To get the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to suspend their nation-wide strike early Friday morning, the meeting between both parties ...

Oil workers end strike after 13-hour meeting   Nigerian Tribune
Oil Workers Suspend Strike As Total Recalls Sacked Employee   The Guardian Nigeria
Nigerian oil unions suspend 4-day strike After Negotiations   Chicago Tribune
Nigerian Bulletin   
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