2015年1月20日 星期二

2015-01-21 Uganda Business


Mweheire brings Wall Street vigour to Stanbic   
The Observer (blog)
It is quite tempting to assume Patrick Mweheire, the first Ugandan chief executive officer of Stanbic bank Uganda, was simply born brilliant. That however much you want to relate your story to his, he perhaps belongs to a lofty space, forever elevated, and not ...


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Dollar to hurt real estate   
The Observer (blog)
The continued appreciation of the dollar against the shilling is likely to negatively impact the real estate market, a firm engaged in the industry has said. The Uganda shilling has depreciated against the US currency by more than 15 per cent over the last one ...

Uganda central bank sells dollars for second time - traders   Reuters Africa
UPDATE 3-Ugandan central bank sells dollars to stop shilling's slide   Reuters
Shilling continues to lose ground   Daily News
East African Business Week   
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Regardless, Uganda remains Tullow Oil's hot pot of gold   
The Observer (blog)
Funny how life can change! Not so long ago, Tullow Oil Plc would release some of its annual reports where it presented Uganda as its main prize asset. Longer paragraphs of updates on the number of wells the company had drilled in western Uganda, and ...


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Germany to fund Kabale power dam   
The Observer (blog)
Germany is to fund construction of the proposed 6.5MW Maziba hydroelectric power dam in the western district of Kabale, Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has said. Rugunda told residents of Kyanamira sub-county recently that a contractor had already ...


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SpaceCoastDaily.com
   
Atlas 5 Rocket Puts MUOS-3 Military Satellite in Orbit   
NBCNews.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An Atlas 5 rocket sent the third in a series of Mobile and User Objective System satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday night. The first satellite in the MUOS network was launched in 2012, and the ...

Atlas V blasts off from Cape with Navy satellite   USA TODAY
Atlas 5 rocket boosts new Navy satellite into space   CBS News
Atlas V rocket carrying Navy satellite launches   WESH Orlando
The Guardian   
SpaceFlight Insider   
Jamestown Sun   
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Macleans.ca
   
Why Facebook's math doesn't add up   
Macleans.ca
No executive worth her one-percenter paycheque goes to the World Economic Forum without a headline-grabbing study to present, so as Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, jets off to the Swiss Alps this week, she goes prepared with a ...

Facebook 'has global economic impact of €196bn'   Irish Examiner
Facebook report says it adds more than $200 billion to global economy, $6b to ...   The Age
Facebook created 4.5mn jobs, added USD 227bn in global economy: Study   Wall Street Hedge
Breitbart News   
Turkish Press   
National Column   
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Wall Street Journal
   
UPDATE 1-Venezuela cancels Citgo auction, seeks to raise $2.5 bln -source   
Reuters
(Recasts with source saying Citgo auction has been canceled). CARACAS/HOUSTON Jan 20 (Reuters) - Venezuela has taken U.S. refining unit Citgo Petroleum Corp off the auction block and it will now seek to raise $2.5 billion in the debt market to provide ...

Citgo calls off auction, to plan $2.5B debt sale instead   Seeking Alpha
CompaniesVenezuelan refiner seeks cash amid default fears   Financial Times
Citgo said to plan $2.5 billion debt for Venezuela dividend   Houston Chronicle
Wall Street Journal   
Reuters Africa   
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Firstpost
   
Twitter's acquisition of ZipDial: Good times are ahead for Indian startups   
Firstpost
How cool is it to take the indigenous idea of a small, humble, cost effective and convenient missed call, turn it into a business and make a hefty profit out of it. And then get snapped up by one of the biggest social networking sites around. This is exactly what ...

Zipdial acquisition not just about missed calls, says Twitter   exchange4media.com
Twitter buys India startup   The Asian Age
Twitter buys Indian startup ZipDial   Times of India
Financial Express   
Washington Post   
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Radio New Zealand
   
Taxi Federation denies lobbying against Uber   
3News NZ
The Taxi Federation, which has long criticised car hire service Uber, is denying it lobbied the Government for a review of the law – but admits it "encourages" the law to be enforced. Associate Transport Minister Craig Foss has asked officials to review the ...

Uber embraces regulatory review   The National Business Review (subscription)
Govt planning review to help Uber   Otago Daily Times
Uber hails Government review of taxi laws   TVNZ

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MiamiHerald.com
   
IMF growth forecast: It's Advantage India over China in 2016   
Firstpost
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), like its twin the World Bank, has also lowered the global growth targets for 2015 and 2016 by 0.3 percent in both years. Its new projections are 3.5 percent and 3.7 percent for the two years respectively, while the World ...

IMF lowers predictions for world growth over two years, says US recovery to persist   Washington Post
IMF slashes 2015-2016 world growth forecast   DAWN.com
Oil steadies at $49 after IMF cuts growth forecast   Al-Bawaba
THE BUSINESS TIMES   
Sky News Australia   
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