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Why South Africans Will Pay ‘Sin Tax’ For Fizzy Drinks

South Africa has joined the battle against sugar, becoming the first African country to plan a tax on drinks loaded with the sweet stuff. That...

Crude Price Edges Towards $38 Per Barrel Ahead Of U.S Data

BEVERLY HILLS, March 05, (THEWILL) – Crude oil futures edged up on Friday as traders and analysts eyed United States, U.S, jobs data which...

Facebook To Ditch Tax-Reducing UK Sales Structure

Facebook FB.0 said it would stop booking sales to UK clients via Ireland, a practice which reduced its taxes, following the British government's introduction...

U.S. Tech Companies Unite Behind Apple Ahead Of Iphone Encryption Ruling

Tech industry leaders including Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp, AT&T and more than two dozen other Internet and technology companies filed legal...

Goldman Sachs Cutting Up To 10 Percent Of Fixed Income Trading Staff: Source

Goldman Sachs (GS.N) is cutting between five and 10 percent of staff in its fixed income and currency trading business, a source familiar with...

Naira Gains, Holds Stable At Parallel Market

BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) – The naira appreciated in value against the dollar at the interbank foreign exchange (FX), while closing stable at...

Naira Gains N5 Against Dollar

SAN FRANCISCO, March 02, (THEWILL) – The naira gained across segments of foreign exchange (FX) market following foreign exchange inflows, according to THEWILL findings. Aminu...

Dangote Retains Spot As Africa’s Richest Man

SAN FRANCISCO, March 02, (THEWILL) – The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has retained his position as Africa’s richest person and was...

Wall Street Little Changed As Energy Stocks Gain

Digital privacy advocates have called on a U.S. federal judge to approve Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) request not to be compelled to build software to...

Wall Street Little Changed As Energy Stocks Gain

Wall Street was little changed on Wednesday as gains in energy stocks were offset by declines in utilities and materials. Crude prices recovered from earlier...