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SAN FRANCISCO, August 29, (THEWILL) - BudgIT Nigeria, a civil organisation interested in ensuring transparency and accountability in government budgets, has revealed that only 40.3 per cent of constituency projects by National Lawmakers were completed in 2016 in 20 states. BudgIT,...

Technology company Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and professional services company Accenture PLC (ACN.N) said Tuesday they will team up to help businesses build better applications for iOS, the operating system that powers Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Accenture helps large companies write...

Ford Motor Co and Domino’s Pizza Inc in September will begin testing Michigan consumers’ reactions to having their pies delivered by self-driving vehicles, the companies said on Tuesday. It will not be the first experiment with advanced pizza delivery technology....

The largest economy in Africa has certainly had a presence in the third quarter of 2017. Investors across the globe are becoming increasingly optimistic over Nigeria’s economic outlook, as the nation mitigates internal risks, while breaking away from oil...

Government spending in a recession can boost a country’s economy without permanently bloating its public debt, even if the debt is already quite large, researchers told an influential group of central bankers in Jackson, Wyoming, on Saturday. “Expansionary fiscal policies...

U.S. automaker General Motors Co (GM.N) on Friday announced 1.9 billion reais ($603 million) of investments in its Joinville factory in southern Brazil and 1.2 billion reais of capital spending in its plant on the outskirts of São Paulo. Together...

The euro jumped more than 1 percent and yields on benchmark U.S. government debt remained at unattractive rates on Friday after the world’s two leading central bankers declined to discuss monetary policy in keynote speeches. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s...

President Donald Trump’s name was rarely mentioned as top central bankers and economists spent Friday mulling the fate of the global economy at a mountain lodge here. But his presence loomed large at a Federal Reserve symposium, and even without...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 25, (THEWILL) - A South Korean court has found Lee Jae-yong, the de facto Chief of the Samsung business empire, guilty of bribery and other corruption charges. Lee, the billionaire son of Samsung’s ailing Chairman, was...

Oil prices fell nearly 2 percent ahead of monthly contract expiration on Monday, pulling back from last week's rally built on signs the global market is starting to rebalance from chronic oversupply. Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled down 2 percent,...