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BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 10, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke is seeking to take up the influential position of Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and will resign her Ministerial appointment...

Largely ignored during much of last year's 30 percent rally in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, the stocks leading the U.S. market this year rank among its usually sleepiest components. The best sector in 2014 is utilities, including Consolidated...

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) will work with Chinese Internet security specialist Qihoo 360 Technology Co (QIHU.N) on mobile Internet and artificial intelligence technology, state media reported, as the U.S. software giant fights security concerns in the country. Microsoft and Qihoo on...

The reopening of mainland China's IPO market with seven new listings announced on Tuesday is good news for investors, although analysts said brokerages could be forced to slash their earnings forecasts after a four-month hiatus in activity. The new offerings...

FEMI OLALOKU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TREASURY AND INTERNATIONAL BANKING UBA PLC ADDRESSING UBA’S NEW GENERATION OF LOYAL CUSTOMERS AT THE PRODUCT LAUNCH OF UBA’S “NEXT-GEN” ACCOUNT IN LAGOS SAN FRANCISCO, June 09, (THEWILL) – United Bank of Africa (UBA) Plc is...

Nigeria is seeking buyers for the assets of distressed state-owned former telecom monopoly Nitel, the state-appointed liquidator said on Monday. Nigeria opted to wind up Nitel in March after almost a decade of struggling to sell it, due to the...

BusinessDay, Nigeria’s leading business and financial newspaper, is set for the 4th edition of the Annual Capital Market Conference which holds on June 26, 2014 in Lagos. With the theme, ‘West African Capital Market Integration: Challenges & Opportunities for Nigerian...

World shares were within touching distance of an all-time high on Monday, spurred on by the combination of record low global interest rates and the improving health of major economies. European markets opened on the front foot again, looking for...

Amazon.com Inc will start managing subscription payments for start-ups and other companies - the latest in a series of quiet moves the e-commerce giant has made into PayPal's turf over the past year. The service, which launches on Monday, allows...

Japan's first quarter growth handily beat initial estimates on an unexpected surge in capital spending, fresh signs the world's third-biggest economy is in better shape to weather a hit to consumption from a sales tax hike. Capital spending, long a...