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2014-12-18 Namibia Business


US Federal Reserve opens door to rate hike in 2015   
RTE.ie
The Federal Reserve has offered a strong signal that it was on track to raise interest rates sometime next year, dropping a pledge to keep them near zero for a "considerable time" in a show of confidence in the US economy. Closing out a two-day meeting ...


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Financial Times
   
Chevron drops Arctic drilling plan   
Financial Times
Chevron, the US oil group, has shelved indefinitely a plan to drill in the Arctic Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Canada, citing “the level of economic uncertainty in the industry” as one of the reasons for the decision. The move is not directly related to the 48 ...

Chevron Suspends Arctic Offshore Drilling Program in Canada 'Indefinitely'   Wall Street Journal
Chevron scraps Canadian Arctic drilling plans as oil prices fall   Malay Mail Online
Chevron shelves Canada Arctic plans   Upstream Online
Reuters Canada   
Seeking Alpha   
Reuters UK   
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Reuters
   
South Korea won't conduct F-35 fighter maintenance in Japan: official   
Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will not conduct maintenance of its new fleet of Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighters in Japan, a South Korean official said on Thursday, despite a new deal by the Pentagon to service the stealth jets in Asia. The Pentagon said ...

Australia to service South Korean F-35 strike fighters in Pentagon deal   Reuters UK
Pentagon picks Japan, Australia to service F-35s in Asia   Reuters Africa

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U-T San Diego
   
MarketsNikkei 225 jumps 2.6% on Fed-induced rally   
Financial Times
A few tweaks to the Federal Reserve's monetary policy communique is all it took for investors to regain confidence in global equities. After the US central bank assured investors it would be "patient" as it assesses when to begin raising interest rates, investors ...

Asian markets up after Fed meeting   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Asian markets rally on Fed, recovery in oil   Moneycontrol.com
Asia encouraged by Wall Street bounce, upbeat Fed   Reuters UK

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BusinessDay
   
Stock Exchange reviews composition of market indices   
BusinessDay
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is at the verge of completing the year end review for the NSE 30, NSE 50 and the five Sectoral Indices of the Exchange – the NSE Banking, the NSE Consumer Goods, the NSE Oil & Gas, NSE Industrial and the NSE ...

Index Dips to 28961.67 as Market Extends Losses   THISDAY Live
Market capitalisation sheds N273bn as 49 stocks fall   The Punch
7-Up, Seplat, Unity Bank, Sterling Bank, Mobil set to join NSE 30 index, as ...   WorldStage

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CHANNELS TELEVISION
   
Warships belong to NIMASA —Navy   
Nigerian Tribune
THE Nigerian Navy, on Wednesday, cleared the air on the much speculated six warboats allegedly purchased by former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, saying the boats belong to the Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency (NIMASA).
Tompolo Bought Boats For Navy, Not Warships – NIMASA's DG   Leadership Newspapers
Tompolo not the owner of gunboats: Nigerian Navy   The News

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The Guardian Nigeria
   
ICT growth to boost GDP, intra-Africa trade in 2015   
BusinessDay
ICT sector in Nigeria will be a strong driver of GDP growth, particularly as a result of the fast-growing mobile services penetration, financial inclusiveness initiatives and government service delivery driving ICT spend in key sectors of the economy. Recently ...

Decline in oil prices slowing down Nigerian economy: expert   Xinhua
We can only foster economic development through healthy investment, says Ojo ...   The Guardian Nigeria
Nigeria Presents Colossal IT Challenge & Opportunity   SYS-CON Media (press release)

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euronews
   
Longer drives, bigger cars challenge glum US fuel outlook   
Business Recorder
For the first time in more than a decade, US gasoline prices are tumbling toward $2 a gallon even as the economy grows and unemployment shrinks, a constellation that will test the theory that domestic fuel demand is in terminal decline. Conventional wisdom ...

Bigger cars challenge glum US fuel outlook   Gulf Times
Surprise car turnaround - US motorists driving longer, buying bigger cars   BizNews

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The Guardian Nigeria
   
Financial crunch: FG withdraws $1bn from excess crude account   
Nigerian Tribune
The acute shortage of funds occasioned by the slide in the international crude oil prices is already taking toll on the economy, as the Federal Government withdraws $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to cushion the effect of the cash crunch. With the ...

FG denies $1bn is missing from Excess Crude Account   BusinessDay
BREAKING: Missing $1billion Excess Crude Funds spent on settling oil ...   Premium Times

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International Business Times UK
   
'Oil marketers receiving subsidy payments are virtually defrauding Nigerians ...   
BusinessDay
Pat Utomi is the founder/CEO of Centre for Values in Leadership. In this interview with EDOZIE IFEBI and a few other journalists recently, he speaks on how Nigeria can attract investments, the fiscal and currency crises, the tough business environment for ...

Fitch forecasts Brent at $83 in 2015   Emirates 24/7
Brent forecast at $83 in 2015 not to alarm GCC oil majors   Saudi Gazette
Drop in oil prices increases cost of financing Angola   Macauhub
AllAfrica.com   
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