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4 Aug 2017
The Nigerian bourse closed up for the second day running in Wednesday's trade as the NSE All-Share Index advanced by 0.50 per cent. Sewa Wusu, Head of Research, SCM Capital joins CNBC Africa for more.
3 Aug 2017
Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway gives you the top First Word headlines on "Bloomberg Markets: Middle East." Watch continued coverage on Bloomberg Television for more on issues surrounding oil, investment, and markets.
3 Aug 2017
The international monetary fund says 0.8 percent economic growth for Nigeria this year will not be sufficient to address unemployment and poverty.
3 Aug 2017
The Central Bank of Nigeria held a Treasury Bills Primary Market Auction yesterday to issue 229 billion naira.
3 Aug 2017
Square Inc.’s quarterly results topped analysts’ projections, helped by larger merchants joining its platform and increasing sales of its business software and services.
3 Aug 2017
Risk managers to partner Nigerian stock exchange.
3 Aug 2017
President Trump may be on the verge of ramping up U.S. threats against China on trade. Officials are said to be gearing up to investigate perceived violations of intellectual property.
3 Aug 2017
German carmakers agreed on Wednesday to update the software in 5.3 million diesel-powered cars to reduce emissions, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters.
2 Aug 2017
The Dow Industrials breached the 22,000 mark for the first time ever on Wednesday, boosted by a rally in Apple's shares.
2 Aug 2017
Staff strike at the Bank of England over pay, highlighting growing pressure on the government to lift a cap on public-sector wages.
2 Aug 2017
The FBN Purchasing Manager’s Index for July shows a small improvement from June. The headline figure improved from 55.9 in June to 56.3 in July.
2 Aug 2017
Ferrari NV is considering adding a roomy four-seat “utility vehicle” as part of a major expansion push beyond its traditional supercar niche in a bid to double profit by 2022, people familiar with the matter said.
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He's the legendary director of "Stand By Me", "Misery", "When Harry Met Sally" and "A Few Good Men". Eve Jackson talks to Rob Reiner about having one of the longest, and most golden, runs in history with his first seven films becoming cult classics. The filmmaker is at the Cannes Film Festival as his very first movie "This is Spinal Tap" is being screened on the beach.
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He's probably the most awaited director at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Dissident filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov is the only Russian with a film in the official selection. In previous years, Russia banned him from going to Cannes. Now in exile in Berlin, his film "Tchaikovsky’s Wife" is competing for the top prize. Eve Jackson speaks to him about what it means to be there in person, why his film is not about Tchaikovsky's homosexuality and why it's important to defend Russian culture.
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In 2020, Thai youth sparked the largest wave of anti-government protests since the 2014 military coup. But human rights activists say persecutions and systematic harassment have weakened the pro-democracy movement.
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We take a look at some of the independent features in the sidebar sections of the 75th Cannes Film Festival. Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us about Philippe Faucon’s "Les Harkis", which is screening in the Director's Fortnight selection. Set in 1959, it shines a light on the Algerian men who were enlisted to fight for the French Army in units known as Harkis and explores the repercussions they faced as a newly independent Algeria emerged from a deeply traumatic war of independence.
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Boris Johnson has again threatened to break post-Brexit agreements with the EU as victorious Sinn Fein accuses him of pandering to the DUP, which is blocking the formation of a government after recent elections.