Smartphone maker BlackBerry has agreed to go private in a $4.7 billion deal led by its biggest shareholder, allowing the on-the-go email pioneer to regroup away from public scrutiny after years of falling fortunes and slumping market share. The $9 a share tentative offer, from a consortium led by property […]
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NSE, operators finalise plans for new trading platform
The Nigerian Stock Exchange and capital market operators have completed plans for the inauguration of a new trading platform, our correspondent has learnt. According to the NSE, the new trading platform called X-GEN, when put to use, is expected to open up an unprecedented level of innovative trading capabilities for […]
World Bank Earmark $700 Million on Health of Women, Children in Poor Countries
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group Monday said the Bank Group has earmarked about $700 million on the health of women and children in poor countries by 2015. This is contained in a Statement from the Bank Group and made available to […]
