Author: InvestAdvocate

Is Rebound in Housing Creating Another Bubble?

There’s no doubt that the housing market has recovered from the collapse that squashed sales and pummeled prices. The median price for sales of existing homes is now 12% higher than a year ago, inventories of those homes are at a 13-year low and the number of homeowners owing more […]

Rights Issue: TRANSCORP to Increase Share Capital to N22.55 billion

By Our Correspondent Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TRANCORP) Monday said it intends to increase its Authorised Share Capital from N18 billion to N22.55 billion Ordinary Shares of 50 Kobo each through a Rights Issue. This is contained in a Notice from the Company to the Nigerian Stock Exchange […]

Japan to raise $10 billion through Japan Tobacco share sale

Japan’s government will sell around a third of its stake in Japan Tobacco Inc the world’s No.3 tobacco company, to raise about $10.4 billion for reconstruction of areas devastated by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Ministry of Finance, which owns just over 50 percent of the $62 billion former […]