By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Thursday shortly after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit Japan and a tsunami warning was issued.   The iShares MSCI Japan Index ETF (EWJ.P) dropped 0.6 percent in midday trading while Nikkei futures slid 1.1 percent. […]

  The Associated Press RATES NEARLY UNCHANGED: Freddie Mac said the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 4.87 percent from 4.86 percent the previous week. The average rate on the 15-year fixed mortgage increased to 4.10 percent from 4.09 percent. STILL NEAR RECORD LOWS: Fixed rates are […]

April 6, 2011; Opeyemi Agbaje After five weeks of political commentary, I return this week to the economy, and particularly the financial sector. The announcement last monday March 28, 2011 of an imminent tie-up between Access Bank Plc, the dynamic Nigerian banking group with increasingly continental franchise and presence in […]