By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Effective risks management is a critical ingredient in the fight to end poverty, says a new report from the World Bank Group. According to the World Development Report (WDR) 2014, titled-Risk and Opportunity – Managing Risk for Development says better risk management can unlock opportunities, […]
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Asian shares, dollar, oil dip as U.S. shutdown drags on
Asian shares, oil prices and the dollar came under pressure on Monday as politicians in Washington showed no signs of making progress to resolve the U.S. budget standoff, while safe-haven gold inched higher. Financial bookmakers expected European shares .FTSE .GDAXI .FCHI to follow Asia lower and open down between 0.4 […]
BlackBerry hit with securities shareholder class action
A shareholder of BlackBerry Ltd sued the company and its executives on Friday, accusing them of inflating the stock price by painting a misleadingly rosy picture of the business prospects of its BlackBerry 10 smartphone line. Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry, formerly Research In Motion Ltd, misled investors last year by saying […]
