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France seal second World Cup triumph with 4-2 win over brave Croatia

July 15, 2018/The Guardian When the decisive blows arrived the entire squad piled on top of one another in the victory scrum. Hugo Lloris, the goalkeeper, had run the entire length of the pitch to join in the celebrations. All the substitutes were throwing themselves into this heap of arms […]

Shots fired as U.S.-China tariffs take effect in deepening trade row

5/7/2018/Reuters Michael Martina, David Lawder  U.S. tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports took effect as a deadline passed on Friday, and with Beijing having vowed to respond immediately in kind, the world’s two biggest economies took a high-stakes turn toward all-out trade conflict.   China’s commerce ministry said in […]

UBA, GTBank, Zenith Among 1,000 Global Banks’

June 3, 2018 By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s tier one banks, the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank), Zenith Bank Plc, First Bank of Nigeria Limited and Access Bank Plc have been listed among African lenders, including Ecobank Transnational Inc, according to The Banker magazine’s […]