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Nigeria will Grapple Falling oil Prices for Next Two Years-Expert

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria will deal with the effects of falling oil prices for the next two (2) years, Opeyemi Agbaje, seniour consultant/chief executive officer, RTC Advisory Services Limited said in Lagos on Thursday at the “Review of 2014 and Projections for 2015,” organised by the Finance Correspondents […]

More austerity measures coming – Okonjo-Iweala

Following the continuous decline of the price of crude oil in the international market, the Federal Government on Thursday said it was preparing additional measures to mitigate the impact of the price drop on the Nigerian economy. It also denied withdrawing the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework from the National Assembly, adding […]

Dollar General seen losing Family Dollar bid

Thu Jan 15, 2015/Reuters Dollar General Corp stuck to its estimate of divesting 1,500 stores to win approval for its bid to buy Family Dollar Corp, a move that analysts said could end up handing the company to Dollar Tree Inc. Dollar General’s statement comes a day after two influential […]