By Agency Reporter Friday, 24 Dec 2010 LONDON: Banks have made mistakes but have learned from the financial crisis, the new Barclays boss, Mr. Bob Diamond has said. Diamond, who becomes Chief Executive of Barclays in the new year, claimed banks had changed the way they do business, according to a […]

By Agency Reporter Friday, 24 Dec 2010 THE Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Alexander Polyakov, on Thursday, said the outcome of the 2011 elections would determine his government’s planned investment of $1bn in the Nigerian economy. Polyakov told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that only transparent, free and credible […]

By Agency Reporter Friday, 24 Dec 2010 NEW YORK: The United States economy grew at an annualised pace of 2.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2010, slightly faster than the previous estimate of 2.5 per cent, figures have shown. However, the rate was lower than expectations, with some analysts […]