By Udeme Ekwere Tuesday, 23 Nov 2010 The bearish trend of activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange entered into the fifth consecutive day on Monday with indicators closing lower. This, experts said, was as a result of major losses recorded by blue chips on Monday. There was increased profit taking in […]

By Agency reporter Tuesday, 23 Nov 2010 Standard Chartered Bank, through its Group‘s Seeing is Believing Initiative, has donated N16m to two non-governmental organisations. The NGOs are, the Nigerian Society for the Blind and Sight Savers International. The bank said in a statement on Monday that the move was a renewed […]

By Agency reporter Tuesday, 23 Nov 2010 Stocks fell, halting a three-day advance for the Standard & Poor‘s 500 Index, and commodities retreated after Ireland‘s financial bail-out failed to assuage concern that Europe‘s debt crisis may spread. Bloomberg reported on Monday that Ireland‘s 10-year bond pared most of its earlier gain. […]