Lagos, 4/10/2010   United Bank for Africa, one of Africa’s leading financial services institutions has successfully raised a total of N20billion of Tier 2 capital in the first ever completed Naira denominated instrument in Nigeria. The additional capital is to help UBA further strengthen its capital base, enhance capital adequacy ratio, […]

  WASHINGTON – The number of people who signed contracts to buy homes rose in August for the second straight month but remained far below last year’s pace. The weak economy and fears that prices will fall are keeping many consumers away from the housing market. The National Association of […]

  By KARL RITTER and MALIN RISING, Associated Press Writers STOCKHOLM – Robert Edwards of Britain won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for developing in-vitro fertilization, a breakthrough that has helped millions of infertile couples worldwide have children. Edwards, an 85-year-old professor emeritus at the University of […]