Featured Lunar New Year pushes China’s tourism revenues up by 47.3% Aya Anwar Feb 18, 2024 0 China’s eight-day Lunar Year holiday boosted tourism spending by 47.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) as domestic…
Banks PBOC sets 7-day reverse repos to boost liquidity Nada Ali Feb 18, 2024 0 The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) conducted on Sunday reverse repo operations totaling 105 billion yuan and…
Money Macquarie, Federated Hermes mull trimming UK’s Cadent stake Aya El Sayed Feb 18, 2024 0 The Macquarie Group and U.S. based Federated Hermes are considering a collective sale of their stakes in UK's gas…
Banks China c. bank holds rates at 2.50% Nada Ali Feb 18, 2024 0 China's central bank held the interest rate on its one-year policy loans at 2.5 per cent on Sunday, as…
Africa News Nigeria’s inflation hits 29.90%, highest since mid-1996 Nada Ali Feb 15, 2024 0 Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 29.90 per cent in January 2024, compared to 28.92 per cent in December…
Stocks EGX closes all green on Feb. 15 Aya Anwar Feb 15, 2024 0 Egypt’s stock market closed in the green area on Thursday. The main index, EGX30 jumped by 0.18 per cent, to…
Tech news Nokia, Dell sign deal to advance private 5G, cloud networks Nada Ali Feb 15, 2024 0 Nokia and Dell Technologies have announced a partnership to deploy private 5G networks and adapt networks to the…
Banks S. Africa’s budget deficit to shrink slowly Aya Anwar Feb 15, 2024 0 South Africa's budget deficit will shrink in the upcoming years, at a pace slower than October estimates due to…
Tech news Russia’s Yandex yearly profit surges 53% Nada Ali Feb 15, 2024 0 Russian search engine giant Yandex reported a 53 per cent increase in full-year revenue to $8.72 billion, driven by…
Money Russian gas transit via Ukraine no longer required – EU Aya Anwar Feb 15, 2024 0 The European Union (EU) thinks no need for the extension of the agreement to transport Russian gas to Europe via…