Deposed leader Hosni Mubarak may leave jail on Thursday by court order after a week of bloody turmoil in which Egypt's new army-backed rulers have cracked down on ousted President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood.
Mubarak's immediate destination will be the...
Fallen politician Bo Xilai put up a feisty defense on Thursday as he faced China's most political trial in decades, saying he was framed in one of the bribery charges against him and had admitted to it against his...
Emerging market currencies and shares fell on Thursday and the dollar rose as a spike in U.S. debt yields drove up borrowing costs globally, overwhelming the impact of buoyant economic reports from China and Europe.
However, with capital on the...
Shortly after signing on as chief operating officer at Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg was looking to connect with people in a similar role - No. 2 to a brilliant and passionate young founder. She called Tim Cook.
"He basically explained nicely...
China's top banks are expected to win approval for the issuance of tens of billions of yuan in negotiable certificates of deposit (NCD) as early as next month, in another step towards developing market-determined interest rates.
NCDs would enable banks...
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp, a unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (7011.T), said on Thursday it would delay the initial delivery of its regional jet to the second-quarter of 2017 to ensure the company can meet Japanese safety regulations.
The Mitsubishi...
President Goodluck Jonathan has made himself a potential port stirrer in recent times. Events at the moment have call to question Mr. Jonathan's ability to master his own presidency. The presidency seems stranded in all front like an ill-equipped...
Academic processes and procedures have been desecrated by many universities in Nigeria. I mentioned in the preceding piece ‘Nigerian Universities and the Bastardization of Admission Processes’ that the decay in the admission processes started from the early nineties. The...
On Monday August 19th 2013, a crop of young civil society activists and the representatives of several print and electronic media gathered at the Bolton White Hotel in Garki, Abuja with a common purpose in mind – to brainstorm...
