Nigeria has signed a loan of $65m with the African Development Bank for water and sanitation projects in Yobe and Osun states.

A strategic partnership agreement was this Thursday here signed between the National Fuel Society of Angola (Sonangol), the Portuguese Commercial Bank and the Atlantic Private Bank (BPA), foreseeing the acquisition of 49,9 percent, by the national oil company and BPA,

A dramatic German growth spurt powered a reacceleration in eurozone growth at the start of this year, in contrast to the sharp US slowdown

The sharp rise in the expected death toll indicates hopes are fading for tens of thousands of people trapped under collapsed buildings as rescuers struggle to reach them

Allowing Iran to build nuclear weapons would mark an "unforgivable betrayal of future generations", George W. Bush told the Israeli parliament, promising that the US would continue to stand with the Jewish state in future confrontations

Bank Melli, Iran's biggest commercial bank, is set to be banned from operating in the European Union under proposals in the final stages of discussion in Brussels

A Street-beating quarterly profit caught short-sellers off guard on Thursday.

A sampling of Wall Street's not-yet-ready-for-prime-time players.

A little growth is an acceptable outcome in a struggling industry.

They're not the ones we were writing about in 1999.

leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist sees gold in alternative energy.

The mobile carrier chooses mobile Linux over Google's rival open platform.

Maybe what glitters really is gold.

The pharmaceutical's still awaiting an FDA decision on its lead drug.

In many ways the initial public offering of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) in 2006 was a watershed in the history of the country's capital markets. It was the first big flotation in a decade in a market thirsting

Southpac Trust is pleased to announce the 2008 Southpac Offshore Planning Institute, to be held at the Wynn Las Vegas on September 18-19, 2008. The Institute will feature several nationally renowned attorneys addressing asset protection trusts, offshore banking, and insurance

BANGALORE, India (Business Wire EON) May 15, 2008 -- Outsource Partners International, Inc. (OPI), a leading provider of finance, accounting, and tax business process outsourcing (BPO) as well as related services, announced today the opening of its new, 280,000 square

The CheckNique™ imager combines with the ACHeck21™ software suite to offer an easy-to-implement, end-to-end solution for organizations seeking to establish a remote-capture-and-deposit, back-office-conversion system for paper checks. (PRWeb May 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb938794.htm

Habubank of Vietnam chooses World-Check to help address regulatory and business requirements. (PRWeb May 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb946754.htm

MINNEAPOLIS (Business Wire EON) May 15, 2008 -- Active extension strategies, which are relatively new to institutional investors, are already in use or are under consideration by more than half of public defined contribution plans and one-third of corporate plans,