Fears of a bank run in Ukraine are rising, as central bank reserves sink and some 7 percent of bank deposits were lost in just 3 days. Ukraine's reserves currently sit at $15 billion, according to the country's newly appointed central bank governor, Stepan Kubiv. Kubiv said 7 percent of deposits, or 30 billion hryvnias ($3.3 billion), were lost between February 18-20, when the violence in the country reached its zenith and snipers opened fire on protesters.
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From Tuesday, sales tax will increase from 5% to 8%. It will rise again, to 10%, in October 2015. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would continue to take "necessary action" to address livelihood issues and keep Japan's economy on track.
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The U.S. stock market is rigged in favor of high-speed electronic trading firms, which use their advantages to extract billions from investors, according to Michael Lewis, author of a new book on the topic, "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt." High-frequency trading (HFT) is a practice carried out by many banks and proprietary trading firms using sophisticated computer programs to send gobs of orders into the market, executing a small portion of them when opportunities arise to capitalize on price imbalances, or to make markets. HFT makes up more than half of all U.S. trading volume.
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The Federal Government has explained why it did not sign the trade liberalisation agreement being pushed forward by the European Union under the Economic Partnership Agreement with the Economic Community of West African States.
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Europe's beaten down property assets are starting to look attractive, especially in places such as Ireland and the Mediterranean, U.S. billionaire investor Wilbur Ross told CNBC Tuesday. "Some of the projects that were so ill-considered they never should have been done, those'll revert to farmland," Ross said.
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The top 10 performing stocks last week were Learn Africa Plc, University Press Plc, Ashaka Cement Plc, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Costain (West Africa) Plc and International Energy Insurance Plc.
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Tech companies are looking to recover this week as speculative tech stocks drove down the NASDAQ Index last week, causing investors like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to lose more than $3 billion. Last week bio-tech and internet companies took a tumble on Wall Street- the NASDAQ Composite Index dropped 2.8 percent, the biggest dip since 2012. The index began to regain traction on Asian floors Monday, and is up 0.11 percent.
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The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) which is responsible for the management of Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) has reported a total income of N505.694 million for the 15 months which ended December 2013.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has wrapped up his official European tour. His hosts have pampered the head of state and his 200-strong business entourage as the two economic blocs work towards a multi-billion dollar free trade agreement. The world’s second-biggest economy is a strategic ally for the EU, especially as relations with Moscow have become frosty over action in Ukraine.
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The FCMB Group Plc has reported a 12 per cent rise in its profit before tax for the financial year ended December 31, 2013
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