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London Zoo launches its trickiest annual task – the weigh-in

London Zoo launches its trickiest annual task – the weigh-in

LONDON (Reuters) – Bullfrogs, pythons and penguins were among creatures being coaxed onto the scales at London Zoo this week for the annual check on their weight and size. The check-up allows keepers to assess…

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Artists use street murals to change image of violent Caracas slum

Artists use street murals to change image of violent Caracas slum

CARACAS (Reuters) – In the sprawling slum of Petare in the east of Venezuela’s capital of Caracas, 31-year-old Fabian Solymar begins sketching a mural of abstract figures on a wall filled with Socialist Party political…

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JLC law firm downsizes after managing partner Jeffrey Ong’s scandal, Companies & Markets

JLC law firm downsizes after managing partner Jeffrey Ong’s scandal, Companies & Markets

Singapore WITH its managing partner Jeffrey Ong Su Aun still remanded in custody, JLC Advisors has shrunk, following the revelation that Catalist-listed precision engineering firm Allied Technologies’ S$33 million held in escrow by the law…

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Dans le viseur de la BEAC, Bank of Africa réduit drastiquement son capital social au Cameroun

La 9 e édition du Forum Afrique Expansion, aura lieu les 4 et 5 septembre 2019 au Centre Sheraton de Montréal. L’événement accueillera plus de 500 investisseurs, entrepreneurs et décideurs africains et canadiens qui s’y…

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Burkina Faso: engouement des investisseurs pour les bons émis par le trésor public

Burkina Faso: engouement des investisseurs pour les bons émis par le trésor public

Les investisseurs du marché financier de l’Union monétaire ouest africaine (UMOA) ont montré un véritable engouement pour les bons assimilables du trésor (BAT) à 12 mois émis le 21 août 2019 par la Direction générale…

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Banques : Dégradation des indicateurs de gestion de BOA Côte d’Ivoire au premier trimestre 2019

Banques : Dégradation des indicateurs de gestion de BOA Côte d’Ivoire au premier trimestre 2019

Les indicateurs de gestion de  de la Bank Of Africa (BOA) Côte d’Ivoire, filiale du groupe bancaire du même nom, se sont dégradés  au terme du premier trimestre 2019 comparé à la même période de 2018, ont…

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KTL Global sells 2 loss-making units to chairman’s family for S$10,000, Companies & Markets

KTL Global sells 2 loss-making units to chairman’s family for S$10,000, Companies & Markets

Thu, Aug 22, 2019 – 8:35 PM OFFSHORE and marine equipment dealer KTL Global on Thursday said it has agreed to sell its wholly-owned subsidiaries, KTL Offshore and KTL Investment, to Teck Leong Pte Ltd, a company controlled…

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Hupsteel shares fall below public float, to be suspended at offer close, Companies & Markets

Hupsteel shares fall below public float, to be suspended at offer close, Companies & Markets

Thu, Aug 22, 2019 – 9:13 PM THE valid acceptances exceeding 90 per cent held by the founding Lim family, following its voluntary conditional cash offer for steel trader Hupsteel, mean that the company’s shares…

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Chip Eng Seng proposes rights issue to raise S$96m for expansion, Companies & Markets

Chip Eng Seng proposes rights issue to raise S$96m for expansion, Companies & Markets

Thu, Aug 22, 2019 – 11:30 PM MAINBOARD-LISTED developer Chip Eng Seng on Thursday said that it plans to do a renounceable underwritten rights issue of about 156.5 million new shares at S$0.63 each, to raise net proceeds of about S$96.3…

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BT journalist Marissa Lee among winners at SGX Orb Awards , Banking & Finance

BT journalist Marissa Lee among winners at SGX Orb Awards , Banking & Finance

Thu, Aug 22, 2019 – 4:33 PM THE Business Times (BT) journalist Marissa Lee has emerged as one of the winners at the second edition of the SGX (Singapore Exchange) Orb Awards, which seeks to encourage…

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