A midsize distributor of dental supplies is trading at a tempting discount.

The rebate rush and the disposal of the mortgage unit paid off for H&R Block.

NIC Bank customers will now be able to buy and sell shares through the bank following integration of the company's financial services to include share dealership, foreign exchange and the interest rates markets.

Kenya's first online investment game is now in full operation. Smart Youth Investment is an Internet-based learning portal for students and other young people, which imitates a stock market and all its activities. The aim is to teach students how

First Inland Bank Plc has recorded a 185.10 per cent sub-scription for the five billion units of ordinary shares of it offered for sale at N9.50 kobo during its just concluded offer.

The AIG 27 share index has dropped four counters from its index in a bid to reflect market sector weightings and improve its representation of the stock market performance.

Stock-broking firms have been making private placements, in a desperate bid to meet the new capital base of N1 billion. The private placements are made on the premise that the shares of the recapitalising firms would be listed on the

The Co-operative Bank has doubled the amount of money it plans to raise from an initial public offering later this year.

The Week Ahead: The slowing economy and high oil prices are impacting companies hard especially General Motors whose stock hit a 53 year low. Its long term debt rating is now six notches below investment grade and may have to

Following the bear market that characterised the Domestic Company Index (DCI) on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) due to price correction on banking stocks, analysts expect the financial sector to continue acting as the key restraint to the broader market.

Buying shares in the Nigerian stock market was a popular investment trend until few weeks ago when investors started to witness the other side of the business. The share collapse is not restricted to one industry. The shares of banks