Market Wrap-UpStocks regained their footing Friday after an early drop on an uptick in the unemployment rate. The figure hit 9.8% in September, the highest level since June 1983. Stocks and most exchange-traded funds finished the week down.The Dow shed

Guaranty Trust Bank said it is putting finishing touches to the opening of its US$200 billion bond issue. The bank's shareholders have already approved of the mega bond

Prices of equities quoted on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday continued the upward trend as Investors' funds appreciated by N389 billion in contrast to the N4.843trillion which 0pened trading Wednesday, September 16,2009.

Shareholders of Union Diagnostics and Clinical Services have its board of directors to commence the process of reconstructing the company's shares.

The current appreciation in the prices of equities quoted on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has elicited investors' reaction as many may have elicited investors' patronage with more people predicting a steady upward swing in the fortunes

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi for banking stocks to account for over 67 percent of the stock exchange's market capitalisation risky Sanusi said a major risk to the stock exchange itself.

Trading on the floor of Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) opens today after the two days Eid-el Fitri holiday with investors expressing optimism that the bullish trading that trailed the visit of the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido

Activity on the Nigerian Stock Exchange recorded losses at the opening of transactions yesterday, after the recovery recorded last two weeks.

Capitalization of equities quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) went down yesterday by N33.85 billion to close at N5.16 trillion. This was as against the N5.19 trillion which closed trading last week Friday.

THE Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has warned telecommunication companies against fake promotions, selling low quality mobile phones, poor coverage and high tariffs.

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The Acting Chief Executive of the Central Region Development Commission (CEDECOM), Mr. Spencer Taylor, has marketed the region's investment potentials to some foreign journalists participating in the World Tourism Day celebrations in Ghana.

The profile of the Nairobi Stock Exchange has been raised by the recent winning's of listed firms at the Africa Investor Awards function held in New York.

Each deal is different, but all IPOs resemble a complex machine with various moving parts and pieces that must be put together seamlessly in order to function, i.e. to have a successful listing.

Truth, it is said, hurts, but it heals in the long run. It is generally believed that truth known and admitted delivers from whatever entanglement one finds oneself in. This adage vividly describes the recent developments in the nation's capital