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Nigeria bank divide widens as cash shortage chokes lenders

Bloomberg The divide between the haves and the have-nots among Nigerian banks is widening. The country’s biggest lender is so flush with cash it plans to repay $400 million of bonds when they become due in November 2018 rather than raising additional debt, while the next two largest banks sold international bonds for the first time since 2014. At the ...

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Jet.com to phase out all Costco items post Wal-Mart acquisition

Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s acquisition of Jet.com last year turbocharged its online business, but one element of Jet’s success hasn’t sat well at the parent company. Since its 2015 founding, Jet has carried a broad array of products under the Kirkland Signature brand, which is owned by Wal-Mart rival Costco Wholesale Corp. A recent search for ‘Kirkland Signature’ on Jet’s ...

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Etisalat launches high throughput satellite at 170 Mbps

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat announced the launch of a new class of High Throughput Satellite (HTS) service to provide high capacity, efficiency, performance and multi-band connectivity to address business segments in remote locations or harsh environment. The new first of a kind service provides customers with higher speeds, improved coverage and flexibility by maximising the VSAT throughput and ...

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