Dzata Cement’s Nafisa Mahama approved a one-time 50% bonus for all workers as the firm marked five years and outlined plans for growth and staff investment.
Dzata Cement’s Nafisa Mahama approved a one-time 50% bonus for all workers as the firm marked five years and outlined plans for growth and staff investment.
It only took two days for Nigeria to raise $59 million through green bonds -- part of a funding drive for climate and environmental projects in a nation still hooked on oil. Green bonds are similar to sovereign bonds: Investors are paid interest on what is essentially a loan to the government, but in this case the money funds environmentally friendly projects.
Asian markets rose Friday on fresh trade hopes and the dollar held around three-year lows amid bets of cuts to US interest rate cuts. Traders are now fully expecting two rate cuts this year, while there was a pick-up in bets on a third, according to Bloomberg News.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled Thursday that a deal is forthcoming among G7 nations allowing US firms to be excluded from certain taxes imposed by other countries. Section 899 has been dubbed a "revenge tax," allowing the government to impose levies on firms with foreign owners and on investors from countries deemed to impose unfair taxes on US businesses.
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