Markets are stubborn and free markets, if not tampered with, are self correcting. These have been the central dictum of capitalist societies over the past two centuries. An individual or a corporate entity’s ability to corner the normal functioning of the market is only temporary.

Skye Shelter Fund, Nigeria’s first publicly quoted close-ended Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), has achieved a 37 per cent return for the year ended December 31, 2008, a year of widespread losses for other funds.

The pan-African bank, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, ETI, may well be coming to an end of its geographical expansion which has seen the group opening offices in 27 countries across the continent.

By Patience Saghana Insurance companies ready to generate premium from micro-insurance, appeal for a guideline to enable them have a backup to fully go into the business. Patience Saghana writes

By Les Leba Lamido Sanusi, the new CBN  Governor’s interview with Matthew  Green of the London Financial Times is the second extensive interview granted the media house since his appointment.  Mr. Sanusi should be commended for ensuring that a local media “Next on Sunday’ was given the first opportunity to reveal the person, aspirations and […]

The former Head of Interim Government in Nigeria, Dr. Ernest Shonekan has urged the federal government to invest more in infrastructure as it will significantly reduce the cost of doing business in Nigeria.

DN Meyer Nigeria Plc has entered into a strategic partnership with a foreign firm, Ennis Paints Incorporated and its subsidiary, Prismo Road Markings Limited to make available to the Nigerian paint and construction industry, quality road marking paints and various products designed to promote safety on the roads.

Investors’ woes were heightened last week, as the value of their investments on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dipped by N706.21 billion.

THE Federal Council of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) has decried the poor power supply across Nigeria, warning that the country’s economy will experience total collapse if urgent step is not taken to address the problem.

IRAN’s hardline president lashed out anew at the United States and President Barack Obama yesterday, accusing him of interference and suggesting that Washington’s stance on Iran’s postelection turmoil could imperil Obama’s aim of improving relations.