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...African governments can access a $2bn vaccine facility provided by the Cairo-based African Export-Import Bank as well as funding from the World Bank....
...But Alam said the fuel import and electric-vehicle policies only existed on paper: “The government has not taken practical steps to implement them.”...
...Pier 1 Imports was eyeing its worst day since the financial crisis after the struggling retailer announced the sudden exit of its chief executive, said it was exploring “strategic alternatives” and swung...
...Pier 1 Imports, which were down more than 60 per cent year-to-date as of Wednesday’s close, were down nearly six per cent in after-hours trade....
...Pier 1 Imports shares are down nearly 28 per cent year-to-date....
...“It’s not like the standard V-shaped recession in emerging markets, such as in Indonesia in 1998 where it’s only a year and a half of real economic hardship,” he said....
...Pier 1 Imports shares fell out of bed on Wednesday evening after the home-furnishings retailer halted its dividend and said it would launch a three-year turnround plan to shore up falling sales....
...For the fourth quarter, Pier 1 Imports now expects to report same-store sales decline of between 1.5 to 3.5 per cent, compared with its previous projection for same-store sales to stay flat or rise 2 per...
...The port will expand its handling capacity to 1.3m TEUs by 2023....
...Shares of Pier 1 Imports soared almost 20 per cent in extended trading after the home-furnishings retailer boosted its full-year profit guidance following better-than-expected quarterly earnings, and announced...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on March 28 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Shares in Williams-Sonoma fell 5.4 per cent to $52.22, Bed Bath & Beyond shares declined 3.4 per cent to $44, shares in Pier 1 Imports declined 8 per cent to $5.49 and Kirkland’s shares fell 1.6 per cent...
...Copper prices fell 1.51 per cent on the London Metal Exchange to a four-week low of $,4,733 a tonne, writes Henry Sanderson, commodities correspondent....
...Imports rose 15 per cent, and exports almost 29 per cent, and the trade gap is widening....
...For reference, from Citi, “India’s gold imports stood at US$34.3bn or ~900 tons in FY15 and in the not too distant past (i.e. FY12) imports had been as high as US$56bn, or over 1,000 tons.”...
...They also risk the repetition of events of recent months, when perishable goods have rotted while waiting for export and imports have arrived too late for retailers....
...At Pier 1, a homewares retailer, Alex Smith, chief executive, said he was “extremely disappointed” with a 5.7 per cent decline in like-for-like December sales, which he blamed mainly on “wintry weather”...
...Profit forecasts were cut on Thursday by midsized retailers including L Brands, the owner of lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret, Pier 1 Imports, a home retailer and American Eagle Outfitters, a seller of teen...
...Often for less than Rs100 ($1.62) a pop....
...Trafigura, another big trader, last year spent roughly $800m buying two petrol stations and oil import terminals companies....
...Shares in the company added 9.1 per cent to $12.60. Home furnishings retailer Pier 1 Imports also fell after earnings missed analysts’ forecasts. The company also scaled back its 2014 forecast....
...The success of GTA V comes at time of flux for the games industry....
...Imports rose at a faster rate, 9.4%, and the trade deficit was Y879.9bn, the biggest since comparable records began in 1979....
...(Financial Times) - US oil imports from the Middle East are *rising*. (Financial Times) - China’s debt bomb. (Wall Street Journal) - Mayer’s telecommuting ban risks Yahoo productivity....
...These include UK/Prussia v France at Waterloo in 1815, UK/France v Germany between 1914 and 1918 and France/Germany v UK in Brussels ever since 1973....
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