Ivory Coast and Ghana team up for greater share of chocolate wealth
Kouakou Kinimo is a pretty typical Ivory Coast cocoa farmer. He works a small holding. At 52, he’s roughly the mean age for a West...
Quality cocoa shortage sends European premiums to near 10-year high
Buyers in Europe’s physical cocoa market are having to pay top dollar for quality beans from leading global producers Ivory Coast and Ghana to compete...
Madame Tussauds owner Merlin to be bought by Lego family and Blackstone
Madame Tussauds owner Merlin said on Friday it had agreed to be acquired by the investment vehicle of Lego’s founding family and private equity firm...
The state of the Middle Market – International Flight Network
The state of the Middle Market International Flight Network United and Southwest Airlines Announce Extended Boeing 737 Max Cancellations Amid New Software Issue Gizmodo Boeing find another...
“Don’t meddle”: Trump meets Putin at G20
U.S. President Donald Trump holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka where a reporter asked Trump...
Envoy says U.S. ready for ‘constructive’ talks with North Korea: South Korea
A U.S. special envoy to North Korea said on Friday that Washington was ready to hold constructive talks with Pyongyang to make “simultaneous, parallel” progress...
Saudi Arabia’s hometown ambitions could clip wealth fund’s wings
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) risks being pulled deeper into Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s domestic projects, curbing its international ambitions and tying its...
Factbox: Saudi sovereign fund’s strategy in focus
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has pursued eye-catching investments abroad over the past several years, part of reform plans to diversify the economy beyond...
Shell, Exxon Mobil eye re-entry into Somalia’s upstream sector
Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil are looking to re-enter the market in Somalia ahead of an oil block bid round taking place later this...
UK PM candidate Johnson to slash taxes in no-deal Brexit budget
Boris Johnson, the leading contender to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, is preparing an emergency budget including aggressive tax cuts, an overhaul of stamp...
